Czuch: This is the problem Czuch... If taken as per the original intent of religions then death is just a normal life event. But, so much has been empathised on fear of the afterlife by nature of ... have we been good boys and girls. The original 4 'hells' have been converted by bad translation into 1 'hell'.

As to virgins.... you have to be a bit metaphorical regarding some aspects of religion.

But my original point was the difference between suicide and choosing to die with dignity. This difference has been lost somehow. We recognise when in battle a hero may sacrifice their life to save others and remember and reward such sacrifice. Yet if someone is terminally ill with no chance of recovery, and as such a painful undignified death.. we say this is wrong. Yet at the same time doctors get to choose at times when to 'switch off the machine' that is keeping a persons body alive.