TO TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER, WHEN THE LAW CONDEMNS US, DO WE ALSO FORFEIT OUR HUMAN CHOICE TO DECIDE IF WE LIVE OR DIE?
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That right has always been forfeited, when have we ever legally had the choice to die? Our pets do, but we do not. Its just the law. It doesnt stop anyone from doing it though, so what does it really matter. Love Heidi
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Unrelenting pain and misery is no gift. \n\nPeople have the right to determine when life should end. After all, nobody denies that courage on the battlefield, or death while saving the lives of others, is worthy of merit in the eyes of man and of man's God. Death is a part of life and living. Nobody should be condemned to pain, dependency and misery. On the other hand, nobody but the person concerned has any right to decide. \n\nAnd that is why every state in the USA and many jurisdictions abroad have legal provisions for living wills and health care proxies. Everybody should have one -- even if it is to say that "my life shall be preserved at all costs, so long as there is somebody, some insurance company or some government, prepared and willing to pay for my hospitalization and my doctors' bills.\n\nWhat should happen in a country like the USA where health care and paying for it are private matters is beyond the scope of this Y! Answer. In Canada, and here in Europe at least, making a choice to live does not, in the absence of employer-paid private insurance, condemn one's family to poverty and bankruptcy
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It depends, but if you break the law than be prepared to pay the penalty.  \n\nSome laws are unconstitutional or immoral and yet get passed anyway.  An example here in the U.S. is the federal funding of abortions. For those who believe that abortion is immoral it is right to withhold the portion of taxes that go to abortion funding in protest.  During the civil rights movement protesters broke segregation laws by drinking from the wrong water fountains, sitting in the wrong area of restaurants.  Many pro-life groups hold peaceful protest in front of abortion clinics in violation of state laws.\n\nThis is not to say however that resorting to violent protest is acceptable.  Protests should not turn into riots such as recently occured in France over the new employment law or the muslim protests over the Danish cartoons of Muhammed.
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I agree with your point of view.  The question is a legal one.  Adam lost life for us and a price had to be paid so that we could get life back.\n\nThe life of the perfect man Jesus was that price. \n\nNo God does not force us to accept the provision for life made possible by his sons death.  We have free will to accept it or reject it.\n\nNo I do not think they will be forced to have it but they will be forced to know the consequences of not having it at Armageddon.
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The right to life isn't absolute so people can still be killed ie death penalty or resuscitation it depends on the circumstances.\n\nThe right for freedom applies to everyone in the country where the law applies.
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If we have committed our lives to God based on what Jesus Christ has done for us on the cross -- then when we die, we go to be with God, to live in his presence for eternity.\n\nIf we reject the gospel of Jesus Christ (i.e., we do not commit our lives to God based on what Jesus Christ has done for us on the cross) -- then we will ultimately go to the negative afterlife (where we will experience negative consequences that match the extent to which we sinned and rebelled against God and that match the extent to which we hurt others by our actions or inaction.)\n\nCordially,\nJohn\nhttp://www.GodSci.org
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If it can be proven without a doubt that a person is guilty of taking another persons life without justification, then that person should be put to death.
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You ask which "should" be the final set of rules to govern how we live in the USA. The clear implication is that you seek a value judgment, rather than a legal analysis. \n\nThe legal analysis is obvious -- the Constitution is the supreme law of the land. The Bible is a religious text with no legal authority. \n\nHowever, if you believe that the Bible is the revealed, literal word of the Almighty, then clearly you have no choice but to prefer its dictates to the Constitution or any other man-made law. But, this is only the personal opinion of the believer. There is no object proof of the existence of God, nor can there ever be, because if God were provable by any scientifically valid experiment, God would instantly cease to be supernatural, i.e., cease to be God. \n\nSo, the answer is, that until God returns and demands that we follow His supreme laws, we must follow our own, and hope that our choices in making those laws are sufficiently wise to please the Lord of all hosts. \n\nIf not, then I'm fairly certain He will let each of us know in time.
