I just read through this article with this poor soul taking her own life. She expressed no belief in God and despite no illness, she ended her life. What a terrible sadness. I think we should pray for her soul. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...iding-didn-t-want-risk-burden-family-NHS.html
.... and take comfort in The Divine Mercy message where we have been told that Jesus reaches out to ALL souls at their deaths. I think the Church has taught that we here can never a assume that anyone is lost but pray for God's manifest mercy. GOD SAVE ALL HERE .... and ALL HUMANITY!!
Incredible to read that the former Archbishop of Canterbury declares assisting someone in killing themselves to be profoundly Christian. He has got it all screwed up. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/rel...nd-moral-former-Archbishop-of-Canterbury.html Thankfully and once again our Roman Catholic Church emphatically states the truth in the CCC: 2276 Those whose lives are diminished or weakened deserve special respect. Sick or handicapped persons should be helped to lead lives as normal as possible. 2277 Whatever its motives and means, direct euthanasia consists in putting an end to the lives of handicapped, sick, or dying persons. It is morally unacceptable. Thus an act or omission which, of itself or by intention, causes death in order to eliminate suffering constitutes a murder gravely contrary to the dignity of the human person and to the respect due to the living God, his Creator. The error of judgment into which one can fall in good faith does not change the nature of this murderous act, which must always be forbidden and excluded. 2278 Discontinuing medical procedures that are burdensome, dangerous, extraordinary, or disproportionate to the expected outcome can be legitimate; it is the refusal of “over-zealous” treatment. Here one does not will to cause death; one’s inability to impede it is merely accepted. The decisions should be made by the patient if he is competent and able or, if not, by those legally entitled to act for the patient, whose reasonable will and legitimate interests must always be respected. 2279 Even if death is thought imminent, the ordinary care owed to a sick person cannot be legitimately interrupted. The use of painkillers to alleviate the sufferings of the dying, even at the risk of shortening their days, can be morally in conformity with human dignity if death is not willed as either an end or a means, but only foreseen and tolerated as inevitable Palliative care is a special form of disinterested charity. As such it should be encouraged.
Absolutely incredible stuff from Carey. He "changed his mind" on the issue, what a pile of nonsense. With notable exceptions, eg, the Grahems in America and Churches like the Presbyterians, Protestantism is virtually paganism at this stage. Contraception. Gay marriage. Gay ministers. Women bishops. Now euthanasia!!!! I marvel at the whole sola scriptura argument when I hear stuff like this. For goodness sake, all the above social issues I've listed fly in the face of Biblical teaching. I'm not anti protestant by any means, hence my profound admiration for Billy/Franklin Graham and the supportive stance the Presbyterians took in Ireland last May, but to call euthanize profoundly Christian and moral is really an inverted and blasphemous belief. THOU SHALT NOT KILL. I'm stunned by this I really am. Catholics, Orthodox Roman Catholics have very few friends left.
