Comments on: A right to die http://www.gijsk.com/blog/2007/06/a-right-to-die/ Except not really. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:50:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Gijs http://www.gijsk.com/blog/2007/06/a-right-to-die/#comment-6348 Gijs Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:52:54 +0000 http://www.gijsk.com/blog/2007/06/a-right-to-die/#comment-6348 Gerv: I think that's a fine argument - for someone who believes the Bible to be the truth, and believes in God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Unfortunately, one might say, that doesn't include everyone down on this little green earth we all inhabit, and I don't feel I have a right to tell other people what their reason for life (or death) should be. Just like I wouldn't want, say, a Hindu to enforce their beliefs on me, I don't think it would be right for me to force my beliefs on others (Hindu or not). See also Mt 7:12. What's left, then, are things like the universal declaration of human rights, which most if not all reasonable people agree about. These stipulate that everyone has a right to life, liberty and person (article 3). In my opinion, that means that one should not be forced to consider suicide as an option for the wellbeing of one's children, purely because of financial distress, and I feel that follows logically from that article and the declaration as a whole. Gerv: I think that’s a fine argument - for someone who believes the Bible to be the truth, and believes in God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Unfortunately, one might say, that doesn’t include everyone down on this little green earth we all inhabit, and I don’t feel I have a right to tell other people what their reason for life (or death) should be. Just like I wouldn’t want, say, a Hindu to enforce their beliefs on me, I don’t think it would be right for me to force my beliefs on others (Hindu or not). See also Mt 7:12.

What’s left, then, are things like the universal declaration of human rights, which most if not all reasonable people agree about. These stipulate that everyone has a right to life, liberty and person (article 3). In my opinion, that means that one should not be forced to consider suicide as an option for the wellbeing of one’s children, purely because of financial distress, and I feel that follows logically from that article and the declaration as a whole.

]]> By: Gerv http://www.gijsk.com/blog/2007/06/a-right-to-die/#comment-6284 Gerv Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:24:13 +0000 http://www.gijsk.com/blog/2007/06/a-right-to-die/#comment-6284 What do you think of the argument that as God created all of us and gave us life, and we are precious to him, so only he has the right to decide when life is ended? After all, the Bible says "You are not your own; you were bought at a price." (1 Cor 6:19-20). If my life on this earth is not my own, but belongs to Christ, surely I don't have a right to decide when it ends? What do you think of the argument that as God created all of us and gave us life, and we are precious to him, so only he has the right to decide when life is ended? After all, the Bible says “You are not your own; you were bought at a price.” (1 Cor 6:19-20). If my life on this earth is not my own, but belongs to Christ, surely I don’t have a right to decide when it ends?

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