Euthanasia: hospital
humanism
Euthanasia: hospital
humanism
[Euthanasia: hospital humanism
by Chan Perry] "Euthanasia is one of the most critical issues ever to face
Western society. This can be seen as a logical consequence of the acceptance of
evolution as truth and, therefore, the rejection of God’s authority in the
Bible. With belief in evolution, the absolutes of God's Word are lost and hence
right and wrong become a matter of individual opinion. After all, if we have all
evolved, we are the only ones who can decide what is right and no one else can
tell us what to do. However, the Bible is not silent on the issue of euthanasia
and we find in His Word the foundation for defending the value of human life.
Perhaps the most common misunderstanding in the debate about euthanasia concerns
what euthanasia actually is. Euthanasia is not the turning off of machines in
intensive care units which may be artificially prolonging the dying process.
Euthanasia is the direct act of killing a patient, e.g. by lethal injection.
Thus, to avoid confusion, it is better described as patient-killing. If a
respirator is finally turned off on which a patient depends, the direct intent
may not be to kill that patient, because if they were to live, then no more
would need to be done. However with euthanasia, if the first dose of toxic
‘medication’ was not sufficient to ‘terminate’ the patient, then higher and
higher doses would be given until the patient was dead..." Full text:
Euthanasia: hospital humanism, Perry.
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/cm/v19/n3/euthanasia
