Victoria":e07j39c9 said:
I have to say that this poll shocked me. I thought the majority on here were Christians and I also thought the majority of Christians did not believe in assisted suicide. People are not animals. We have a right to kill an animal because God gave man dominion over the animals. He did not give man dominion over man. He reserves the right to take and give life. We do not have that right.
I will agree with this to a point, but will ask: If God has the right to take and give life, what are the medical professionals and tech companies doing with this ability they now have to prolong life artificially? Ventilators and forced feeding. Vaso-pumps to force circulation in a person's extremities. And why do some medical facilities have protocols (recipe-like rules) that deny the suffering pain relief? They claim to be afraid someone will become dependent on pain meds (how cruel for a person in end-stage whatever), but have no problem making the patient dependent on their mechanical/medicinal interventions.
Why are some people so afraid of death, or why are some of their families so bent on keeping their poor loved one what they consider "alive?' Personally, it seems like an insult to God, considering His promises regarding the afterlife!