Originally Posted by
mat
Everytime I see we post in the same thread you say some pretty interesting things. I would say it as just a term, like instead of 'playing god' more or less then 'people taking control of things that are typically not ment to be controlled'? If that helps to drop the religous out of it. Ants don't put other ants on life support when they get squashed. You follow? I feel religion really has nothing to do with it, other than terminology, but every religon has some kind of god almost.
Turns your unknown expiration date, to possibly a day you choose.
Lol thanks I'll take that as a compliment! :P
I understand what you're saying, but all religion aside I still find it silly to say humans shouldn't be allowed to controlled death. History is filled with people taking (and preserving) life in some form or another. Humans have
always had the power to give and take life. How does one rationalize the mass extinguishing of lives through war, while ending someone's suffering
with their consent even is morally wrong? That's f
ucking retarded, lol.
You say that religion has little-to-nothing to do with it, but I disagree. It's the same as the abortion debate. The vast majority of those against euthanasia or abortion find it morally objectionable on the grounds that the right to take life belongs only to God.
What's wrong with knowing the day you die? Giving you a heads up might make you really enjoy life if you know how long you have left. There's a lot of fiction out there based on that premise.