> Do you think it is love to extinguish the greatest gift of all — life — in order to satisfy your personal theory of self-determination? Do you think it is hat

> Do you think it is love to extinguish the greatest gift of all — life — in order to satisfy your personal theory of self-determination? Do you think it is hatred to urge someone to preserve the most important thing he has — himself? This is the single most ridiculous thing I've heard when it comes to the Christian stance on euthanasia. Pieter had incurable cholangiocarcinoma. He went through a course of treatment, but that treatment did not succeed. He did everything he could have done to preserve himself, but in the end, the form of cancer he was incurable. Your definition of "love" seems to be to force him to waste away, forcing his children and other loved ones watch him degrade slowly, knowing there is no hope for recovery. The ban on euthanasia is there to prevent people from foolishly taking their lives. There are cases, and Pieter's definitely fits the bill, where the only action left to take is to allow the person the dignity and the right to die as he sees fit.