David Goodall, a 104-year-old scientist,
decides to call it a day
he asks,
“what is the point of another year of dysfunction
pain and suffering
where I can’t do anything I want to do
and have to watch my body deteriorate?”
“Is this what God wants?”
If the Catholic Church
declared that rational euthanasia
was moral
and was what God wanted
(He didn’t want people to suffer for no reason)
and allowed dying Catholics
to go to confession, mass
and receive communion
before the patient opened the flood gates
of terminating drugs
thus ending his life
with the hope of eternal life
and with the blessings of the Church,
the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit
If this was a new encyclical
there would be a rush
of euthanasia
and many other religions and denominations
would probably follow suit
and, as always,
an anti-thesis would arise
and many other religions and denominations
would protest this encyclical
as the height of immorality and evil
but nooooooooo
The Catholic Church will probably
never condone euthanasia
They believe “once true, always true”
and neither Jesus nor previous popes ever said
that euthanasia was ok
Only God can make the decision
when to live and when to die
Goodall continues:
“I don’t believe in an afterlife
And have no problem in ending the last chapter.
I lived the miracle of existence
and that’s good enough for me”
“And who are you to tell me when and how I should die?
If I can encourage my wife to have an abortion
that is, we both have a right to choose
whether the kid lives or dies
After all, it is her body”
“Then why can’t I have the right to choose
whether this deteriorating body of mine
lives another year or not?
Am I responsible for my body or not?
Is there religious freedom or not?”
Some liberal laws state that
euthanasia is only for the competent —
those who can make an authentic,
free-will decision
those who are out of it
or too feeble to make that decision,
well,
they will just have to suffer
and let the doctors fulfill their
legal and ethical obligation
to sustain the patient’s life as long as possible
regardless of her pain and suffering
or the wallet of the taxpayers
Goodall didn’t believe in an afterlife
Bertrand Russell, one of the top philosophers
of the 20th century
and an avowed and assertive atheist
was once asked,
if there was a God
and you met Him after you died
what would you say?
Russell responded with,
“I’d tell Him
you didn’t give me enough evidence”
Perhaps God would see Russell
as a smart ass
Perhaps if there is a God
and Goodall meets Him
God will say,
Ahhhhh, you didn’t do so bad with your life
So come on in
But the anti-thesis will state
“that God may say
to hell with you”
And this is why
many people will suffer
take the drugs, chemo-therapy.
radiation, and surgery
And let death take its good ole time
Hi RG, this is a good piece I think you only not tackle the pros of euthanasia but you also touched on the antithesis of it. I’m still trying to figure out my opinion about it.