Will it always be easy to live the life of a human being? The typical answer to this question would be ‘no’. In fact, personal experiences have taught me that there will be times where committing suicide seems to be the better option when compared to dealing with the struggles of life. This option can be more tempting when the option of euthanasia (assisted and peaceful suicide) is available. However, the decision to commit suicide is a dangerous action to partake in and should always be avoided. Consequently, the practice of euthanasia is wrong and should be outlawed. While euthanasia is legal in some parts of our country and the world, people should be willing to examine their lives before they partake in euthanasia since the concept is wrong in the perspective of ethical standards and Christian beliefs.
To begin, let’s look at some statistics. In the United States, euthanasia is illegal in forty-four of the fifty states. The states of California, Colorado, Montana,
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I understand that everyone must die at some point, but there is no reason for anyone to want to voluntarily die. Life can get challenging at times, but those are the times when people should be willing to work through the problem that is facing them. If they can overcome the hypothetical challenge and return to their normal life, then their peers would have a lot of respect for them and they would have an awesome story to tell. At the same time, their failure to overcome the challenge would be much easier to deal with if they died as their peers would know that they did their best to survive instead of giving in to suicide. So, contrary to the increasingly popular belief, it is more proper to fight through the struggles of life than it is to commit suicide when life gets tough. This belief can be backed up by looking at the perspective of ethical standards and