Euthanasia; the right way out
When Michael was thirteen, his grandmother was diagnosed with a disease called Alzheimer's. This disease made her mind unable to function normally, which caused her to lose her ability to think clearly and remember things. Soon after she was diagnosed, she moved into a nursing home. Every Sunday after church, Michael and his family would go to the nursing home to visit her. Week by week, his grandmother seemed less aware of what was going on. It seemed as though she did not even notice that they were there to visit her. Michael soon became discouraged. "Why do we have to visit her every week? By the next day she will probably have forgotten that we were even there". Michael began to think more and more about his grandmother. "If she doesn't know what is going on anyway, wouldn't she just be happier in heaven? Isn't there some sort of way to get her to heaven sooner?" Michael's mother explained to him that sending grandma to heaven now may be the easiest thing to do, but as Christians, it is wrong.Euthanasia is one of the most controversial and emotions issues of today. It triggers extreme emotion because it involves ending human life (Bloyd 15). Some people believe that the most suitable way to
Everyone's life serves some type of purpose. The elderly who are no longer capable of taking care of themselves may help their caretakers to realizes as well as appreciate the health which he or she still has. Another elderly person's life could serve the purpose of bringing a family closer together during rough times during the journey of make the painful sight of the elderly in Life has extreme value, and to end it through euthanasia is unethical. The value of life should not be based on physical, emotional, economic, or social status but on the lone fact that one is human (Otremba 22). A psychiatrist, Walter Reich, once said, "Mercy killing is still killing, and it corrupts the value of life ... A patient, no matter how ill or despondent, is still human and still alive, and killing that patient, no matter what the law says or what the circumstances are, is still killing" (qtd. Bloyd 16). The condition of one's life should not matter, and furthermore, who is to decipher the difference between good condition of life and bad condition? Killing in every way shape and form, is unethical, including euthanasia. Romans 8:28 says, "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to His purpose". There is purpose and reasoning for everything that He does.
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