Posted on 02/06/2008 4:27:00 PM PST by SubGeniusX
Do you feel that it is similarly immoral to intercede medically to extend the life of someone who is dying with antibiotics, ventilators, etc...? After all, if God has set our number of days, perhaps extending them becomes immoral. Because the flip side of the moral argument you are making seems to be the theology of extremist Christian Science. That is, that prayer is the appropriate substitution for medical care.
Is passive euthanasia acceptable to you? For example, if I leave a medical do not resuscitate in the event of heart attack directive, is that suicide?
Anyway, I reject your ‘rules’ as your opinion, and not the business of the state.
My opinion is that the business of the state is whether relatives or doctors are actively murdering the elderly without their consent.
Do you feel that it is similarly immoral to intercede medically to extend the life of someone who is dying with antibiotics, ventilators, etc...? After all, if God has set our number of days, perhaps extending them becomes immoral. Because the flip side of the moral argument you are making seems to be the theology of extremist Christian Science. That is, that prayer is the appropriate substitution for medical care.
Is passive euthanasia acceptable to you? For example, if I leave a medical do not resuscitate in the event of heart attack directive, is that suicide?
Anyway, I reject your ‘rules’ as your opinion, and not the business of the state.
My opinion is that the business of the state is whether relatives or doctors are actively murdering the elderly without their consent.
Okay...I think I am ‘getting it’.
I apologize for my extreme views. I was feeling rather depressed and ornery that day.
Let me just say it this way: I hate abortion. It’s wrong. I do not believe in suicide or physician-assisted suicide. I don’t believe in pulling the plug on the old or the infirm.
That’s basically it. If I offended, I am sorry.
I aint touching that with a ten foot cat.
I wasn’t offended, and didn’t see anything in your statements that required an apology, but thanks for being civil when you are arguing about something you feel passionately about.
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