In the recent years there has been a particular case that has brought the minds of Christians as well as non-believers alike to examine the importance of a person's life. Apart from the ongoing debate regarding abortion as a criminal act or a womanly right, there has been another issue that has been dormant in this nation that some would argue causes the same weight as that of abortion. Euthanasia is defined in Webster's dictionary as "the act or method of causing death painlessly, so as to end suffering; advocated by some as a way to deal with persons dying of incurable, painful diseases." The only difference between this definition and that of "murder" is that euthanasia is a legal course, prompted by pre-disposed criteria. Are we at liberty or right, regardless of the circumstance, to willingly take a godly role, and advocate an ungodly act?
One of the problems I find in Western American Society is the notion that everything is given to us when and how we want it. We (and......
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