Is Euthanasia Dying with Dignity?
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
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"Dying with dignity" is a marketing phrase. Recognize that
Fascist.
My elderly dad just passed away after long battle with cancer. He was suffering for many months and it is hard to have dignity when you can no longer care for yourself. I think a person should have some say so at end of life regarding how long they may be able to go on. At end there is no quality of life and for elderly people I think that a person maybe should be able to decide for themselves if they want to go on or not. I don't know how this would even look but I do think it is something that can and should be discussed.
So sorry to hear that about your dad. I appreciate you weighing in.
@@SeanMcDowell Thanks Sean, ya know I appreciate the way you do apologetics with class. I read your dads books back in the day. I am not a believer anymore but you and dad always have been classy people. Please know that when I disagree with you, I am not thinking I know it all and I respect what you do because you do it with love, not hate.
You're absolutely right.
People should have dominion over their own life, and when to end it.
Christians say god respects free will, but they don't really want to respect to free will if it goes against their religion in issues like these.
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I don't know if this video actually said anything, as much as it implies "death with dignity - no such thing".
Question for Christians
Does it give dignity to people by respecting their wishes (or their free will) when they say they want to die?
The question should read, does it pleased God to care for one who is dying and palliative all symptoms so their pass with dignity.
@@sofiacartagena1215 I dont care about what god thinks unless he tells me himself.
I don’t know that I have a specific stance on this issue but I feel like apologists constantly miss the actual points being made on either side of controversial issues. They pick one word, ramble about it’s definition, and then think they’ve added to the conversation somehow.
Same thing happens with issues like marriage and abortion. There are defensible positions on both sides of these debates but apologists just seem to fundamentally miss what the conversation between the two sides is actually about.
I had to watch my mom slowly die of cancer until she looked like a breathing corpse til her last breath.
Don't try to diminish the topic down to how we define and use a word.
I also had to euthanize my beloved dog. Why do we view it differently?
There becomes a point of no return and forcing someone to ride it out until the end could be viewed as torture. That is not dying with dignity. It doesn't show compassion. it's almost a punishment.
I appreciate the lack of religious spin and I like this type of content from you. Be careful with it though. You may end up sending people my way.
I had the same reaction about his approach here. Apologists constantly miss the actual points being made on either side of controversial topics. They pick one word, ramble about its definition, and think they’ve added to the conversation somehow. Really it just shows they misunderstand what a conversation like this is even about in the first place because they haven’t addressed the actual heart of the issue, just some peripheral verbiage.
I'm not sure why you are calling this a lack of religious spin. It's 100% religious spin. He has taken this conversation on a wild red herring chase.
@@dillanklapp I'll just keep it short and say it appears he didn't think this one through very well before making the video.
@@riverofthewood I can agree. I'll just say lacking spin relatively speaking. These guys can really lay it on thick.
Suffering is not weakness. You’re implying that your Fathers death was undignified?? People with y’all’s thought process terrifies me for my special needs child. They’re are people that would rather euthanize her than look at her. What a shame when a natural death is considered undignified.. just one more thing human hands want to control.
While what you have said is true, you have completely missed the point of "Dying with dignity." That phrase pertains to purposeful, painless death in circumstances where the person is suffering. I don't think you addressed this. That is, should euthanasia (to "die with dignity") be legal? Of course, if it is legalize, who is the arbiter of such?
He didn't actually say anything in this video.
I think it's because he's catering to different Christian denominations with different views on these hot topics.
Better just make it a Barnum statement.
You have defined "dignity" in a way that is not intended by the phrase. You seem like a nice person, but that is really dishonest.
What is INTENDED is that a person be allowed to end their own suffering, like we already decide for our beloved pets.
Furthermore, "dignity" is not an inherent quality of anything. It's an abstract concept that is naturally going to mean different things to different people. As one example, ask humans of different skin tones what they think it means to be treated with "dignity" in the USA.
What right do you think you have to even think about taking away from humans who do not follow your religion, the ability to decide when they have had enough?
This is a basic value of the Enlightenment -- the idea that we get autonomy over our own bodies to the maximum extent that it does not conflict with anyone else's right. Did you even read "Rights of Man" bruh?
Medically assisted euthanasia -- I am happy to call it by its full name -- is a boon to many, and it is no skin off your nose if YOU choose to not do it yourself. Take your "heaven points" and leave the rest of us out of your cult of suffering.
You should support that right for others, even if you think it's wrong for yourself. That means, you should support such laws allowing human euthanasia. It's not for you to decide for others.
You do not get to condemn other humans to unnecessary suffering because of your unverifiable beliefs about magic sky beings.
Great points!
This conversation has nothing to do with the definition of the word dignity. It’s about suffering and bodily autonomy. You don’t have to agree with one side or another but Sean seems to routinely miss what the heart of controversial issue like this are even about in the first place.
@@dillanklapp He does that rather often, doesn't he? It seems he is always missing the point. He misses it so often that I can't help but think that is his goal.