Exactly my views^ If someone feels they want to die rather than live out a painful disease then i'd say it does not take much courage. They may find the cure for the disease before you die and your family may want you to be alive, if you face something as bad as life threatining illness then you should have the courage to go through with it-I know a few people who have stayed till the end, if you don't fear God then you have nothing to worry about untill you face him. To acknowlage hell is to acknowlage God. Your girlfriend may not "spout dogma" but she should, because someone who does not profess the faith is worse than an un-believer. I hate the word dogma, it's an atheist phrase and barely no believer use it. I believe atheists have to constanly re-assure theselves God is not real to keep happy with their non-belief.