Christians' Beliefs About Their Responsibilities for Those at the Beginning and End of Their Lives

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Christians' Beliefs About Their Responsibilities for Those at the Beginning and End of Their Lives Christians believe that everyone's lives are precious weather they are at the beginning of their lives or at the end. Each person has been "Made in the image of god ". Christians believe that every human life is special and unique and no one has the right to take away this life. They also believe that human life is sacred and that as a human being we should have "value and dignity" and "we should have respect for human life in all forms and al its shapes". "I have carved you on the palm of my hand. Isaiah 49:16" Christians believe that "life is sacred" (Pope Paul V1) and that "Life from its conception must be guarded with the greatest love". Christians believe that human life is so sacred that no one has the right to take this away. Everyone has the right to life even from conception. This is why Christians do not believe that abortion and euthanasia is right. It is not right in the eyes of a Christian or god, to take away the life of anyone weather that person is dying of an incurable disease or has not been born yet. Every church has a different opinion on the issue of abortion and euthanasia. The Catholic Church is completely against the taking away of someone's life no matter what the reason given. Whereas the Methodist, Anglican and Presbyterian churches are ok with the performance of an abortion or euthanasia in certain cases. They are not as strict abortion and euthanasia as the Catholic Church is. Everyone has the right to life. Under no circumstances should this right be taken away from anyone - "God alone has the right to decide the moment of death". (Genesis) In the eyes of a Christian the only person the only person that has the right to take away anyone's life is god and no one else. Doctors also do not have the right to take away the life of a foetus

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