Euthanasia should never be considered.

Hello, I am so grateful that you have spent the time to respond to my argument. I understand what euthanasia is, I was just showing that your argument was very broad, but I am glad that you have narrowed it down for me. So you said, that euthanasia is "the act of putting a person or animal to death painlessly or allowing them to die by withholding medical services" puts animals and humans on the same level. It is saying that humans should be treated in the same way that domestic animals are. One can not merely put a human "to sleep" as one would do a dog. This is scary to think about. If we were on the same level as animals concerning the issue of euthanasia, than we could in any medical situation. Next I would like to address what you wrote about the root words of the word "euthanasia." Yes it means "well death" but that is because euthanasia used to be a synonym for the Catholic sacrament "anointing of the sick." This is where a priest would allow a person to make a last confession and save their soul. Thus it would be a "good death" because the person who was dying would be considered to have a peaceful afterlife. Now, in modern times it is used as a word that means, killing someone in chronic pain, as you have stated. Thus, the literal meaning has no correlation to its modern definition. I have looked up the European Declaration of Human Rights as well and it says that, "Everyone's right to life shall be protected by law. No one shall be deprived of his life intentionally save in the execution of a sentence of a court following his conviction of a crime for which this penalty is provided by law. Deprivation of life shall not be regarded as inflicted in contravention of this article when it results from the use of force which is no more than absolutely necessary: in defence of any person from unlawful violence; in order to effect a lawful arrest or to prevent the escape of a person lawfully detained; in action lawfully taken for the purpose of quelling a riot or insurrection." (http://conventions.coe.int...) I did find a piece of it about prohibiting torture but I did not find anything specifically on euthanasia. Here it says, " No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment." (http://conventions.coe.int...) Yet a terminal illness is neither a degrading treatment or punishment. It is a natural disease. Thus I do not believe that the European Declaration of Human Rights is a good source to choose for defending Euthanasia. In cont. 2 you state, that if a doctor rejects a person euthanasia they are "violating a person"s rights, creating an economic burden, interfering with a doctor"s job, and increasing suffering" First of all a person"s life should never be classified as an "economic burden." Money has finite value, human beings are priceless. Second, death is not a right. The beloved merriam webster dictionary states that a right is " something that one may properly claim as due." We did not create our lives so we cannot destroy or end it. We are capable to but that does not mean that we should. We cannot properly end our lives because they are not ours to take. Third, a doctors job is to preserve one"s life, not end it. When you give doctors the permission to end your life, things could get out of hand. It gives him the license to kill his patient. That"s right, to Kill his patient. Yes the patient may want it but he is still killing him. Even if he gives the patient the means to do it himself, he is indirectly killing the patient. That sounds like something in a horror film. In cont 3 there are a ton of misunderstandings. First of all, the government does not give us rights. I they did then they could easily take them away. If they gave us the right to food and shelter, then if they took them away would we not have them anymore? That seems like a ridiculous question but that is exactly what you are saying. Rights come from a higher authority (God) as man would believe. Thus they cannot as you said, "give us the right to decide if we want to live a painful life or die a painless death?" Because they do not have that authority. Now I will refute your later attacks. You said that " your life isn't precious in the scenario in which Euthanasia is used for" Well that is actually quite disturbing. Life IS ALWAYS PRECIOUS!! Just because someone is sick does not mean that they are of less value. You claim, "Also 2 months of insane pain isn't a good scenario or time frame to build good character if you did bad things the last 10 or 20 years of your life you can't make it up in a short time frame" This is your opinion. I have heard of deathbed conversions, when people realize some evil they may have done and repent. It is possible. God is Mercy and is willing to forgive at any time. He will never turn His back on someone. Yes, someone might experience physical, mental, or spiritual pain (in your scenario) but that is no reason to give up. True heroes will fight to the end. Yes it is scary but if one accepts his suffering he will realize all of the fruits that I mentioned before. Do not be afraid. If one embraces suffering he will realize the beauty in it. Yes I believe in miracles as well as you. Why would you promote Euthanasia of you know they can happen. I understand why someone might feel that Euthanasia can help them, but I know that in reality it is being used as an escape route. It is being used as an easy way out. It is a very unnatural way that is dangerous to accept. We cannot begin to accept the idea that killing ourselves is good. I hope this answered your questions and I will pray that you understand what I was trying to say. Thanks for debating with me.