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On June 17, 2016, the federal government passed Bill C-14 -MAID.
2015 Gallup poll, 69 percent of Americans say doctors should be legally allowed to end a patient’s life if the patient wants it.
That means that at least 40 percent of self-identified Christians believe
-Dying with dignity.
Right-to-die movement.
Made famous by Jack Kevorkian.
His first public assisted suicide, of Janet Adkins, a 54-year-old woman diagnosed in 1989 with Alzheimer's disease, took place in 1990.
Assisted >130 patients in dying.
-We live in a culture of death.
Abortion.
Terminology.
Suicide: the act or an instance of taking one's own life voluntarily and intentionally.
Euthanasia: the act or practice of killing hopelessly sick individual in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy
Euthanasia: the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy
Medical Assistance in Dying/ Patient- Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia: involves a medical doctor who gives a terminally ill patient the means to commit suicide, usually by an overdose of prescription medication.
Subtle difference.
-The attitude that, “I’d rather die than be dependent on someone else” sends a larger message that life only has value if it’s independent of others.
- It’s a message that is heard often loud and clear by the elderly, infirm and disabled who need and deserve our care, and do not want assisted suicide.
-Physician-assisted suicide sends the message that some lives are not worth living.
Questions.
Do we have moral authority to end our own life?
Are we willing to surrender to our Creator the specifics of how and when we die?
How much do we actually trust him with our final days?
This is a hot topic, a culturally-relevant issue but we must not forget it is a moral matter.
we have to examine Scripture to provide for us direction on this matter, not the cultural trend.
Western civilization has long considered suicide morally wrong based on the belief that human life is a gift from God — regardless of its circumstances.
Life itself has purpose and value.
The Hippocratic Oath, originating in 400 B.C., and the standard for medical practice ever since, states,
Death is the enemy not the friend, or solution.
God told Israel to choose life.
The Hippocratic Oath, originating in 400 B.C., and the standard for medical practice ever since, states,
- It’s a message that is heard often loud and clear by the elderly, infirm and disabled who need and deserve our care, and do not want assisted suicide.
-Physician-assisted suicide sends the message that some lives are not worth living.
Western civilization has long considered suicide morally wrong based on the belief that human life is a gift from God — regardless of its circumstances.
Life itself has purpose and value.
The Hippocratic Oath, originating in 400 B.C., and the standard for medical practice ever since, states,
“I will keep [the sick] from harm and injustice.
I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody if asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion to that effect.”
The Hippocratic Oath, originating in 400 B.C., and the standard for medical practice ever since, states, “I will keep [the sick] from harm and injustice.
I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody if asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion to that effect.”
Death is the enemy not the friend, or solution.
God told Israel to choose life.
A biblical example.
Right-to-die
Made famous by Jack Kevorkian
We live in a culture of death.
Abortion.
God told Israel to choose life.
Medical Assistance in Dying
Why?
Made famous by Jack Kevorkian
-The attitude that, “I’d rather die than be dependent on someone else” sends a larger message that life only has value if it’s independent of others.
- It’s a message that is heard often loud and clear by the elderly, infirm and disabled who need and deserve our care, and do not want assisted suicide.
-Physician-assisted suicide sends the message that some lives are not worth living.
A biblical example.
There is an account of reported voluntary euthanasia involving King Saul and an Amalekite ().
The unnamed Amalekite tells King David that he killed Saul at Saul's request, as Saul was wounded in battle.
David's response is to kill the Amalekite for touching God's anointed.
If euthanasia were a beneficial practice, David would have rewarded the Amalekite, not sentenced him to death.
There is an account of reported voluntary euthanasia (in which one person asks another to kill them, ostensibly in order to alleviate the first person's suffering) involving King Saul and an Amalekite ().
The unnamed Amalekite tells King David that he killed Saul at Saul's request, as Saul was wounded in battle.
David's response is to kill the Amalekite for touching God's anointed.
If euthanasia were a beneficial practice, David would have rewarded the Amalekite, not sentenced him to death.
There is an account of reported voluntary euthanasia (in which one person asks another to kill them, ostensibly in order to alleviate the first person's suffering) involving King Saul and an Amalekite ().
The unnamed Amalekite tells King David that he killed Saul at Saul's request, as Saul was wounded in battle.
David's response is to kill the Amalekite for touching God's anointed.
If euthanasia were a beneficial practice, David would have rewarded the Amalekite, not sentenced him to death.
Reasons against.
“No one wants to die.
Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there.
And yet death is the destination we all share.
No one has ever escaped it.
And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life.
It is life’s change agent.”
Steve Jobs
“change agent,” the trial that tested our faith, reset our priorities, and forced us into deeper communion with God and our community.
Reasons against.
Scripture:
refers to the body of Christ.
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