Wow! Terrifying and uplifting at the same time. If assisted suicide becomes more commonplace and eventually common and accepted practice, I fear that human nature will eventually create a governmental "purifying system" to "help" the mentally ill or anyone who is a financial drain on society. "Death kits" are such a terrifying thought, because once sold how do regulate how and on who it is used. The author makes a strong argument for the existence of God and the sadness of a life without Him. I appreciated how the author highlighted that to suffer is part of being human, but suffering is temporary. The only futility in living is living a life without God. Suffering becomes a joy if He is your life's purpose. Thank you for highlighting Him as the hope in the feelings of hopelessness.
Great argument, Stephanie. Our society seems to gravitate toward the extremes: either denying grief and pain entirely or allowing it to swallow us whole. Young people today in particular seem to be embracing it as evidence that they are darkly "special," and they uniquely deserve special treatment, in this case, the right to die despite every indication they are fully capable of living.
I wonder how long it will be before the institutions you cite--the AMA, etc.--change their prohibitive stance against physician-assisted suicide. I've seen seriously written academic articles arguing for "post-birth abortion," as if that's not infanticide.
I'll offer one alternative perspective on the notion that an embrace of Christianity will negate these rather modern tendencies: My mother is a very devout Christian, and though she would never now attempt suicide since embracing her faith, she continues to wallow deeply in her suffering. To hear her tell it, only Jesus and she herself know this level of suffering (not exaggerating). She's a dark pit of despair, with every conversation spiraling into her levels of individual hell. I hoped her faith would lighten her perspective, broadening it beyond the same singular focus on herself that the woman in that Free Press article holds, but that has sadly not been the case.
Wow! Terrifying and uplifting at the same time. If assisted suicide becomes more commonplace and eventually common and accepted practice, I fear that human nature will eventually create a governmental "purifying system" to "help" the mentally ill or anyone who is a financial drain on society. "Death kits" are such a terrifying thought, because once sold how do regulate how and on who it is used. The author makes a strong argument for the existence of God and the sadness of a life without Him. I appreciated how the author highlighted that to suffer is part of being human, but suffering is temporary. The only futility in living is living a life without God. Suffering becomes a joy if He is your life's purpose. Thank you for highlighting Him as the hope in the feelings of hopelessness.
Great argument, Stephanie. Our society seems to gravitate toward the extremes: either denying grief and pain entirely or allowing it to swallow us whole. Young people today in particular seem to be embracing it as evidence that they are darkly "special," and they uniquely deserve special treatment, in this case, the right to die despite every indication they are fully capable of living.
I wonder how long it will be before the institutions you cite--the AMA, etc.--change their prohibitive stance against physician-assisted suicide. I've seen seriously written academic articles arguing for "post-birth abortion," as if that's not infanticide.
I'll offer one alternative perspective on the notion that an embrace of Christianity will negate these rather modern tendencies: My mother is a very devout Christian, and though she would never now attempt suicide since embracing her faith, she continues to wallow deeply in her suffering. To hear her tell it, only Jesus and she herself know this level of suffering (not exaggerating). She's a dark pit of despair, with every conversation spiraling into her levels of individual hell. I hoped her faith would lighten her perspective, broadening it beyond the same singular focus on herself that the woman in that Free Press article holds, but that has sadly not been the case.