...I [have] nothing against an adult deciding to take part in that procedure. After all, why should I care what they decide to do to themselves?
How can you care when you have a heart of stone? Eze 36:26. :dizzy: You tolerate the Sodomite like you tolerate a bad smell [Enyart]). :granite: We love the sinner and prove it by telling him the truth about his sin (Eze 33:7-11).
Deut 22:5, Mt 19:4 :vomit:
Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left [Matt. 24:40–41].
"...this pictures the removing from the earth by judgment those who are not going to enter the millennial Kingdom." McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible commentary: The Gospels (Matthew 14-28) (electronic ed., Vol. 35, p. 146). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
"Mt 24:40, 41 one will be taken. I.e., taken in judgment (cf. v. 39) just as in Noah’s day (“took them”; v. 39). This is clearly not a reference to the catching away of believers described in 1 Thess. 4:16, 17.
24:43 the thief. As no one knows what hour the thief will come, no one knows the hour of the Lord’s return or the Day of the Lord that accompanies His coming (cf. 1 Thess. 5:2; 2 Pet. 3:10). But the believer is to be ready at all times.
24:44 at an hour you do not expect. The parables that follow teach Christ’s followers to be ready in case He comes sooner than anticipated (vv. 43–51); and also to be prepared in case He delays longer than expected (25:1–13).
24:45–51 The evil servant represents an unbeliever who refuses to take seriously the promise of Christ’s return (cf. 2 Pet. 3:4). Though he is an unbeliever (as demonstrated by his punishment—see note on 22:13), he is nonetheless accountable to Christ for the stewardship of his time. Jesus was teaching that every person in the world holds his life, natural abilities, wealth, and possessions in trust from God and must give account of how these things are used." MacArthur, J., Jr. (Ed.). (1997). The MacArthur Study Bible (electronic ed., pp. 1440–1441). Nashville, TN: Word Pub.