Franklin did not appeal to the authority of God’s Word or the application of a biblical worldview. Instead she mentioned her “own opinion” and “I do not believe.” Yes, it’s her opinion, not God’s Word or an application of Scripture, that informs her position on this life-and-death issue. We need to make sure we all have a biblical worldview that is founded in God’s Word and do not force our opinions on Scripture.
Franklin did not appeal to the authority of God’s Word or the application of a biblical worldview. Instead she mentioned her “own opinion” and “I do not believe.” Yes, it’s her opinion, not God’s Word or an application of Scripture, that informs her position on this life-and-death issue. We need to make sure we all have a biblical worldview that is founded in God’s Word and do not force our opinions on Scripture.
Franklin did not appeal to the authority of God’s Word or the application of a biblical worldview. Instead she mentioned her “own opinion” and “I do not believe.” Yes, it’s her opinion, not God’s Word or an application of Scripture, that informs her position on this life-and-death issue. We need to make sure we all have a biblical worldview that is founded in God’s Word and do not force our opinions on Scripture.
Despite Democrat confidence, state Republicans have proven to be equally as passionate about blocking his legislation. In fact, Friday’s development marks the sixth time since 2017 that assisted suicide legislation has been shut down. And should a bill related to this issue pass the Senate committee in the future, Lombardo’s promise remains intact.
The New York Alliance Against Assisted Suicide understands well enough the destructive, permanent effects of assisted suicide. While other groups nationwide fight against assisted suicide, the NY Alliance happens to be facing an immediate threat on their doorstep. They see MAID for what it is: a dangerous step toward normalizing death as a commodity.
We all want to believe that MPs and other decision makers are highly civilised people who would never restrict healthcare funding in such a way that pushed people towards assisted suicide. This is naïve optimism. Once the door to this alternative treatment is opened, it is always there.
Helping people to kill themselves deprives them of an incredible promise. There is nothing compassionate about the false promise of assisted suicide, because it takes people away from the only true source of healing and hope – and away from Jesus, the only one who can provide true, eternal relief from suffering.
An amendment to the Australian state of Victoria’s assisted suicide act is projected to pass a second reading in Parliament and become law. Under the measure, physicians would no longer be permitted to refrain from assisting in suicides for conscience-based reasons. The amendment also removes assisted suicide restrictions on medical practitioners while expanding the eligibility criteria.
Yes, it’s a very slippery slope because euthanasia—though it masquerades as compassionate care—is, at its heart, a low view of the value of human life. Suddenly what gives our life value is not our innate humanness (being made in God’s image—Genesis 1:27) but, rather, our perceived quality of life, personal autonomy, or, frankly, how financially feasible it is to keep us around (bear in mind Canada has socialized medicine and is currently facing a growing health care crisis).
If assisted suicide is legalised, then carers or medics could suggest assisted suicide to patients. This turns carers or medics into agents of death rather than trusted providers of care and medicine. Can you imagine your doctor suggesting that they could help you kill yourself? This does happen in countries where assisted suicide is legal.
“Initially, only those whose death was ‘reasonably foreseeable’ were eligible, but following legal cases and campaigning, MAiD has been extended even to those suffering solely from mental illness. MAiD now accounts for over 4% of deaths in the country and is the fifth leading cause of death.”
Citing widespread euthanasia being perpetrated under Canada's MAiD program, West Virginia is seeking to ban assisted suicide through a ballot initiative, which would safeguard its citizens from the practice in the State's Constitution.
Secular views affirm euthanasia by depicting people as isolated, self-possessed machines with rights to “turn themselves off” should their inner values so direct. Thus, debates about euthanasia are not just political disagreements but worldview conflicts hinging on questions of humanity’s meaning.
It’s not only about so-called moral issues. When you dig deeper, you realise that this devaluing of human life is not a peripheral issue, of interest only to Christians, but it underlies a host of the biggest problems our society faces.
1.1% of the population of Canada over the six years of 2016–2022 were euthanized, and the numbers are growing rapidly each year. The agency’s recent report showed a decrease in life expectancy for the third consecutive year.
“I wish Zoraya knew how much God loved her,” Franklin Graham posted on Facebook Sunday, “and I pray someone can get to her and tell her that He sent His only Son, Jesus Christ, from Heaven to Earth so she could have forgiveness of her sins and have a relationship with Him.”
“Canada already has one of the most liberal assisted death laws in the world” and that “about 13,200 Canadians had an assisted death last year, a 31 percent increase over 2021.”
Euthanasia would clearly count as a deliberate act of murder and a violation of the sixth commandment. It is intentional destruction of someone who is created in the image of God and therefore a deliberate act of rebellion against God himself.
"Physician-assisted suicide is neither compassionate nor an appropriate solution for those who are suffering—it ends an innocent human life without justification."
Canada isn’t just sliding down a slippery slope toward becoming a country that“euthanizes its poor”—it’s calmly and purposefully driving right off the cliff with no desire to hit the brakes or steer away.
The fact is, Canada arguably has the most permissive euthanasia rules in the world... Our culture here in Canada needs a paradigm shift back to belief in our Creator, Sustainer, and Redeemer so that we may once again treat people with the dignity they deserve as image bearers of their Maker.
“Dr. Lacy and the thousands of other Christian medical professionals we represent believe every life is sacred and full of inherent value, and that assisted suicide ends an innocent human life without justification."
If this recommendation becomes law, it will only be expanded as time goes on, and more and more children will have access to death. We are seeing man’s religion of death increasingly permeating the culture.
The idea of calls for mandatory euthanasia (assisted suicide) in Japan or elsewhere certainly isn’t far-fetched. Consider how easily that could happen even here in America
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“Over 90% of CMDA members would rather stop practicing medicine than be forced to participate in assisted suicide or other practices in violation of their consciences.”
Putting aside the curious use of the word "natural" in discussing the lethal injection of Mrs. Sanguin, the absence of Biblical consideration in the church's decision has been especially telling to many Christians.
This development in Oregon greatly concerned pro-life organizations, which view the decision as a back door means of essentially legalizing assisted suicide for all Americans.
Although proponents of assisted suicide argue it “empowers” everyone to dictate their end of life, this desire for complete control has the consequence of creating a culture in which certain lives are deemed unworthy of living
"While the federal government has not released the data for the entire country, based on the Ontario data I predict that there were almost 10,000 Canadian euthanasia deaths in 2021"
According to a press release from Exit International, once the individual has triggered the mechanism, the pod “starts the process of flooding the inside with nitrogen”