Physician Assisted Suicide Right/Wrong

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Judas among others-are not described in a disapproving manner.
Both Jewish and Christian disapproval of suicide dates from the fourth century AD, late in the development of both religons, and does not derive directly from scripture. Ironically, the Christian Church, encouraged by the arguments of St.Augustine, adopted a strict prohibition against suicide precisely because it had become so popular among Christians. A vogue of suffering,and even collective suicide ,had by then begun to threaten the Church. Any religion which preaches that life on earth is a vale of tears, a mere prelude to a better afterlife, would seem to be invitng its adheents to kill themselves, unless it can offer a good reason for them to delay their departure for paradise. Declaring suicide a mortal sin was the Church's solution.
Scriptural or clerical injunctionsdo not weigh very heavily with the occasional church-goer. But a range of other religos argments hold greater sway. Life is said to be a gift from ...

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