The whole thing about assisted suicide seems to be based on a foundation
of fear.
Fear of being a burden
Fear of a painful undignified death
Fear that loved ones will get upset by seeing someone dying
Fear of been left alone to dye
Fear of losing respect, control etc
Fear of losing what it means to be a human being
Fear that the next day will be worse than the previous etc etc
Fear of financial difficulties, can we afford the drugs, equipment etc
The solution is not to agree to assisted suicide, but rather to address all
these issues. Put in place systems to care for people and their families in
this situation.
I am reminded of those bible verses that perfect love casts out fear.
Of course though from a State point of view it will be more costly to actually look
after people properly and support them, than it is to simply allow them to be
"bumped" off.
Shame on any government which reduces human life in this manner.
Human beings should not be put down like animals. We are spiritual beings
made in His image, the peak of creation.
Trying reading the following verses then explain to God what right we
have to treat each other in this way.
Psalm 139:1-24 AMP
[1] O LORD, you have searched me thoroughly and have known me.
[2] You know my downsitting and my uprising; You understand my thought afar off.
[3] You sift and search out my path and my lying down, and You are acquainted
with all my ways. [4] For there is not a word in my tongue still unuttered, but,
behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. [5] You have beset me and shut me
in--behind and before, and You have laid Your hand upon me. [6] Your infinite
knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high above me, I cannot reach it.
[7] Where could I go from Your Spirit? Or where could I flee from Your presence?
[8] If I ascend up into heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol
(the place of the dead), behold, You are there. [9] If I take the wings of
the morning or dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, [10] Even there shall
Your hand lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me.
[11] If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me and the night shall be the only
light about me, [12] Even the darkness hides nothing from You, but the night
shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to You. [13] For
You did form my inward parts; You did knit me together in my mother's womb.
[14] I will confess and praise You for You are fearful and wonderful and for the
awful wonder of my birth! Wonderful are Your works, and that my inner self
knows right well. [15] My frame was not hidden from You when I was being
formed in secret and intricately and curiously wrought as if embroidered with
various colors in the depths of the earth a region of darkness and mystery.
[16] Your eyes saw my unformed substance, and in Your book all the days of
my life were written before ever they took shape, when as yet there was none
of them. [17] How precious and weighty also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them! [18] If I could count them, they would be more
in number than the sand. When I awoke, could I count to the end I would still
be with You. [19] If You would only slay the wicked, O God, and the men of
blood depart from me-- [20] Who speak against You wickedly, Your enemies
who take Your name in vain! [21] Do I not hate them, O Lord, who hate You?
And am I not grieved and do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
[22] I hate them with perfect hatred; they have become my enemies. [23] Search
me thoroughly, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!
[24] And see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me, and lead me in the way
everlasting.
