Well, you know I am an atheist, and religious reasons make little sense to me. I strongly believe in a person's free will to control his or her life, and only that. But there are no rights to control the life of someone else, be it your kid or a dependent person.
As such, as long as you speak rationally - talking about doubts in quality of medical service, in knowledge of the medics, in effifiency of prescribed medicines - that is rational, can be proved or disproved by facts and rational reasons, and is a valid point to be considered.
As long as you speak about yourself - there should be a right for an adult person to refuse medical service for himself or herself for any reasons and make a rational decision to die. If we don't want it we can try to persuade the person not to do this.
But a person does not have authority to control the life of his dependants and to decide to let them die, and furthermore, he may not have authority to refuse medical service for them for religious reasons, as they are irrational and there are no reasonable arguments against them.
I see the refusal of medical services as a dangerous prejudice that may not be tolerated, and think that rejection of religious arguments must be enforced by the society and authorities when you talk about health and risk of life.
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Date: 2013-09-07 08:32 am (UTC)As such, as long as you speak rationally - talking about doubts in quality of medical service, in knowledge of the medics, in effifiency of prescribed medicines - that is rational, can be proved or disproved by facts and rational reasons, and is a valid point to be considered.
As long as you speak about yourself - there should be a right for an adult person to refuse medical service for himself or herself for any reasons and make a rational decision to die. If we don't want it we can try to persuade the person not to do this.
But a person does not have authority to control the life of his dependants and to decide to let them die, and furthermore, he may not have authority to refuse medical service for them for religious reasons, as they are irrational and there are no reasonable arguments against them.
I see the refusal of medical services as a dangerous prejudice that may not be tolerated, and think that rejection of religious arguments must be enforced by the society and authorities when you talk about health and risk of life.