[Pastor Ezekiel]

THIS kind of thing is just outrageous. Any True Christian™ with common sense knows that Jesus is in charge of killing us. It is a serious sin to take that task away from Him. Suicide is wrong!

Conductor Downes, wife die in Swiss suicide clinic

LONDON – British conductor Edward Downes, a longtime stalwart at the Royal Opera and maestro of the first-ever performance at Sydney's iconic Opera House, has died with his wife at an assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland. He was 85.

The couple's children said Tuesday that Downes and his 74-year-old wife, Joan, died "peacefully and under circumstances of their own choosing" on Friday at a Zurich clinic run by the group Dignitas.

"After 54 happy years together, they decided to end their own lives rather than continue to struggle with serious health problems," said a statement from the couple's son and daughter, Caractacus and Boudicca.

The statement said Downes, who became Sir Edward when he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1991, had become almost blind and increasingly deaf. His wife, a former dancer, choreographer and television producer, had devoted years to working as his assistant. British newspapers reported that she had been diagnosed with cancer.

Dignitas founder Ludwig A. Minelli said he could not confirm the deaths due to confidentiality rules.

Downes' manager, Jonathan Groves, said he was shocked by the couple's deaths, but called their decision "typically brave and courageous."

The deaths are the latest in a series of high-profile cases that have spurred calls for a legal change in Britain, where assisted suicide and euthanasia are banned.

Despite the law, British courts have been reluctant in recent years to convict people who help loved ones travel to clinics abroad to end their lives.

According to the Holy Bible, suicide is a noble thing ONLY if it results in the death of your enemies (including civilians).

And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left. And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. -- Judges 16:29-30

Also, see 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, and 1 Corinthians 3:16-17.

[Nobar King]

What a waste, but they were English, so they may have been damned, anyway. Does it really make a difference if those who are not saved end their lives by their own hand?

[FooBar]

Even though this thread is old i think that it should be corrected. Swiss is not swedish nor sweden. As it states in the article, this happened in Switzerland, not Sweden. I don't see how the OP could have missed this.

[Cranky Old Man]

Originally Posted by FooBar

As it states in the article, this happened in Switzerland, not Sweden.

Is there a difference?

[FooBar]

Yes, Switzerland and Sweden are two different countries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden

The may sound similar but are not the same.
I hope this was useful to anyone who might read this.

[Oakland "Reb" Griner]

Indeed. Godless 'Euro-trash' is unSaved Trash in any nationality.

This is just another example of atheism/ecumenism run amok. We see a progression of effects from living outside of God's Law. An unsavory lifestyle, questionable career choice (homersexual opera promotion) and then they start reaping the rewards for turning their backs upon Jesus; cancer, blindness, deafness, and what do they do? Do they accept Jesus' love and salvation?

No.

They run off and commit another sin, suicide!

Jesus was more than fair with these sinners, they could have repudiated their vile lifestyle at anytime, and then basked in the Love of Our Savior, but instead, chose to play God and pick the time of their final descent into the Eternal Lake of Fire in Satan's subterranean empire, HELL!