In a tv quiz show a true story was recounted where...?

many years ago in the US, a man was stuck in a burning building with no help of being rescued.





As his feet were starting to burn he pleaded with the police (who were unable to help him) to shoot him dead rather than be burnt alive. The police duely obliged him.





Apart from being a shocking and sad story i wondered what the religious take is on this?


Where is his soul right now baring in mind the poor guy had no chance of escaping the fire?


Was he right to ask to be killed?


What course of action should the police have taken?





Personally, i think the police showed humanity toward the victim, but i'd like your thoughts...





Thanks in advance.In a tv quiz show a true story was recounted where...?
That's a tough one! If I was the police officer I just don't know that I could have shot the person becasue then I would have felt responsible for his death, even if it was inevitable anyway from the fire. I just cannot imagine such a situation but both police and victim were courageous.





So far as where this guys soul is now then I have to say it all depends on what he believes in. If he is a Christian I say he will be in Heaven. I don't believe that suicide (as you may as well call it that) precludes a soul from entering Heaven.In a tv quiz show a true story was recounted where...?
Sad story, indeed. He had to the right to ask to die immediately and the police did act humanely. This same situation had happened in the San Fransisco earthquake where some trapped persons asked to be killed outright to escape th horror of being burned alive. Their requests were honored.
I agree that the police were being as humane as possible. I know that if I were dying a slow agonizing death, my boyfriend would put a bullet in my head rather than let me suffer. I appreciate that.
He, like the thief on the cross, could have turned to Jesus at the last moment of his life. So his soul could be saved.
The christian must always bear in mind that life is God's to give and take away. I don't pretend to know what God would have me do in those circumstances, but I do know that if I did the wrong thing, for the right reasons, I have the chance to be forgiven. Nobody should condemn the police for having compassion.
I think that's the $64.000 question.
No one has the right to take another persons life. I believe in God and the commandment that says Thou shalt not kill. As for him asking them to kill him to me it is a form of suicide. I have to believe that the cops thought they were doing the right thing because i do not know their spiritual beliefs. If his soul was right with God he would not have ask them to kill him because no matter what he would know that he will be in a good place
Somehow, I see this as a failed rescue. I don't see this as compassion because if the police were able to shoot him, then there was obviously a clear path to him, be it a window, alleyway, hole in the floor... there was some clear path to him in which the officer was able to take a shot at him and kill him. People limit themselves by not using all of the resources available to perform certain actions, they just don't think outside of the box.





If there was a wall between the person and freedom, then a car can be used to break that wall. If that person's life is not worth the price of that car, then there is something inherently wrong with the way we value human life. I know there was a way to save him, they just weren't willing to allow themselves to think of it.





Even though some will view this as a mercy killing, I view it as murder. You may not know how to get someone out of something, but you don't stop trying, and if you can shoot someone, you can shoot the obstacles that are impeding their escape. I've run this through my mind and even in a situation such as the World Trade Center, there is no way for the cop to kill the victim and not die in the same catastrophy as the victim. If the policeman survived, then there was a way to get the person out, and to me, that means that killing them is murder.
then i think the police where right in granting his wishes, but it does open up a while heap of other questions, like why cant a dying person in hospital be granted their wishes to die??
Not just humanity, but bravery. I don't think I could kill someone, even though I knew it was much better for him than what was inevitable.
I don't see this as a religious question.. There was no other course of action, happened a lot in the old west when they were in fights with the indians.. A wounded person lying in the open and the indians shooting flaming arrows into the wounded person His friends under cover unable to rescue him and instead of letting him die slowly they would shoot him at his own request..





Now days they would prosecute the police for killing him.. Oddly they would think it more humane to let the person suffer.





His soul is not the issue, that was decided between him and God before the situation ever happened.





Even now and I only speak for myself.. If I were a soldier in Iraq, I would never let myself be captured alive by the terrorists.. Torture and beheading no way..
God gives life and takes it away. It's not up to us to play God. The man is at peace now with the hope of a better life to come. And the sooner the better.