Re: It was Thomas Paine, definitely not an atheist, but also definitely not a Christian.
I am at the age where I am losing close older relatives. They all fought as best they could, and lived as good a life as they could manage until the end, debilitation and pain aside. My wife has been living with pain and weakness for many years, and triumphing over it. With all these examples of courage, I really can't wrap my thinking around the gun idea in the first place.