2006-05-12
Your Right To Die
Currently in the news is the debate in UK government over a form of legal suicide.
Unsurprisingly this is being criticised as a “back door to euthanasia“.
My issue however is the argument against being used by various parties.
They will start with a well reasoned, well vocalised argument, and then spoil it all by mentioning religion.
I hope that my friends and family will know well enough that I have no issue with religion per se.
However, it cannot be used as part of any reasoning – there are too many assumptions that have to be made and, in my eyes, the argument is null and void.
Are there times when religious texts can be quoted as truly meaningful reason?
