[xzins]

The church stressed that it was not saying some lives were not worth living, but said there were "strong proportionate reasons" for "overriding the presupposition that life should be maintained".

The bishop's submission continued: "There may be occasions where, for a Christian, compassion will override the 'rule' that life should inevitably be preserved.

"Disproportionate treatment for the sake of prolonging life is an example of this.

The church said it would support the potentially fatal withdrawal of treatment only if all alternatives had been considered, "so that the possibly lethal act would only be performed with manifest reluctance."

[Tanniker Smith]

So God's Will and His Greater Plan be damned, is that it?

[AmericaUnited]

Being on that side of the pond, what's your take on this?

[TommyDale]

I wonder how these church leaders are going to explain this on Judgment Day?

[Andy from Beaverton]

How soon before the church starts performing abortions?

[vox_freedom]

So, as society, we are back to Sparta in ancient Greece, where the infirm elderly, the sick, the disabled, the babies no one wants, are brought to a hillside and left to die. Abortion and euthanasia are the precursors of these travesties and they are already upon us here in the United States.
May God have mercy!!!

[PatrickF4]

You've got to be cruel to be kind. Sometimes, love hurts. This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you. Charity, Christian love, (Caritas), demands that we do not help you.

So, now at least we can fix a price on human life. Let's start the bidding at 10 pounds.... do I hear 20?

[Vinny]

"The church stressed that it was not saying some lives were not worth living, but said there were "strong proportionate reasons" for "overriding the presupposition that life should be maintained". "

-The Church of Nazism

[kinoxi]

the high financial cost of keeping desperately ill babies alive should be a factor in life or death decisions.

Their concept is that the human costs too much so they must be destroyed. What's the view on capital punishment for murderers over there? If you want to be homicidal why stop with babies. That bishop is probably ugly as hell and should be terminated as well.

[AmericaUnited]

Hmmm... I was was just readinfthe other day how when the Nazi's came to power, they starting killing the useless eaters, elderly, disable and deformed children, etc. etc.

Evil is as evil does. What don't this freaking idiots understand about that?

[stevem]

If we lose the value that human life has both sanctity and dignity and that only God can play God, I think we are finished.

[Constantine XIII]

The church stressed that it was not saying some lives were not worth living, but said there were "strong proportionate reasons" for "overriding the presupposition that life should be maintained".

WTF is a 'strong proportionate reason'? O_o

[goldstategop]

The Church Of England is post-Christian. The Cross has been emptied in England of both spiritual and ethical import.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[Screamname]

Does "sick newborn babies" include those who have a genetic tendency to become liberals or Islamic death cult members?

[shrinkermd]

Government is now capitalized but God is not. That is the message between the lines. It is now considered quaint and old fashioned to defend life. The government is accepted by all to be the final arbiter in this decision.

The secularists will eventually win all disputes because government gives ordinary citizens benefits and laws while God just promises eternal life. Benefits and laws are tangible while religious mores, morals and promises are intangible. The "golden calf" remains an object of worship only it is not called that.

[COEXERJ145]

Maybe I'm just reading this wrong but it almost sounds to me like they're saying that there are times that using every available method to extend life is not always the best decision. Sometimes it is better to let nature take its course.

I know if I had a child who was born with some type of defect that was going to kill them very quickly, I would not want that child to be hooked up to every machine possible to keep him/her alive for a few days or weeks. I would put it into God's hands and trust him to do what he knows is best. If the child dies, then they would be in heaven. If God decided to heal the child, then I would be grateful beyond words.

That said, I would not advocate killing a child because they're blind, deaf, missing an arm or leg, or something along those lines. That would be murder.

[Jewels1091]

I would like for him to imagine Jesus, Himself standing right next to him, and then saying that out loud!

[narses]

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[Irish_Thatcherite]

OMG, a terrible developement in the Anglican Church.

[Cicero]

The Times of London's article was vague about the authority of this submission, making it appear that this bishop might have written it on his own hook. But this article makes it appear that the bishop's submission has considerable authority as being the Church of England's position.

Utterly damnable.