Is it possible to be your own grandfather?
A proof that a man may be his own Grandfather.—There was a widow and her daughter-in-law, and a man and his son. The widow married the son, and the daughter the old man; the widow was, therefore, mother to her husband's father, consequently grandmother to her own husband. They had a son, to whom she was great-grandmother; now, as the son of a great-grandmother must be either a grandfather or great-uncle, this boy was therefore his own grandfather.
My grandmother, who raised me, died yesterday. She could have been kept alive. Was it the right choice?
You have to consider the quality of life she would have. Would she want to just be on a machine and be alive not to be able to do anything or communicate with anyone? Most elderly accept that they have lived their lives and that there time to go is getting closer. I think what she said to you was her way of letting you know she has accepted death and knows her time was coming. We all questions whether we did the right thing. Just think of what your grandmother would have wanted.
Have you ever had a bad falling out with a close family member or friend over religion?
I cheat and use the (soft) Agnostic shield: Though most of my close friends know that I am Pagan, I tell all my family that I am an undecided Agnostic. This is not a lie since technically we are all (hard) Agnostics. Usually at work I am aggressively "don't ask, don't tell," but sometimes I slip and have to claim Agnostic after sharing something I learned about theology. I have had to curtail talking about new and interesting things with family for sure. When I started talking to my cousin about the First Council of Nicaea and how the canon and the Trinity were voted on, my Grandma and aunt about exploded. I made the mistake of insisting that it was history and they could look it up before snapping my mouth shut (tight). Both of them were going on about "always was" and "inspired writers" before I realized what I had done. My Grandma never treated me quite the same way until her death. My aunt actually brought it up again years later. She said that a friend at church had brought it up and confirmed that the Council was one of the first big meetings. My aunt followed up with how the meeting was Inspired, but that she had shocked her friend by even having heard of the Council of Nicaea. ADD: Oh, yeah, I forgot the former inlaws. My former Mother in law loaned me a book on the Pilgrims. In it the explains how a Native American who was an ex-slave had returned to discover all his tribe had died of disease and that white people had taken over the land. He ended up becoming the translator for the Pilgrims and saving them. After I had read the book, my mother in law started telling me about how God had saved the Pilgrims with a miracle angel that looked like an Indian. I started telling her about the book (that she had loaned me), and then we really started to go at it. I barely stopped myself before I did permanent damage to our relationship. Luckily she remembered the entire incident as me agreeing with her (I was smart enough not to argue this time).