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This 6 page report discusses euthanasia a Christian viewpoint and determines that, as a Christian, euthanasia should not be considered an option. For Christians and non-Christians alike, euthanasia is a complex issue. For those who embrace the Christian belief system, only God has the authority to determine when a human being will live or die. Answers to such fundamental questions as the meaning and purpose of life cannot be found in the legal system. There are questions that humanity must acknowledge go beyond the courts, beyond human desires, and most certainly, beyond issues of medical costs or convenience. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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is perfectly acceptable (if not admitted to) by the health industry, the law, and by the general public. On the other hand, active euthanasia or "assisted suicide" is at
the crux of the entire controversy surrounding euthanasia in general. The now famous essay "Active and Passive Euthanasia," by James Rachaels, professor of bioethics at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia,
which appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1975, denies any real difference between the two. For him, "if a doctor lets a patient die, for humane reasons,
he is in the same moral position as if he had given the patient a lethal injection." For Christians and non-Christians alike,
euthanasia is a complex issue. But overall, when examining the issues relating to either active or passive euthanasia, it must always be remembered that euthanasia is, undeniably, the willful and
premeditated ending of an individuals life, no matter the course or timeframe that was followed. The endless pain and suffering that many people go through every day, as they wait
to die from cancer or AIDS or whatever other physical horror, is not taken seriously enough by either the United States government or society, in general. It is suggested that
the student researching this topic consider the numerous cases that have been presented in the judicial system regarding this topic. For the
past several decades, the assumption has been that if the technology exists to keep a human being alive, that technology must be used, regardless of the pain and suffering it
perpetuates. According to Murchison (1998), speaking at last years conference of Anglican bishops, this is the path that the most faithful of religious believers should follow. But when it
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