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5th Commandment Comic

In this comic, an old woman who is suffering says that she has lived enough and would asks her son to make the doctor put her death essentially. This is violating God's gift of life to us. We must remember that God gave us the gift of life, it must be his decision to take it away, not ours. A terminal ilness or a debilitating physical condition is never an occasion to upsurp God's exclusive right to call someone out of this world through death. Therefore it goes against the 5th commandment to commit such a crime. This is why Euthanasia and assisted suidcide are considered under the commandment: you shall not kill. Only form the perspective of the crucified Christ can we realize that human dignity reaches its finest hour when suffering is joinied to the Cross of Christ. The old woman in the comic needs to remember this. Her son should have realized that it was unnatural and irrational to listen to his mother who is ill and clearly not thinking of the best possible option for her soul. In a moment of pain most humans will naturally think only of immediate physical relief. Likewise I think the doctor should have continued to treat his patient.

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