Ping!
I am not going to dump on this lady, the whole thing is really sad.
It’s neither heroic or cowardly. It’s a personal decision, and unless she was a Catholic the church’s opinion is irrelevant.
Right - better she become a vegetable for the last few weeks of her life. Just to make the people around her feel good. How does anyone know what was going on in her mind? It’s easy to condemn her from others perspective.
I think a clear example of an acceptable way to go is Samson, if one finds themselves in such dire straits.
That said, she was not in a Samson situation.
Poor woman.
About 39 years ago God formed me in my Mother’s womb. Far be it from me to question God’s wisdom, but often I regret having to live in this wicked age, and I shudder to think of what we’re leaving for my children.
No one would have thought about something like this 20 years ago. And if anyone did, they would have thought there would be universal outrage, mourning, and reflection. Well it happened, and no one cares. What’s the worst thing you could imagine a state doing to a person (other than ripping babies apart in the womb)? That’s what they’ll be doing in 20 years or fewer.
I wouldn’t dump on this woman for a her act either. Not everyone can be a martyr or saint; only God can judge her.
I think that this guy would be unwise to judge her action less he is willing to find himself in the same situation at the end of his life.
“That bad girl down the street should be run from our midst
She drinks and she talks quite a lot
She knows not to speak to me or my child”
My neighbor then smiled and I thought
A tongue can accuse and carry bad news
The seeds of distrust it will sow
But unless you’ve made no mistakes in your life
Be careful of stones that you throw
A car speeded by and the screaming of brakes
A sound that made my blood chill
For my neighbor’s one child had been pulled from the path
And saved by a girl lying still
The child was unhurt and my neighbor cried out
“Oh who was that brave girl so sweet?”
I covered the crushed broken body and sad
The bad girl who lived down the street
Just a peom.
Easy to say in the abstract. It's different when something like this happens to you.
Pray that you never face what she did, and say a prayer for her too if you feel that strongly about it.
Why aren’t the drugs given to the suicidal used for executions?
Nope. Nada.
Having worked with the terminally ill and disabled, I would not go there. There is no way for an observer to comprehend the mental state of those facing death.
I find it reprehensible for anyone to attempt to judge this woman. I would not chose euthanasia because of my Catholic background. The theology of redemptive suffering is true. Everyone will met death on their own terms because one does not have the option to do otherwise.
What I object to most in this article is the judgmental, self-righteous tone.
With the sad and scandalous news out of Oregon last night of Brittany Maynard’s state sanctioned suicide, thoughts turn toward the eternal consequences of such actions.
I believe with my whole heart that the path this poor soul chose to end her life was not "okay." Jesus suffered more for us than any human in history. Jesus knew God permitted His suffering for a higher purpose. Jesus did not deny His suffering, because he knew it was willed by God. Ms. Maynard is a false martyr and it is with all my prayers that God will have mercy on her.
Jesus does not breathe life into anyone, so that they might take that life away on their own. I find this woman’s actions so troubling; she was allowed the gift of suffering [by her Maker] and she turned Him down. Granted, she most likely didn’t understand any of that (and should ultimately be pitied), but evidently no one in her lineage did either, and that’s probably the saddest thing of all.
“You shall not murder.”
— God
I would never do what she did, and I strongly disagree with anyone following her. Life is God’s to give and take, not ours.
But I will not call this young woman, struck in the prime of her life, a coward. Name calling does not help. This holier-than-thou stuff doesn’t help move the pro-life movement forward.
Of course, perhaps the author only wants the opportunity to sit in judgement and showcase a haughty, snotty attitude.
In that case, it is perfect.
Very sad all around. A glioblastoma is a death sentence. I watched a friend die a slow, painful and agonizing death from one. In the end, he was using so much morphine to control the pain that he was incoherent. He passed day after Christmas. His wish was to be with his family on Christmas. Hospice was there. Read between those lines what you will.
That said, the thing I can’t understand with this woman is if you wanted to die with dignity, why turn yourself into a reality star in the game of death? She did everything but die with dignity it seems to me.
R.I.P.
In an earlier comment I ask if there was a plain scripture in the Bible that forbids suicide.
I don`t think there is but if there was I have no doubt it would be on every page, there would have been an answer.
I have known several people who ended their life but I do not think they ended it because they were cowards.
I have no doubt that some of them were heart broken and just wanted to go home, others were ready to go and wanted to make it easier on those left behind, and let them get on with their own life.
I can understand both situations but I am a coward in that respect.
Some people will argue that it takes faith to want to live, others will say it takes faith to want to die.
I believe God is the only one who know our hearts even more than we do.
So again I ask the same question, is suicide plainly forbidden? what the scripture`s say is the only thing that matter.
Vatican thinker brands US woman's suicide 'wicked'