EUTHANASIA-The practice of killing without PAIN a person who is suffering from a disease that cannot be cured or from extreme old age, so that he or she can die with dignity.
2006-11-16 03:15:19 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's playing God...it's considered murder.
2006-11-16 03:19:26 · answer #1 · answered by lookn2cjc 6 · 4⤊ 5⤋
This depends on what you mean by euthanasia. There is a huge difference between killing someone and letting them die with dignity.
Killing a person prematurely denies them the right and responsibility to give their wishes and blessings to those left behind.
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With todays technology we can keep a persons body alive when for all intents and purpose they should be allowed to die with all the dignity and grace that God and Humanity should allow. I believe we should be there for someone who is dying and comfort them as much as we can. Help them however we can and hear them when they speak. How do we know its their time to go? Medical science and intervention is crucial for saving life but common sense and the hopes and wishes of the critically ill and elderly must be honored. DNR in a persons Living Will means Do Not Resuscitate. It is hard for a family who want to hang on to make this call. All the emotions are overpowering. Children and grandchildren grieve. Embrace it. Everyone will die. When we do we should be allowed all the dignity alloted to us. To 'pull the plug' is dignity but to kill someone with a leathal coctail is just wrong.
2006-11-16 11:31:05 · answer #2 · answered by TheNewCreationist 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Euthanasia is practiced every day But not in the kind humane way you might like to think. since religion has a major say in how things work in this world.. they say it is against gods will to assist someone to die with dignity or it is playing god.. so how do we do this we let god decide.. when we make that decition that no further medical interventions will assist the person we take away all treatments all feeding tubes are removed and the person is left to starve to death.. this may take up to two weeks but eventualy death will come to the patient. unless god decides different..I see this all the time I am a nurse but for all you readers out there who do not wish to believe me then research the woman found in the boot of a car case in melbourne it was well documented how she spent time in the hospital on life support feed tubes and the decition to remove these items and ofcourse her ultamate death. I witness death every week there are good deaths and cruel ones and personaly if it were legally possoble to assist a person to die with dignity without suffering I would and if there is a god im sure he/she would understand
2006-11-16 17:26:38 · answer #3 · answered by wanna no 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's weird--I would not want to do that to anyone I love, yet when my grandma died of Alzheimer's, I begged my wife to promise that she would smother me with a pillow in my sleep if I ever got that way. And I think many people feel that way. I don't see the problem in doing it if the person really wants it and there's no hope of them getting better. Living wills operate on that principle--they confirm that the person doesn't want artificial life extension, and they're done while the person's relatively healthy and sane. But I can see euthanasia being severely misused if Grandma and Grandpa ever become too much of a burden, or elderly people are made to feel like they're dragging everyone else down by hanging around. We need to value our elders more than that.
2006-11-16 11:25:48 · answer #4 · answered by GreenEyedLilo 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, but only in the case of terminal illness, not extreme old age. Why should a person suffer like that, when their lives can be ended humanely and with dignity? We put animals to sleep that have terminal illnesses, why should we let humans suffer so? If the person in question consents to the euthanasia, it should not be an issue. They ought to have a right to die as they choose.
2006-11-16 11:20:41 · answer #5 · answered by E D 4 · 3⤊ 3⤋
My mother died in a situation which was consider euthanasia by some people but I was all for it.I gave the doctor instruction to switch off the respirator!Did I feel guilty?NO!In fact when my mother died I had a sense of serenity and peace .Why?When she was in the ICU for a week I was there all the time,talking to her,telling her about her greatness in raising us and her love for us.As it is a blessing for buddhist to die with good and happy thouhgts, I and my wife chanted sutta and told her the teaching of the buddha.When we told her that we have instructed the doctor to switch the respirator she was smiling.So she went happily!So,it is a matter of our state of mind when we do it.I did it with love and compassion...no anger or hatred.
2006-11-16 11:47:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anger eating demon 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe in euthanasia for the fact that it would open doors to killing off people that would seem to have a lesser value to some. Example:A retarded child that outlived adoring parent but a burden to a sibling. We already are killing our unborn and this is a civilized country?
2006-11-16 11:25:24 · answer #7 · answered by B"Quotes 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It depends on what you classify as euthanasia.
If a man gives his terminally ill,pain stricken wife pills that is euthanasia but is it also murder?
If a doctor pulls the plug on a life -support machine knowing that the patient will die,is that euthanasia or murder as well?
Difficult question.I think it's up to the individual and their conscience to decide the answer
2006-11-16 11:23:17 · answer #8 · answered by rosbif 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
It is not a decision for us to make only God has that power and it would be a grave sin such as abortion. Killing the life of the innocent is against the divine law.
2006-11-16 11:24:55 · answer #9 · answered by Gods child 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
It's murder. Go and watch someone die from having thier food and water and medicine taken away so that they will no longer be a burden to their family, and tell me how well you feel about it. My mother had to watch my grandma die after being unhooked from the repirator and her vital needs were taken away, just so she could "die with dignity". She still has nightmares about it. It's a horrible thing! IT's not, closing yoru eyes and drifting away! Your body dies! IT still has pain! ANd you just killed someone you loved because you don't want them around anymore!
2006-11-16 11:22:00 · answer #10 · answered by sister steph 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes, it is a grave sin. It is not up to us to determine when a person lives or dies. Suffering is not bad. I don't understand why our society says it is. St. Paul says that he rejoices in his suffering. Suffering is good if it is united to the perfect sacrifice of Christ our Lord.
2006-11-16 11:39:28 · answer #11 · answered by ♥ Rose♥ 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