The Right to Die

[dreamyxo]

If you want to commit suicide why advertise it?  If I had a painful terminal illness I'd probably consider it depending on my much pain I am in and how much my quality of life is affected.  I'd take some pills or something.

[debidoo]

I don't know how I feel about this...... never connected it to free will because the bible says that each man has been appointed a time to die - I can imagine how some people would feel like they would want to just get it over because they are in pain and misery.  I don't know if I could say what I would do or if I believe its alright for us to decide for ourselves rather than leaving it up to God.

[ancmetro]

    This is the way I feel about the "right to die". Please, "do not kill me" because it is my life. And you "do not have the right" to take my life.

[braggin]

I agree with you. I think people should be free to end their own lives if they want to, so long as they don't attempt to bring anyone else down with them. In a lot of these mass shooting cases, it appears that the shooter doesn't expect to survive the incident (they expect cops to kill them), but they are taking out other people along with themselves, which makes the what is essentially suicide by cop wrong.

[lvstephanie]

Although spiritually I believe that this is wrong -- a sin against God -- and thus would not make this choice. However this is a free country and as such, I think that this too should be a freedom that no one should be able to take away from the individual. Perhaps have laws set up strict rules about how doctor assisted suicides can be conducted, such as having the patient sign some legal document (like a living will), a mental check to ensure that the patient is in their right-mind when making the decision, and having the patient perform the actual act (the doctor can prescribe the euthanizing drugs, but it'd be up to the patient to choose to take those drugs) so that the doctor's hands are clean.

[6265AT99]

As long as the "right" is given to the terminally ill patient ONLY and not to a family member or other person, I'm all for it.

[lguzman1]

I believe that only God has that right to take our life when he chooses.

[countrygirl12]

i think everyone who is terminal should have the right to choose when they die.  my aunt by marriage has ms.  in the 10 short years that i have known her she has gone from a woman who was able to care for herself walk talk eat to a woman who has to sit in a motorized chair in a nursing home she is only 52 she can barely eat can barely talk cannot use her hands or lower body at all.  she has chosen to no longer do any medical treat such as the next step of ventilation and tube feedings.  this is her right she has made the choice and i commend her on it.

Making a choice to stop medical treatment is not the same thing as the "right to die" where you get a script from a doctor that you shoot into your IV that will kill you.  I know more than one person who either refused dialysis or decided to stop dialysis.  And they died within a few days of total renal failure.  That is not the same thing people are talking about when they talk about the "right to die".  If you are over 18 and of sound mind you have the right to refuse medical treatment.

[countrygirl12]

If you want to commit suicide why advertise it?  If I had a painful terminal illness I'd probably consider it depending on my much pain I am in and how much my quality of life is affected.  I'd take some pills or something.

I agree with this as well.  Remember the woman who had cancer or something and was going to die on THIS date.  She moved to a state where she could make it happen.  The weekend before she went on some last trip with her husband and then it was all over the internet she wasn't going to do it but wait and of course the internet explodes with comments.  She did end up killing herself on that date she planned.  But it's insane to advertise to the world you are going to kill yourself and make it so public.

I know a man I had known for years that had cancer.  I had heard he was getting worse.  A couple of years ago he shot himself.  He didn't tell anyone.  He just decided he didn't want to fight anymore and he ended his life.  No involving any one else.

[JaniceSW]

The whole issue revolves, once again, around free will and individual choice.  Ever seen a person die of some cancers or ALS?  It can be a horrific ending.  Because you believe in a strict view of Scripture or have a view of God that is not mine, let me do what I need and want to and I won't require that you do something opposed to your wishes.  Get out of my life is all I can say...and others like me who may want to make this choice.  This is another issue that I, myself, will resolve with God and you won't have to.

[sanglee]

dr, death dude, did he himself die?

[hitch0403]

The whole issue revolves, once again, around free will and individual choice.  Ever seen a person die of some cancers or ALS.  It can be a horrific ending.  Because you believe in a strict view of Scripture or have a view of God that is not mine, let me do what I need and want to and I won't require that you not do as you need.  Get out of my life is all I can say...and others like me who may want to make this choice.  This is another issue that I, myself, will resolve with God and you won't have to.

Exactly what Satan told Eve.....decide for yourself whats good and bad.You dont need God.6000 yrs later and seeing the world as it is today....duhh.....not a good decision eh?

OH BTW......Satan also told Eve she wouldnt die either!!!

[JaniceSW]

The whole issue revolves, once again, around free will and individual choice.  Ever seen a person die of some cancers or ALS.  It can be a horrific ending.  Because you believe in a strict view of Scripture or have a view of God that is not mine, let me do what I need and want to and I won't require that you not do as you need.  Get out of my life is all I can say...and others like me who may want to make this choice.  This is another issue that I, myself, will resolve with God and you won't have to.

Exactly what Satan told Eve.....decide for yourself whats good and bad.You dont need God.6000 yrs later and seeing the world as it is today....duhh.....not a good decision eh?

OH BTW......Satan also told Eve she wouldnt die either!!!

On issues such as this, we will have to agree to disagree. I believe that God will understand suffering and choosing to have a cocktail administered that will end that suffering with dignity.  So be it...

[hitch0403]

god is a title.The TRUE God Jehovah wouldnt approve of your poisonous cocktail.

[BlackSheepNY]

god is a title.The TRUE God Jehovah wouldnt approve of your poisonous cocktail.

What does that mean the "true" God?  Are you saying that YOUR God is better than the very SAME God that another person might believe in, but calls him by a DIFFERENT name?  There is only ONE God.  Not looking to start a ruckus, I'm just curious what "true" means on your eyes.