So much talk about Euthanasia "Mercy Killing". As Christians, should euthanasia be condemned or is "Mercy Killing" not realy bad afterall?
. . . please share your views

throw more light on the mercy killing thing.

Well the concept of mercy killing is that it is sometimes better for a person who is in great suffering and is bound to die anyway, to be put out of his/her misery sooner by killing the person in a quicker and more humane way.
Some people argue that the descision of life and death are not for a man to make thus no one has the right to kill any one for any reason. Thus mercy killing is in fact murder.
Others see it as a totaly heartless thing for someone to be allowed to suffer longer than nescessary before they die. To spare them the torture they should be helped along quickly and more painlessly.

What should be a good Christian stand point on this issue?

What does your bible say?

somze:

What does your bible say?

please share your views with us. And vote on it too.

"Thou Shall not Kill"

Mercy killing or whatever is wrong, it means you have killed because the scripture had already made us to know that it is wrong.

@tomX:

Well the concept of mercy killing is that it is sometimes better for a person who is in great suffering and is bound to die anyway, to be put out of his/her misery sooner by killing the person in a quicker and more humane way.

Have you not seen someone at the verge of death being revived by the power of God? Have people lost faith completely in as a result of their unbelief that they have forgotten there is a power than can change situations no matter how bad? Why kill if thre is nothing impossible for God to do?

Picture a scenerio where a next of kin has been involved in a sever accident and is being kept alive only by means of life support systems at a great expense to the family. The patient is in a vegitative state. severly brain damaged, crippled, and has lost some vital organs. Dotors have recomended that you let them euthanise the patient since the patient is under a lot of pains and will definitely not survive much longer despite the best efforts of the medical staff. Will you let the patient remain in pains under the life support system until he/she eventualy expires or will you append your signatuer (being the next of kin) for euthanasia agents to be administered?

Will you let the patient remain in pains under the life support system until he/she eventualy expires or will you append your signatuer (being the next of kin) for euthanasia agents to be administered?

If you append your signature which means to say "Kill the person", then as a Christain where is our faith.
I know it is hard as a human being, but it is not hard with the Grace of God.

The only thing is to pray and commit the life of that person into the hands of God and then allow God to act. If the person survives all to the Glory of God, and he didn't survive all to the Glory of God. But we should not stain our hands with blood no matter the situation.