Wednesday, August 22, 2012

R.I.P. Tony Nicklinson

The last resort of every suffering human in history - up until the last couple of generations - has been to choose the exit door and face whatever judgement or mercy may await beyond the Veil.
To argue that surrendering to God's sovereignty in this ultimate way somehow violates God's sovereignty is not rational theology but just another of the ways those in power have twisted doctrine in order to subjugate people.
Now that we have the power to keep alive almost indefinitely those who would have died quickly and naturally only a couple of generations ago, we have an urgent moral and legal decision to take:
At what point does Keeping someone alive against their will become the ultimate human rights abuse?