Posted on 09/17/2013 10:06:13 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Professor Stephen Hawking, the scientist, has given his backing to the legalization of assisted suicide for the terminally ill.
Prof. Hawking, 71, who has motor neuron disease, said, “We don't let animals suffer, so why humans?”
In an interview, he said he believed those who helped loved ones die should escape prosecution if they were suffering from a terminal illness and in pain. …
“But there must be safeguards that the person concerned genuinely wants to end their life, and they are not being pressurized into it or have it done without their knowledge and consent, as would have been the case with me,” he added, referring to an incident in 1985 when he was placed on a life support machine. …
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Here we have a very simple contrast between those who believe in Biblical principles and those who don’t. Hawking is following his beliefs where they lead. I believe as the Bible affirms that humans were created in God’s image and animals were not. Jesus affirms it again when he says we are “worth more than many sparrows.”
As Biblically based values decline we see our nation devolve.
The stupidity of genius.
I have read the first two dozen posts on this thread, and find none I disagree with. Stephen Hawkings needs to get his $hit together and learn to live. It is not about physics or mathematics, it is about living. God created us to live.
Short of that, he needs to fine Dr K...or a loaded pistol...what, he doesn’t have the stomach to pull the trigger? Sad for him.
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