It is clear from the bible that human beings are not to choose when they die as “life and death, poverty and wealth come from God” so if people who were once in poverty become wealthy they wouldn’t take their money for granted, the same applies to someone who has been given life, they should not take it for granted before they die.
Christianity is split up into different churches and so are their views on human life. Catholic churches believe that “human life is sacred” and it “must be respected from the moment of conception” this means the catholic church is anti-abortion and feel there is no reason, ever, for someone to have an abortion. The Catholic Church also doesn’t believe in euthanasia because “we are stewards, not owners, of the life God has entrusted to us. It is not ours to dispose of” this quote also shows that the Catholic Church is against any forms of capital punishment, murder and suicide. The Catholic Church does not believe in any forms of the death penalty as it is deliberately harming a humans right to life, murder is forgivable so there is need to kill another person for taking the life of someone that person will be punished by God when they die.
The overall view, by the Catholic Church on human life is an “ever lasting gift from God” and should not be mistreated but should be treated with respect as “everyone is responsible for his life.”
The Church of England has mostly the same views as the Catholic Church; they believe “every human life, created in the divine image of God, is unique” basically saying that everyone is different from each other. The “divine image” is God so they believe everyone is created in the likeness of God, just like the Catholic Church.
The Church of England’s views on death are, they believe that “the deliberate taking of a human life is forbidden” but “people should not be kept alive at all costs when they are suffering intolerable pain” which means only God can take away life and that the Church of England believe can stop treatments for pain and let God take their life naturally.
The Presbyterian church also believes all human life is sacred and “is God’s gift” the Presbyterians don’t believe in stopping pain killers, euthanasia or abortion as they believe “we should be helping one another to live through the dying process not encouraging others to see a quick death as the solution” so any form of unnatural death is opposed by the Presbyterians as it is a method of speeding up the death process.
This belief also applies to abortion because they believe “the unborn child is fully human, a person made in the image of God” and so should not be terminated to suit the people or for any other reason, as the unborn child has as much rights to life as the mother and father does and so no-one should be able to choose when to end it.
In conclusion all forms of Christianity believe that all human life is sacred and a gift from God. In one form or another all Christians believe that Human life should not be taken for granted and should be treated with respect as it is only there for a short period of time in comparison to eternity in heaven, as it was said “when you take away their breath they die and return to dust” as if they (life) was only there for a split second.
I believe all human life should be treated as sacred as it is a gift from God.
