Euthanasia__The_Unethical_Way_To_Die

Euthanasia: The Unethical Way To Die “So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen”(2 Sam 1:10). These were the words of the Amalekite who killed Saul because he found him suffering. This young man decided that he would take the life of an “anointed” servant of the Lord and felt that he had done the right thing. And upon returning to King David, he believed that his actions would render praise and thanks. But the King quoted a passage from the Lord, which said, “The souls are mine”(Ezek 18:4). With this statement he meant that although Saul may have been suffering, it was not the Amalekites decision, but the Lords on when he should die. Interrupting the Lord was a sin punished by death and one that was not taken lightly. And so the Amalekite was put to death as an example of this sin (Carmi, 9-10). Today, what was done by the Amalekite is considered Euthanasia or mercy killing. This is defined as the act or practice of ending the life of an individual suffering from a terminal illness or an incurable people, life, right, euthanasia, should, one, assisted, suicide, way, euthanasiacom, suffering, person, out, live, feel, die, death, themselves, drugs, take, often, lives, help, another, today, things, problems, patients, pain, own, mercy, know, just, clear, been