(October 4, 2009 at 4:15 am)Saerules Wrote: All it takes is one bullet to the brain... or one severe knife wound to the throat... or one easy leap off of a tall building.
Why would one need assistance to kill themself? The methods by which to die each day are innumerable. If one desires peace eternal... what is minor ordeal to stay their will? Life is a glass cannon... it fights hard to maintain its own fragile existence... and delicate life is easily shattered.
There is no such thing as a mercy killing... for mercy is in showing compassion and forgiveness toward those within one's power to punish or harm. To kill someone because of their misery? This is a killing forged from pity. Killing cannot be done by mercy... and one of the most common shows of mercy is in not killing when one could.
Not always, letting somebody go through extreme pain until they die is cruel but shortening their suffering would be a display of mercy.
Personally, it's not God I dislike, it's his fan club I can't stand.
