Religious analysis of death
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- Introduction
- Opinion concerning what happens to the spirit after physical death
- The Buddhists
- The hippocratic oath
- Euthanasia
- The Anglican Church and euthanasia
- Eastern religions and euthanasia
- Conclusion
Abstract
Many controversies arise from the interaction between human ideas and religious thought. One of the issues that create much confusion among religious scholars, as well as the average man has been death. Since it is believed that there is no turning back, death raises many questions, and creates a basis for how we live our lives. Each religion has a different perspective on what occurs after death, but the overarching question is who gets to decide when it is time to end ones life. This has been seen through the growing debate over euthanasia, which raises the question of who decides when it is time to die. Is it the divine or does man have control? Scientifically speaking death occurs in stages. First human respiration ends, and the person fails to breathe. Next due to the lack of oxygen entering the bloodstream the circulation stops, which in turn fails to replenish the cells with in the body. Following the stop in circulation the brain fails to function, again due to the lack of oxygen and blood reaching the brain. Finally, after brain death, all other cells fail to function, due to the lack of oxygen, and lack of signals being sent. With modern technology, death is also reversible until the brain becomes inactive. Yet, as we all know, there is much more that happens with death, not just physically, but both mentally and spiritually as well. death serves as a social function, which can affect the lives of many people, which makes it a vital consideration in everyday life.
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