What's your view on euthanasia?

Question

Please state whether you're religious or not :)

Answer 1

I like young people in Asia.

Answer 2

I am a Christian.

I am conflicted about euthanaisa actually.
It is incredible that the government condones the killing of the unborn, the killing of the guilty, yet when it comes to mature adults who are suffering and ready to move on from this life, they are told no. I understand the desire to preserve all life, but from a Biblical standpoint I have never read a verse discussing suicide and a claim of negative consequences. I do not think murder and suicide are the same because one removes anothers choice and the other gives a choice. I am not advocating suicide for all people (healthy young, healthy old, etc.), I just think that someone suffering from debilitating, painful terminal conditions should have a choice in how long they must remain that way.

*I must wonder if those who are against it have ever sat at the bedside of someone who's body was painfully holding on and they suffered constant torment. Jesus blood was enough to redeem us all, suffering physically provides no benefit to the person's redemption. We are saved through grace, not by our works and not by our suffering. There is nothing we could do to save ourselves.

**Norskeyenta, I think you might be referring to the sixth commandment and I would ask, are you sure that still applies when talking about oneself. Try the links and see if you still think that way.

Answer 3

I am not very religious and I favor euthanasia as long as the person is mentally competent and actually wants it and is suffering from a condition that is or will become 1) painful and 2) terminal.

Answer 4

Euthanasia is a sin. It violates the Fifth Commandment. Thou shalt not kill !
what does this mean?
We should fear and love God so that we do our neighbor no bodily harm, nor cause him no suffering, but help and befriend him in every need.
This does not mean to help kill your friend or family members. To kill is a sin and only God can choose the time of our deaths. I am a Christian. We can not act as God. Only God can take us from this world.

Answer 5

Yes, I am a Catholic and no I do not believe in euthanasia. Our lives belong to Jesus and we have not the right to dispose of them. Only he does in his time and in his way because he paid for them with his death. It does not matter in this life about suffering as it will only last a little while in this journey called life.

Answer 6

I could not care less about organized religion but I do believe that if a human being is suffering the horror of a prolonged terminal illness for which there is no hope of recovery, that person should be legally allowed to make the decision to end his/her suffering. If unconscious, the family should be allowed to make the choice.

Answer 7

I favor euthanasia.

Under a set of reasonable laws, it would prevent a great deal of pointless human suffering for those people who might need to escape the inescapable conditions of an otherwise hopelessly slow death.

No religions affiliation, atheist.

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Answer 8

Please read this story to understand what is to be explained.

Roswell Gilbert's wife was seventy-three and suffering from Alzheimer's disease, One day Mr. Gilbert ended his wife's life by firing two nine-millimeter bullets through her brain. Now seventy-five-year-old Gilbert has a new problem. A Florida jury gave him a one-way ticket to the state penitentiary. He'll be eligible for parole after his one-hundredth birthday.
Some people are outraged that Gilbert was sentenced. They claim that he simply abbreviated his wife's suffering. Why should he not go free and thus further reduce the suffering in the world? Others, however, worry about the potential abuse of mercy killings for motives of selfishness or convenience.
What are the Vedic answers to the questions posed by euthanasia? Why was Mrs. Gilbert suffering in the first place? Did death end her suffering? What is the just reward or punishment for Mr. Gilbert's deed? How can suffering be avoided or stopped?
The real cause of suffering was described thousands of years ago by sages such as Mahäräja Åñabhadeva and Çré Prabuddha. They explained that people who consider material enjoyment to be the goal of life perform all kinds of sins. Their desire is to enjoy, but ultimately they suffer.
People don't realize that their past sins have created their present suffering. They constantly endeavor to eliminate their unhappiness and to increase their pleasure, but due to ignorance they invariably obtain the opposite result. Their happiness vanishes, and as they grow older, their suffering increases.
Suffering is the just reaction to our past misdeeds. We know that when a person breaks the law, he is subject to punishment. So it is also when one breaks God's laws. Although it is sometimes possible to avoid the laws of man, no one can escape the laws of God.
Mrs. Gilbert was suffering from "bad karma" created by previous sins. Mr. Gilbert's intention was to end his wife's suffering, but instead he simply caused her suffering to be postponed until her next birth. Because of ignorance, the net result of Mr. Gilbert's action was an immediate increase in his own misery, with worse to come. Ignorance of the stringent laws of karma always results in suffering.
Intelligent persons should learn about karma and how to escape it through studying the science of bhakti-yoga, or devotional service to Krishna. Devotional service not only destroys the reactions due us because of our past sins, but it uproots the selfish, material desires that would ordinarily implicate us in future sufferings. This is the art of karma-free living and the eternal path of liberation from the bondage of suffering and repeated birth and death.

Answer 9

Wicca-based Pagan, and I believe that if someone chooses to end their life, they should be able to have a way to do it in the most pain-free manner possible.

I would hope that they would undergo some counselling before reaching that conclusion, but for people with terminal illnesses where each day is a struggle, they should be able to die with dignity if they choose.


"The severely handicapped, infirm, helpless, and aged are persons in the sight of God with life given by Him and to be ended only by Him."

Then why do doctors give them medicine and put them on respirators and ventilators and use extreme measures to prolong their lives? Isn't that denying God the ability to end their lives?

"If you euthanize an ailing person, you deprive them of the opportunity to use their suffering as reparation for their sins in union with the suffering of Christ."

That's just sadistic.

Answer 10

Like abortion it is murder. Tiller the killer and Jack the dripper beware.....Deuteronomy 27:25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. Cap'n Arlo

Answer 11

I believe it is the patient's choice, but when you look at it from another perspective, it is considered a form of suicide. This is the reason why the topic is such an unethical issue.