Has anyone here mentioned VIOLENCE in any way?
Let me check...nope.
All we've talked of is the cessation of suffering for those who would choose it.
I hope you're not suggesting ending someone's life, whatever the reasons or method involved, doesn't constitute violence. I know the word lends a specter you probably don't like here but it's entirely accurate. If I changed the word to something else would you then be able to consider the point?
Toss out "violence" and replace it with...I dunno..."ending life" or sommin'? Whatever you're comfortable with, so long as it has the same meaning. I don't really care. :idunno:
You're neck-deep in Levitican law, aren't you.
Uh...I'm neck deep in considering first what God approves of and what He does not. Aren't you a Christian? I assumed you felt the same. If not, never mind. Nothing I said here is relevant to you.
Are you seriously saying you'd be willing to suffer for YEARS, with NO HOPE OF RECOVERY,
Dunno. We'll wait until I'm in such a position and see what I say then. Perhaps I'll feel differently. Maybe I'll even have a great argument for euthanasia then.
Not that it matters in the slightest. I wasn't talking about what
I think is right but what God does. That won't change regardless of what
I think. I think God does not extend us the authority to commit euthanasia. And so...well, that's it. My entire point.
...refusing relief at all points?
When did I say anything of the sort? Or even reference that at all, anywhere? I did not, of course.
Do I need to point out what it usually suggests when someone pulls this? What, were you concerned I might say, "yes"? So added this thing about refusing relief at all points over long years to ensure I'd agree with you? Perhaps I would, if that were what we were talking about. But since it isn't, don't see the point in this.
You didn't even address the inconsistency of giving a murder/rapist/etc. a quiet, peaceful death, while allowing innocent citizens to suffer horribly, and unnecessarily.
That's exactly what I addressed. Specifically I gave my understanding of what God commands in this regard.
How is it inconsistent? You assume both these things require the same response and so a dissimilar response would thus be inconsistent. Considering how God weighs in on this matter I would think, if I'm right, I've established that the two do
not require a similar response. Else God would provide such. And, so, if I'm right, this establishes the two require different responses.
Quite simply God must have an opinion on this matter. I gave what I think that to be. If you disagree, show me what you think God's opinion here is and we'll compare how we each came to our conclusions. Assuming, of course, you care what God thinks at all and it has any impact on your opinion. If you do not...well, then never mind. Simply say, "I don't care what God thinks" and be done.
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