Wereas a Liberal frog wouldn't want to opffend the bird for eating them because it is the bird's "culture" to eat frogs...
Posted on 10/21/2014 3:53:33 PM PDT by Faith Presses On
Brittany Maynard, a 29 year old newlywed with a diagnosed terminal illness is choosing to end her life in a dignified manner. Since then, there have been an overwhelming response from my fellow Christians decrying this decision, an Open Letter from Kara Tippetts hosted by wildly popular author Ann Voskamp, as well a letter from renowned evangelical influencer, Joni Eareckson Tada.
I don't face a terminal illness diagnosis, but I am drawn to this conversation because I believe the brutality of such an impossible decision owns potential for profound beauty. To consider how to die is a tandem reflection on how then, we must live. The intricacies and nuances of this delicate matter require our most tender deliberation in order for us to uphold the sanctity of human life.
The decision to prematurely die with dignity or to let a painful, terminal illness take its course, is an impossible one. Meaning, either path is fraught with unbearable heartbreak and gut wrenching realities.
Anyone who has to make this decision is a hero.
They are brave and beautiful and they provide us a glimpse into the unrelenting courage and resilience of humanity. God resides most fully in places of pain. I peer into the lives of those who suffer deeply for a chance to grasp holiness.
(Excerpt) Read more at huffingtonpost.com ...
“Thou shalt not kill”, no?
I love it when leftists tell me what God and Jesus think.
Funny how they distort the language, calling suicide “dignified” and expecting everyone to just agree.
I believe in miracles. So for me, there is never “no hope”. I’ll die fighting (depending on the potential impact to my immediate family).
Mine will not be a “selfish” decision, one way or another.
[ I love it when leftists tell me what God and Jesus think. ]
People who elevate themselves ABOVE GOD, are certain they know WHAT GOD THINKS, and they act accordingly...
Ie. they act like Jackasses...
Wereas a Liberal frog wouldn't want to opffend the bird for eating them because it is the bird's "culture" to eat frogs...
A Huff Po article about Jesus and Dying with dignity?
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Pass.
I don’t care whether people choose when they shuffle off this mortal coil, but -as I’ve noted before - a bullet to the brainpan would be quicker, cheaper, and have far less risk of you lying there, gasping out your life for 15 plus minutes as in a couple of botched executions.
Our lives are not our own. God controls them, period. Therefore we do not kill the weak and the innocent.
Two huge omissions/problems with Ms. Brandt’s article:
1. Anything from scripture to substantiate her argument
2. Invoking Jesus while failing to recognize that he too faced a terminal condition that was certain to be agonizing and torturous for Him. It even caused Jesus to beseech God to spare Him from it. God did not do that, and Jesus did not take an “easy way” out with the rationale that he was going to die anyway.
She can opine however she wants to as a Christian, but if she is going to invoke Christ’s thoughts they should be grounded in something more than what appears to be wishful thinking.
Actually, no. The proper translation is "Thou shalt not murder."
Although arguably self-killing would be murder.
"I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." John 10:10.
I have an honest question...is there anything in the Bible that directly condemns suicide, or is that just church dogma?
A really poor article.
Consists almost entirely of claims that other people think differently and their opinions should be respected. With no attempt to show why those alternative opinions are right.
Alternative opinions shouldn’t be respected because they’re different but because they are right or at least have valid points.
I won’t read the entire article because I refuse to give the liberal trash at huffpoo the hits, however I will state that we watched my Mother’s husband die for three weeks last year. He was a devout christian and it was excruciating for us all watching him completely shut down. But brave for some woman to choose to kill herself? No, brave was the actions of my 80 year old mother as she sat by her husbands bedside for three weeks - never leaving, never asking for anything, talking to him, stroking his head, praying for peace for him and no pain. Watching her husband of almost 40 years slowly die. THAT is bravery.
That doesn’t really answer my question. Is that from the Bible? What’s the full quote? I’m not being argumentative here, I really would like to know.
I would disagree with one thing you say; as a Christian one cannot opine as one wishes, lest he (or she) commit the sin of blasphemy and/or cause another to stumble.
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