[cerberus]

Could you please show me the Bible verses that endorse assisted suicide?

This is what I mean by simple-mindedness. I presume you believe in the Ten Commandments (Thou Shalt not Kill, etc.) and also support our military actions which involve killing. You hang your hats on "moral absolutism" and then pick, choose and rationalize to prove your points.

Ah, if only it were so simple!

That goes triple when we can see that other countries and even a U.S. state have gone down this road and found that it leads to coercion of the sick and vulnerable.

I agree that when the government gets involved it is a slippery slope. I don't want the government making these types of decisions. That is where it gets tricky.

I don't know what the answer is, but I would like to see an option for people who are in extreme suffering, have no quality of life and do not want to endure it anymore. In such a situation, I consider it a basic human right to end one's life if that is one's personal choice.

[Albion Wilde]

"Could you please show me the Bible verses that endorse assisted suicide?"
This is what I mean by simple-mindedness. I presume you believe in the Ten Commandments (Thou Shalt not Kill, etc.) and also support our military actions which involve killing. You hang your hats on "moral absolutism" and then pick, choose and rationalize to prove your points.

When you read the Bible in its entirety over and over, a larger picture emerges than when you cherry-pick a single line. The Book of Romans is but one place that gives a defense for the power of the "king" to order the deaths of lawbreakers or enemy combatants. That is an entirely separate issue from a society promoting the efficient killing of unwanted innocents such as fetuses, people with disabilities or the infirm elderly -- and, inevitably, using government coercion to compel medical caregivers to perform such acts.

Secondly, the original commandments were written in Hebrew, and the word was "murder", not "kill."

[MarkBsnr]

***I don’t know what the answer is, but I would like to see an option for people who are in extreme suffering, have no quality of life and do not want to endure it anymore. In such a situation, I consider it a basic human right to end one’s life if that is one’s personal choice.***

I would be interested in finding out what your idea of basic human right is. Plus, if somebody really wants to die that badly, there are an infinite number of ways to do so. Give me an example of somebody who wants to die and couldn’t do so in a private method.