Atheists: Would you fight to the bitter end to save your life if you were given a terminal medical diagnosis?
Temmuz 3, 2010 | Diagnoses
Would you subject yourself to artificial life sustaining methods. If not…would you end your own life? Or do you consider it immoral to use suicide as an escape from a very bad ending?
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I’d “off” myself before it got too painful and awful.
I would sure get busy on my “bucket list” first, though… lol
Yeah… why wouldn’t I? There’s nothing waiting on the other side, after all.
I would not want to endure a painful terminal illness.
I would probably laugh, go steal a nice car and have some fun
I would have a robotic body constructed and transfer my mind into it so I could live forever as a machine.
Maybe I am just a tad too far fetched.
I wouldn’t want to lose my hair…
If I was wasting other people’s lives or in terrible suffering I see absolutely nothing wrong in topping myself. It’s my choice, and other people are welcome to choose differently.
I consider life worth fighting for right up until I am no longer mentally aware or capable, then I would like to be allowed to die.
I claim the absolute right to end my life any time I decide that death is my best choice.
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If there is pain and suffering, and no hope, I’d want my life to end.
I guess it would depend upon those artificial methods and how they make me feel…
I mean, if they bring back some quality of life, then I would do everything I could. But if they just allowed me to exist as a vegetable and a burden to others, I would likely give up on life. But then it would be quite difficult to take my own life if I were in a vegetative state…
Samson committed suicide in the Bible.
So I guess it’s OK.
Sure as hell would.
i don’t know, maybe
If I was to the point of being bedridden and in chronic pain, I would take a little too much of the morphine and ativan I would undoubtedly have on hand.
I’ve seen 2 people suffer through horrible deaths, and I can say with certainty that I’ll have none of that, thank you.
Depends on what the diagnosis is.
If its painful and debilitating and excrutiating in the end, yes I might opt to take my own life before it gets to that point.
We treat our animals better than our loved ones.
I’d off myself. What the hell, right? You only get to commit suicide once.
My DNR is filled out, ready and waiting.
I absolutely do not have a problem with assisted suicide in the case of someone being terminally ill, with no hope of recovery and in excruciating pain.
I think it would be much more “immoral” to force someone to live that way if they chose not to, even if it is for just a short time.
plug me in and keep me going, only when i completely lose my marbles should i be switched off.
Would I fight to the bitter end? At one time, I actually stated that if I ever received a cancer diagnosis I would refuse chemo. That was before I had children … Ironically, I take chemo for my RA.
I would end the fight before becoming a burden to my kids, and I would never subject myself or them to life-support if all hope was lost. Quality over quantity.
I would prefer physician-assisted suicide over something really messy. My fiance shot himself — I’d never do that to my kids.
No I would just be like whatevs.
people who fight to save their lives are afraid to die . . . . so afraid they really do not choose to do anything.
I have no idea what that is like, nor does anyone else who answered.
Pride is not power.
Their is nothing wrong with being an atheist. Its a choice. In the Bible Yahweh tells Cain to leave and wander the earth. its a choice rather if you want to believe in God or not.
Life is prescious even if there isn’t a god…Ill fight till the end to defend my life no matter the pain. Suicide is cowardice, a true man takes the punishment.
ONLY IF there were ways I could keep myself alive without being completely miserable.
Hell no. Give me meds. Lots of meds. I consider suicide immoral if you leave behind people that love you and will grieve or be ruined financially because of your early demise. However, with a terminal medical diagnosis, all bets are off, and the people that love you would understand that.
Nope. I’d try to do everything I wanted to do before the end and enjoy my last days. You’ve gotta go sometime.
Then when I was done what I wanted to do, if the pain was severe, I’d totally try to get out on my own terms.
“Artificial life sustaining methods”? Come on, lol. Yes, I would fight. I believe in medicine and how well science is doing lately, so I’m sure I wouldn’t suffer TOO much. BUT, if I had lot’s of machinery on and things like that, and I were beginning to be a load on my family’s shoulders, I would totally pull the plug.
My first choice would be to stay alive, unless it’s too much of a burden, then I would ask to be “put down”.
I have it in writing that I want any and all life sustaining methods utilized unless I’m brain dead.
No. I’ve seen a couple of “bitter ends” and they were, even with best palliative care, and I have no intention of going out that way if it is at all avoidable.
With a definite terminal diagnosis I would weigh carefully possible prolongation of life against the pain and unpleasantness of achieving it.
“Qualia adjusted.”
And a neat suicidal end at some point would be a reasonable consideration with some scenarios.
I don’t think it’s immoral to commit suicide in circumstances where quality of life has been drastically impaired, or there is no cure. However, I’m not the sort of person to take that kind of option. I would fight to save my own life, and do what it took to prolong and improve my life.
I would think that I would go pretty far to try and keep myself alive. At this point in my life I have a young child and a husband that has made plans about retirement.
If I were at the end of my life then things might be different. If I was a burden on my family things might be different. I have no issues with physician assisted suicide under certain circumstances (I’m in favor of humans making their own decisions about their life) but I think I’m a long way away from being ready to vacate this planet.
Why is this only for Atheists? lol
Depends on the issue and how much discomfort to both me and my family and friends there would be.
I just wouldn’t kill myself, I’d basically bring all that I care about into the conversation and let them know what I’m leaning towards doing and how much they’ve meant to me.