Posted on 06/02/2023 6:58:40 PM PDT by marshmallow
Former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey has joined calls for Parliament to be given time to debate assisted dying.
Lord Carey said it would be “an act of great generosity, kindness and human love” to help someone end their suffering if they choose to do so.
His views were set out in a submission to the Commons Health and Social Care Committee’s assisted dying inquiry.
He wrote: “It is profoundly Christian to do all we can to ensure nobody suffers against their wishes. Some people believe they will find meaning in their own suffering in their final months and weeks of life. I respect that, but it cannot be justified to expect others to share that belief.”
He said the Bible “contributes nothing directly to this debate” and that nothing in Christian teaching addresses the problem posed by the advancement of modern medicine.
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You go first, George.
So, the implication is that living is an act of hate?
There are conditions of life that are worse than death.
Fortunately there is a cure for that spiritual condition - seriously repenting to God of your sin. And fortunately there are even physical and mental cures for other kinds of pain and depression which many people might experience at the end of life.
How many really old, terminally ill people have you known?
Of course with the advent of “hospital” care or nursing homes ... a more distant hand holds sway.
I'm not much of a fan of turning the last few moments of life into hours,days or months of death.
So ... just keep the government out of it .. no good can come from that.
Of course -- modernist theology -- "God" is a metaphor for ruling class interests.
I’ve known many and killed none.
How many really old, terminally ill people have you known
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None
that I would want to drug into paralysis
so I couldn’t hear their screams of anguish
as they were deprived food and water
as they died an excruciating painful death
of dehydration and renal failure.
Next question.
Few disagree, but when you start making it government policy we have a problem.
I assume this guy plans to show how great his love is for his fellow man and is next in line?
and the Nazis used it to justify killing the retarded and mentally ill.
Once you start, the list of who should die gets larger, as one can see in Canada and Europe.
Soros organizations have been pushing the idea since the mid 1980s.
But the real reason is that there are too many old people and the plan is to encourage them to kill themselves to save money
Minorities already don't trust doctors and most won't sign DNR orders.
And once this is considered a good treatment, docs and nurses will do it without permission.
The hospice people paint a fairly rosy picture of terminal dehydration.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_dehydration
The hospice people paint a fairly rosy picture of terminal dehydration.
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Hospice is a product/ service,
there’s money to be made
and marketing to be done.
I seen my dad go thru years of cancer pain... There absolutely no way I’m gonna go thru something like that. If I one day get the bad news, I’m going on a nice vacation, hiring me some younger female companionship... ...2 or 3 at a time, and then upon my return write a letter to all those I love and then end it...
A lot of bishops are full of shit and I understand a lot of these comments are biased because of it. But on this issue I sthttps://thefederalistpapers.org/us/customers-say-bye-bye-j-crew-rolls-disturbing-new-kids-shirt-4-wordsand neutral...
No clue how that link got in there!! Sorry!!
The last words were I stand neutral...
About 1/4 of health care costs, or about 4% of US GDP, are incurred during the last 18 months of life.
Dying is big business!
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