[Tanniker Smith]

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

[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".

What would they have done with the man born blind in the Gospel of John?

[VeritatisSplendor]

Consider a very premature newborn who has been losing sections of his bowel to necrosis, has endured a couple operations to put it back together, he's on a respirator, then he has a bleed on his brain and pneumonia, and his bowel goes bad again - would it be so evil or unreasonable for his parents to resign themselves and hold him as he dies, or should they say cut him open again...

The Church (either R.C. or Christian in general) has NEVER said "life should be preserved at all costs." We do believe in heaven.

That said, these C.of E. bishops should never say anything that might be construed to support active euthanasia. They should be very clear to condemn it, and apparently they haven't.

Mrs VS

[hinckley buzzard]

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

Oh my no. Goodness gracious. It's just that there are "strong proportionate reasons" for ignoring it from time to time, especially when the NHS budget hearings are imminent.