Catching Up - Brittany Maynard Will Not Be Donating To the 700 Club

I wanted to do a video about this before Brittany Maynard moved on, Unfortunately I did not have the time. About a week ago Pat Robertson talked about her on the 700 Club and that's what I wanted to respond to. Let's listen to what he had to say.



I understand the problem old Pat has here. You can't tithe if you are dead. You can't donate to the 700 Club if you are dead either. Faith healers, like Pat Robertson, can only take advantage of someone in this situation is they are not only alive but have an irrational level of hope. And if people get the idea that they can be in control of their own death, then they might get the idea that they can be in control of their own life.

Now that I have that off my chest, I'll be serious.

This reminds me of a friend I lost many years ago. He had cancer. He beat it once. Nay, he kicked it's ass once. But it came back, and it came back strong. Sadly, not much could be done this time. It was going to kill him. treatments would have given him 6 months. Maybe a year. But that time would have been nothing less than torture. He looked in to other solutions. Alternative medicine and such. In the end, he chose quality of life over quantity of life. Chose not to take any treatments. Chose to die at home, naturally. Chose to die just as he lived, on his own terms. Yeah, I miss him. I would never say he committed suicide. I would never say he gave up.

What I have read about Brittany Maynard is similar. She just got more media attention. I think that's what the idea of dying with dignity needs. It needs a human face and it needs a human story. Not some geezer who is out to swindle people out of their money mischaracterizing those who are forced to make a decision that I wish on no one.