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To: rstrahan; Dr. Brian Kopp; trisham; DJ MacWoW; little jeremiah; Coleus; narses; Lesforlife; ...
All due respect, but my decision to live or die is MY decision. It is not for you or anyone else to make that decision.

Where does this supposed "right to die" come from? The right to life DOES NOT included a right to die.

Father Frank Pavone: Freedom to Die?

For a Christian, however, is "my life" really "mine"? Is my death really mine? The answer has to be yes and no. It is mine in the sense that it has been given to me and nobody else; it is not mine alone, however, because I am not the source of my own existence, and I am accountable for it to another, namely, God. "You are not your own," St. Paul declares (1 Cor. 6:19). "If we live, we are responsible to the Lord, and when we die we are responsible to the Lord. Both in life and in death we belong to the Lord." ( See Romans 14:18). Not one of us decided the time or manner in which we came into this world. Our life is a sacred gift from God, and only He can give it. It is therefore His right alone to take us out of this world.

We do not possess a "right to die." A right is a moral claim. We do not have a claim on death; rather, death has a claim on us! Some see the "right to die" as parallel to the "right to life." In fact, however, they are opposite. The "right to life" is based on the fact that life is a gift which we do not possess as a piece of property ( which we can purchase or sell or give away or destroy at will ), but rather is an inviolable right. It cannot be taken away by another or by the person him/herself. The "right to die" is based, rather, on the idea of life as a "thing we possess" and may discard when it no longer meets our satisfaction. "Right to die" thinking says there is such a thing as a "life not worth living." For a Christian, however, life is worthy in and of itself, and not because it meets certain criteria that we or others set.


6 posted on 06/21/2012 4:03:27 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee

Your argument is simply that if one is a Catholic one must adhere to different rules regarding life. And it is a LOT more complex than a snippet from a single non-authoratative opinion.

That is a great theological argument for Christians, but is irrelevant to the discussion at hand.


9 posted on 06/21/2012 4:07:56 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Guns Walked -- People Died -- Holder Lied -- Obama Golfed (thanks, Secret Agent Man))
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To: wagglebee

That is about sin, not crime. The two are different. I have autonomy over myself as reagrds the state, if not God.


16 posted on 06/21/2012 4:30:55 PM PDT by Tublecane
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