A Catholic priest has spoken on Fox News, stating that those who were involved in the feeding tube removal and Terri's subsequent passing were "murderers". As have many of the posters in FR.
It hs been my belief all along that these posters were following their Catholic beliefs, and that's understandable, within a Catholic framework.
However, we are a secular nation,as is FR, and, in the Schiavo case, the huge uproar from the Catholics stemmed from a "definitional" belief, that sustaining a life by means of a feeding tube was entirely different from other "life support" measures.
No religion takes precedence over any other, nor over the secular laws, rules, marital sanctions, et al. Under long-established procedures, removing a feeding tube from a PVS patient and allowing death to occur is moral and acceptable.
The Catholic "feeding tube" position could never prevail.
And they all knew it, but in utter frustration, they lashed out and accused everyone else of being "murderers".
In doing so, they have deliberately sinned, for they have BORNE FALSE WITNESS.
There is nothing in the Catholic religion that says non-Catholics must abide by Catholic rules. Therefore the secular people are not murderers in any way, shape, or form. That's just a Catholic outcry, and applies to no one but other Catholics.
There is nothing in the Catholic religion that says non-Catholics must abide by Catholic rules. Therefore the secular people are not murderers in any way, shape, or form. That's just a Catholic outcry, and applies to no one but other Catholics.
Stuff it. God makes the rules on what is a murder. Not society.
You are mistaken. More than just Catholics are upset about this. I am not Catholic for instance. You cannot profess to know the religious beliefs of every person who has spoken out abou this so don't try.