[Conservative til I die]

I disagree with the Pope. If the natural body can not feed itself, God has designed it to expire naturally.

Oh really? What about the severely retarded? What about babies? Or quadripilegics? All incapable of ingesting food on their own. But, once fed, all capable of processing and digesting food to sustain life.

You seem to be making some sort of special case for people who are perfectly capable of being kept alive, but because they are tube-fed rather than spoon-fed, they somehow have less of a right to live?

And you're supposed to be Orthodox right? I'm a bit surprised by your position, and rather dissappointed.

[Destro]

You did not read further on down: I did not understand fully the Pope's words. I thought he meant artificial elongation of life via machines. Keeping people alive unaturaly for protracted periods without hope of recovery is torture and a sin. I do not take back my stance that keeping human vegetables alive is correct. I would have no moral objection to "pulling the plug/tube" in those cases. If the Pope is for keeping human vegetables alive then I am in disagreement with him (i.e. no mind activity). This is a complex subject and it would be hard to make a point across regardless.