"God gives life and only God can take it away." Agree or disagree.
Euthanasia AO2
"God gives life and only god can take it away." Do you agree or disagree?
There are loads of different views for the answer to the statement above. Most Christians believe in the in the importance of life and therefore disagree with abortion and euthanasia. We must remember that not all people follow a religion or if they do disagree with some of their religions specific demands and therefore might be in favour of the choice to have an abortion or carry out euthanasia.
The church would teach that god is almighty and only him can take life away. God gives us life so who are we to take it away. In the case of pregnancy the child is a gift from god not just a growing organism.
By taking another's life through abortion or euthanasia you are not only murdering, but also attempting to play god. I think it is wrong to take away your life and don't necessarily think it's your decision. I could disagree with this statement because, Surely god wants his people to be happy, therefore by ending pain and suffering he is granting them that wish. God is love. Stopping suffering is a loving thing to do. So euthanasia could bring more glory to god than keeping a suffering person alive. Surely god wouldn't want someone to carry on with their life when they're in complete agony. I think though, it is necessary to play the role of god in some situations. There might be medical supplies that keep people alive. If these drugs are being used to keep a terminally ill person, who can't speak, hear or do practically anything, alive then surely we should let the person die because the people who need the medicine will be able to receive it and maybe even have a full recovery, instead of them dieing or being in pain for the rest of their lives. God gave doctors the ability to develop the euthanasia drugs. If god had not wanted them to be used then he wouldn't have provided any tools that would allow this. I think this is a poor argument because he may have provided the tools to allow this, but he didn't intend us to use them in this manner. God gave us arms; we can fight people with our arms, does this mean God intended us to fight? I think the answer is no. I think the strongest argument against this statement is that it's our life so undoubtedly it's our choice to end it if we want. Because not all people are Christian and believe in god then they would most definitely say euthanasia is ok. If they don't believe there is a god but just living organisms on a planet called earth, then if you are in pain and suffering, there doesn't seem any mental reason to stop you from wanting to die peacefully rather than have your life prolonged t suffer furthered!
