I was a hospice volunteer for some time, and read many related books. Most people who want assisted suicide for themselves and/or are advocates for it, are not interested in relief of suffering, although that’s what they often claim. Their main reason (aside from getting rid of undesirables) is to be in control. Instead of humble acceptance of the will of God, they want to snatch control from Him and thumb their nose; in essence saying “I’m the master of my life, not You!”
(You can’t fire me, I quit.)
The end of life is an opportunity to learn many valuable lessons of humility, surrender to God, repentance, experience His protection and love, and to rectify wrongs done, experience forgiveness towards others, say goodbye, and so on. It’s actually a greatly valuable time and to cut it off is a tragedy on many levels. And a great wrong and crime to legalize it.
That makes sense.
What an excellent post. You stated it all very well.How sad that some believe they have the right to take ,the very thing that God gave them. He should have the final say ,when ,where and how..All about control ,I suppose.