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  • Essay / Argumentative Essay on Euthanasia - 1659

    This, however, can be refuted by 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 which says: "Do you not know that you are the temple of God and the spirit of God lives in you. If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, and you are that temple” (The English Standard Version Bible). The body belongs to God, because it is his temple. So to disrespect him, through murder or suicide, is to disrespect God. Allowing the patient to have the possible option of euthanasia is to say that their own way is better than God's, and to deny the right to their life ("Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide"). Likewise, Proverbs 5:3 says that all suffering has a purpose: “Nevertheless, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance” (The English Standard Version Bible). Although the suffering can be very painful, we must realize that the pain Jesus endured was much greater. Furthermore, how can we not know that suffering is just another ordeal put forward to test the patient? Some say that how one responds to death shows the Lord how deep one's faith in Him is. Why let something like euthanasia take that