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Anyone can choose to kill a poor helpless baby. That's ur choice. You can shun the responsibility like most people and say it was a mistake and i deserve the right to get rid of my mistake. Which is nothing but saying I dont want to take responsibility - i was only in for the pleasure.\n\nIt takes guts to give life and to go through all that you go through to bring a new life into this earth. I admire and respect that person
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Not at all.  If someone wants to end their life, it should be THEIR decision.  Who is ANYone to tell me what to do with my body?  \n\nSo far, the government says I can't end my own life, and can't ingest drugs of my choice...both of which can be done without providing an ounce of revenue to a corporation or government btw.  So, why doesn't the govenment stop people from eating themselves to death?  I can sit at McDonalds and down big mac after big mac until I run out of dough, day in and day out, and become the fattest most digusting unhealthy blob of an individual, but as soon as I ingest a "controlled substance", or put a gun to my head, I'm in violation of the law.  How does that make sense?\n\nBTW, you can't compare this to abortion.  Aborted fetuses have no choice, but people stricken with terminal disease should be able to choose their own destiny.
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Absolutely not, god gives us free will to make choices and if firmly believe that's where it ends and Thur those choices he knows what the outcome will be for us.  If you are not careful and participate in the things that could cause such a disease than you suffer a possible consequence.  Hope this was of some help to you.
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I have always said that if my illness ever takes me to a point where I am suffering unduly, where my dignity and self-worth are  compromised, I would want someone to take my life if I couldn't do it myself. Because this isn't legal,  I wouldn't expect anyone to do this for me but it is how I feel on the subject.\n\nWe do it for animals, so that they don't suffer, and I strongly believe in these circumstances euthanasia is thr only humane way.
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The decision regarding who will be saved is not subject to human musings but only to divine justice and mercy.  Yet who can deny the Apostle Peter's logic:?\n(John 6:68) “Lord, whom shall we go away to? You have sayings of everlasting life\n\nObviously, sitting inside a JW Kingdom Hall is not some talisman of salvation. Accurate knowledge and true worship that pleases the Almighty are required, no matter one's physical associations.\n\nIt will do a Satanist no good to be near Jehovah's Witnesses when judgement comes, so he should stop trying to please humans and stop limping upon two opinions.\n\n(1 Kings 18:21) “How long will YOU be limping upon two different opinions? If Jehovah is the true God, go following him; but if Baal is, go following him
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God created mankind with individual moral responsibility.  He also created mankind with volition...the act of choosing by the will.  He also gave us a set of instructions to live by found throughout all of scripture.\n\nMankind CAN make up his own rules and refuse God's.  But, there are consequences for doing so. \n\nSo, yes, man can choose to live and believe how he darn well pleases.  But living according to God's instructions brings positive consequences.  Disregarding them brings negative consequences.\n\n"This is the love of God that we keep His commandments, and His commandments are not grievous" - I John 5:3\n\n"For the penalty for sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord".  Romans 6:23
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as in we have a right to live in peace, without fear of being killed, harmed , toutured or imprisonet aginast our will, ot have our civil liberties violated .ect... who guanrantees it?\nwe do\nmy role in your right\nnoly to defend it if need be, otherwise you are free to puruse your life as you see fit
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it depends.\n\nI think you have to live your life in a way that you can live with at the end of the day.\n\nIf you feel guilty about doing it before you do it, then you probably shouldnt go through with it. If you dont, then live life.\n\nIf you do this, you will regret a lot less. Listen to your conscience.
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I have a hard time with your theory. I have experienced the suicide of 2 of my brothers. I am a Christian, and knowing and understanding that God allows our choices, but is very often saddened or angered by the choices that we make that hurt ourselves or others around us, I would say NO. God does not find it beneficial in any way imaginable, by someone taking their own life. The desolation that you feel when a loved one does this, almost completely destroys you! My mother DID become a Christian yrs later, since that's what you were implying in your question, but I feel she probably would have anyway, if the Lord was working in her heart. SHE was the one who found her 2nd son dead, btw.....