Off Script 36: Killing the Suffering: A Christian View of Euthanasia
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Is it ever right to end someone’s life early? If so, under what conditions? In this episode we turn to the bible to sort out a Christian position on euthanasia. Drawing on the inherent dignity God has invested in each person by making us in his image and the fact that God claims sovereignty over life and death, we conclude that physician assisted suicide is a sin. In difficult cases of extreme and continuous suffering, Christians have pioneered palliative care in the hospice movement as a compassionate alternative to euthanasia.
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- Check out the other episodes in the series on Killing
- Watch a short testimony of Joni Eareckson Tada
- Read more about Cicely Saunders, the founder of hospice
- Intro music: “Protofunk” by Kevin MacLeod. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.
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