Euthenasia

[Suttonsue]

Our Pastor brought up this subject in his sermon yesterday and it really made me think because I have always been sympathetically inclined to those whose lack of quality of life and pain has made them consider euthenasia. Quite a few are going to Switzerland to achieve this.

I can also understand that it should be God's will when we die but if someone has prayed to God for guidance and then considers that God has allowed them to end their life, where does that leave those who think life is absolutely sacrosanct?

 

[solarwave]

I can also understand that it should be God's will when we die but if someone has prayed to God for guidance and then considers that God has allowed them to end their life, where does that leave those who think life is absolutely sacrosanct?

Maybe those who are against euthenasia shouldn't choose to be euthanized and allow those want to be, to be.

The reason life is important is because people are important, not the other way around. Forcing people to live in alot of pain when they will die soon loves laws more than people. Theres more to it than that, but thats my short view on it.

 

[pgp_protector]

Our Pastor brought up this subject in his sermon yesterday and it really made me think because I have always been sympathetically inclined to those whose lack of quality of life and pain has made them consider euthenasia. Quite a few are going to Switzerland to achieve this.

I can also understand that it should be God's will when we die but if someone has prayed to God for guidance and then considers that God has allowed them to end their life, where does that leave those who think life is absolutely sacrosanct?

If it's to be God's will when someone dies, should we stop ALL Lifesaving procedures, after all that might be fighting God's will that someone dies.

 

[Tim Myers]

I realize this is an oversimplification, but if the person being euthanize knew or knows Christ, what difference does it make??

 

[LWB]

I don't like the idea of it being legislated. But I know Stoics, whom I admire, saw sense in taking their own life when they could no longer contribute and bear with their suffering.

I would always be extremely reluctant to take my own life in an act of violence, but if I was diagnosed with something like Alzheimers or Huntington's disease, where I was going to lose my mind, I would see nothing wrong in going out into a wilderness to let nature kill me. I live in Australia, and we have some very remote deserts.

But if it was cancer or any other ailment where my mind was retained, I would bear with it until the end.

 

[pgp_protector]

I don't like the idea of it being legislated. But I know Stoics, whom I admire, saw sense in taking their own life when they could no longer contribute and bear with their suffering.

I would always be extremely reluctant to take my own life in an act of violence, but if I was diagnosed with something like Alzheimers or Huntington's disease, where I was going to lose my mind, I would see nothing wrong in going out into a wilderness to let nature kill me. I live in Australia, and we have some very remote deserts.

But if it was cancer or any other ailment where my mind was retained, I would bear with it until the end.

Would that include (hypothetically) keeping your brain alive in a jar if we had the technology?

 

[LWB]

Would that include (hypothetically) keeping your brain alive in a jar if we had the technology?

Interesting question! So if transhuman technology became available (Singularity: Kurzweil on 2045, When Humans, Machines Merge - TIME), would it be a form of suicide to opt out?

I don't know!

 

[Tim Myers]

Would you like to swing on a star?
Keep your brain alive in a jar?
And be better off than you are?

Or would you rather be a pig?.......