My views on topics related to the 5th Commandment

    The fifth commandment covers many controversial topics. The church often makes its views on the subject pubic in forms of interviews and what not. But just because the church feels one way on that certain subject doesn’t mean we are forced to believe in the same thing. I personally don’t believe everything that the church says is wrong, is actually wrong. For example the topics, such as, assisted suicide, in-vitro fertilization, and capital punishment, I don’t necessarily believe is wrong, but the church teaches differently. 


    Assisted suicide can have many different right or wrong views, depending on the type of person you are and what you believe in. I personally believe that people that have incurable diseases or are suffering horribly and they have no chance of ever surviving and they, themselves, want to put an end to the pain and suffering then I believe that it is their choice to end their life prematurely. Having lived through grandparents that can't walk, don't remember your name, and all around suffering terribly and there's nothing that I could do, the feeling that you get is horrible. All you want to do is help them any way that you can. I believe that my family would go along with their decision with the assisted suicide, if one of the grandparents have had decided to go along that path. 


    In-vitro fertilization has been an option for couples around the world that can't get pregnant for many years now. I have very strong feelings for this subject, since my aunt has gone through it a number of times. The church teaches that in-vitro takes away what is meant to only be between a husband and wife (which is a totally different topic that I'm not going to get into). But I feel for people like my aunt that has gone through the pain of not being able to have kids, who also is very religious, have to church think that because they can't have kids means that they should just give up all together. If your desperate to have kids and have been trying for years to have them and just can't, then go ahead and have the procedure done. And then there our some people that are lucky and get a miracle baby like my aunt. It always seems that the most deserving people and the ones that should have kids the most don't get them, while people like octomom shouldn't be allowed to have kids. 


    Capital punishment also seems a likely candidate for the church to reject. But in truth the church doesn't condemn it as long as it is the last resort to keeping the public and society safe. I don't believe in this way of thinking. I believe that if you go around murdering dozens of people, you have some serious problems and you should get what karma has coming for you, which is exactly what you gave out, murder. I agree with the church that it shouldn't be used whenever people feel like using it but it should be reserved for the special kind of people in the society that shouldn't even have the right to pick up the trash on the side of the road. But altogether as a whole I think that the death penalty should be reinstated for the people that commit the crimes that hurt society the most.