Bioethical Dilemma Research Assisted Suicide
Introduction
Assisted suicide is basically having someone else help you in taking your own life. The person assisting in the suicide is sometimes a physician, friend, or even relative. There are many reasons why people want assistance in taking their own life. Assisted suicide is definitely an immoral act, because you and the person helping you are taking a life. And any time a life is taken that is murder in God’s eyes. Suicide is a sure way of not spending an eternity with God in Heaven.
History
According to Time Magazine “Mention the “euthanasia.” and the first thing most people think of is the epic assisted suicide battle of the 1990’s starring Jack “Doctor Death” Kevorkian. But the issue of whether human beings and more pointedly, doctors have the right to help others die has been in the public discourse since before the birth of Christ (Pickert, 2009). Many tend to get assisted suicide and euthanasia mixed up. The difference between euthanasia and assisted suicide is the person wanting to commit suicide assist in the suicide. But in euthanasia they get someone like a doctor to give them something or inject them with something lethal that eventually kills them. This debate seems to be one that has gone on for centuries past, and will likely be one in centuries to come.
Opposing Sides
The opposing sides of assisted suicide are the person’s right to get aid in taking their own life or living. There are several different reasons why someone would want assistance in committing their own suicide. Some reasons are the person has a terminal illness, and does not want to suffer any longer. The person could be severely depressed and feel like life is not worth living any longer, or they have nothing to live for. Also it could be they feel like they are being a burden on others, and just feel as if they would just be better not living at all. But the opposing side to assisted suicide is living. Even if living means suffering or being depressed taking your life in anyway should never become an option.
Biblical References
There are many scriptures in the Bible that are references to assisted suicide. In 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 the Bible says “Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies (Holy Bible New International Version, 2007). This scripture makes it perfectly clear that our bodies are not our own they are God’s bodies, and we are supposed to cherish them and care for them. Even though a person is sick or feeling like it is the end of the world we are still not supposed to harm our bodies. Our bodies are temples for God, and whatever happens to them are his will. Exodus 20:13 says it all “Thou shalt not kill” (The Holy Bible New King James Version, 1982). That scripture is very self-explanatory committing suicide is murder, and it is one of the Ten Commandments that God has given us to live by.
Conclusion
This subject is something that is truly a hard one to talk about, because while I can understand a person not wanting to suffer any longer it is still very wrong. I feel taking your life whether it you committing suicide on your own or having someone to assist you is wrong. It is a sin and very plainly stated in the Bible that it is something that God would frown upon. I don’t know anyone personally that has ever committed suicide, but I do know some who have attempted it. And I honestly can’t say that I understand, because I can’t imagine anything being so bad in my life that I would want to take it. My relationship with God is one that whenever I feel like I am my lowest I know that he is there for me.

Bibliography

Holy Bible New International Version. (2007). Cincinatti: Standard Publishing.
Pickert, K. (2009, March 3). Time. Retrieved from Time: http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1882684,00.html
The Holy Bible New King James Version. (1982). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.