Is Assisted Suicide More Merciful Than God?

[Michie]

Assisted suicide encourages a global participation in rejecting Jesus as the Messiah in its denial of redemptive suffering

There is supernatural power in suffering beyond our understanding. But the fear of suffering has become a weapon in the devil’s toolbox to increasingly drive state-abetted suicide as an improvement on God’s plan.

On December 12, Illinois became the 12th state to enact legislation to provide terminally ill patients with an exit ramp from life through physician-assisted suicide. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s December 17 announcement revealed that New York is lined up to be unlucky state number 13 (along with the District of Columbia).

A Merciful Option?​

In the New York newspaper Times Union, Hochul described the measure as simply speeding up the inevitable, since they will only accept terminal patients with no more than six months to live. She calls it “a merciful option, for those in pain,” ignoring that there are measures for pain relief and compassionate care.

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Is Assisted Suicide More Merciful Than God?

Assisted suicide encourages a global participation in rejecting Jesus as the Messiah in its denial of redemptive suffering.

crisismagazine.com

 

[FaithT]

I have mixed feelings about assisted suicide. I know it’s a sin but after watching my dad die of pancreatic cancer….the fear of dying that way makes me think I’d rather get it over with painlessly if I got that illness. I don’t know if I’d actually do it but I do have mixed feelings.