The Euthanasia Temptation: Those Who were Thought Dead might be Alive

By Kevin Roeten
Pewsitter.com

April 7, 2008 - It’s more common than you might think: people who were thought to be dead and now are healthy. Do we dare make the judgment on who lives and who dies?

In the Declaration of Independence, "life" is listed as a right--and is listed first. But some have attempted to change the meaning of this word, to suit their own purposes and agendas. Nobody told them the Declaration couldn’t be changed, but many hospitals, lawyers, legislators, and even clergy not only believe it can be changed, but have changed its meaning for their own purposes.

Sometimes people are told they will never recover from a serious injury, or their life is no longer worth living. Others are in constant pain. Still others may be thought to be in a 'comatose' or 'permanent vegetative state'. Faced with these circumstances some in authority believe it is not only okay, but prudent, to put an end to life when confronted with these circumstances. Have you ever noticed that patients are only told this when they can’t respond? And their closest relatives are complicit with the urge to put them "down"?

Here are a just a few of the recent cases in the news about people though to be beyond hope and targets of euthanasia. the rest