I’m 80 and I’ve spent most of the last week in the hospital getting the best care my insurance can buy me.
Still, I’m 80 and I’m not really getting any better, only poorer and ever more tired. I can’t say I want someone else to decide when I should die but I firmly believe that choice is mine to make. Sure, I may find myself on the wrong side of the line once I stand for judgement but I’ve made similar choices throughout my life, any one of which might be enough to send me to hell.
I have already made the choice: When the only way I can live is by enlisting technology and an outside power source - pull the plug! There is more to life than maintaining a heartbeat. I am going to die! There is no choice in that. The only choice left is how to reduce the pain and strain on those I leave behind.
>>I have already made the choice: When the only way I can live is by enlisting technology and an outside power source - pull the plug! There is more to life than maintaining a heartbeat. I am going to die! There is no choice in that. The only choice left is how to reduce the pain and strain on those I leave behind.<<
Your words speak for many more than yourself.
“Sure, I may find myself on the wrong side of the line once I stand for judgement but I’ve made similar choices throughout my life, any one of which might be enough to send me to hell.”
Had we all made all the correct choices in life apart from Jesus, each of us would have a destination of Hell. Yet I believe Christ has grace enough even for “an oldfart” such as yourself.
(sorry about sounding ‘preachy’...this is Free Republic and some of us can’t help themselves!)