Aid in dying for terminally ill

jacorian said:

This is such a hard issue & I've heard both sides advocating for & against. Given the nature of human behavior I do see potential for abuse. Understandably there are many across the globe who are subject to terminal death sentences often with pain. How does anyone negotiate the slippery slope? Is this God's dominion & the ill are so depressed. I have questions as to why there is this level of physical pain. It seems to me we have yet to make any encroachment against disease.

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This is something I remain on the fence about - which for a Christian is probably strange. But it's coming from some small measure of experience.

I have a disease that's on the rare disease list. It's a chronic pain disease that's the most painful chronic disease that exists. It's also not terminal.

People with my disease often commit suicide if they can't get a doctor who will prescribe them enough to keep the pain under control. I used to be in an online support group and the number of suicides was pretty high.

Quality of life absolutely matters.

I've also lost both one daughter and my father to cancer, and watched my mom go through chemo and then radiation as she battled cancer twice.

So pain and painful deaths are something I know about.

I also know the power of the human mind to overcome the worst of things life throws at us. I've experienced it, and do experience it daily. Faith helps us greatly to overcome, when we allow it.

We CAN overcome just about anything when our full arsenal is in employ, but many people, when they don't see an "out", when they feel there's no hope, they give up. I've been there too, I just didn't take it too far.

For those who feel they just can't cope, I don't know if it's right or wrong to end your life - or the life of someone who is suffering. It seems like it should be wrong, but at the same time I have a great deal of sympathy for those who are finished before the actual end.

I think in the end, if someone feels they can stand before God and give account, then it should likely be their choice but it's not something I can personally do, as I have never felt like I could stand before God and give account for ending my own life.

We as humans can try and justify a lot, but that is something I just don't feel like is justifiable, but that's just how I feel personally.

I think if someone is healed in their soul, they won't want to.

Assisted suicide is for people who lack the physical strength to end their lives unaided. (Just a reminder that the topic is not suicide in general.)