What is Meant by Euthanasia

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Euthanasia is known as the act of bringing about as easy death. In other words, it is when someone who is terminally ill, wants to end their suffering, so commits suicide or has someone kill them. In Britain, it is illegal for a doctor to deliberately give a patient a dose of medicine that will kill them. Euthanasia is not mentioned in the bible but certain Christians are guided by a number of passages. For example, life is a gift from God "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you", (Jeremiah 1:5). This would suggest that only God can start a life, and only God should be allowed to end one. From this Catholics would say that Euthanasia is taking the life of someone out of God's hands, and is therefore wrong. One of the Ten Commandments says, "Thou shall not kill". If you are giving someone treatment to make them die, you are killing them. Catholics would see this as murder and breaking one of the commandments. In the bible it says that we should treat each other as we would want to be treated, "Love your neighbour as yourself," Matthew 22:34-40. This would give the impression that if you did not want to die, why should others you have the right to kill anyone else? Catholics would see that helping someone in the act of killing themselves would be destroying what god has put together. "If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person," Corinthians 3:16-17. This is a very powerful quotation, which is saying that if you harm someone (temple), you are harming God. By doing this, God will be annoyed, because in a way you are also destroying him. Overall, in the Catholics eye's, the taking of life is wrong. Life is seen as a gift from God, so therefore only he should be able to take it away. Euthanasia is the help of killing someone else, in one-way or another. This is committing murder and illegal in the churches eyes. A02 What is the Hospice movement and how and why might Christians

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