Monday, November 13, 2006
Church of Euthanasia
The Times reports here on the latest from the old Church of England, which seems to be metamorphosing into a post Christian organisation.
It is now (according to them) acceptable that sick babies should "be allowed to die", and some of the criteria to assess this are the: "economic cost of long-term healthcare and education". This all come courtesy of The Bishop of Southwark, the Right Rev Dr Tom Butler, and he considers when it is morally acceptable to perform a “possibly lethal act”. Unsurprisingly to me he's not talking about defence of self or family or property, but when someone is likely to become a burden to the state.
I wont go through the article (which is rather longer in the newspaper for some reason), but he uses some very perverse "arguments". He most perversely cites Christ "where He over-rode rule based systems". However Christ over-rode these systems because people were following religious rules without faith in their hearts, there is no comparison. Christ certainly did not say it's fine to kill or allow sick babies to die because they might be a burden.
This is the sort of issue there can be no compromise on and anyone claiming to be a bishop should know that. The Christian message with regards to innocent life is clear and consideration of other matters such as economics plays no part.
By adopting this stance, the old Church of England have turned their back on Christ and stepped outside of Christianity.
It is now (according to them) acceptable that sick babies should "be allowed to die", and some of the criteria to assess this are the: "economic cost of long-term healthcare and education". This all come courtesy of The Bishop of Southwark, the Right Rev Dr Tom Butler, and he considers when it is morally acceptable to perform a “possibly lethal act”. Unsurprisingly to me he's not talking about defence of self or family or property, but when someone is likely to become a burden to the state.
I wont go through the article (which is rather longer in the newspaper for some reason), but he uses some very perverse "arguments". He most perversely cites Christ "where He over-rode rule based systems". However Christ over-rode these systems because people were following religious rules without faith in their hearts, there is no comparison. Christ certainly did not say it's fine to kill or allow sick babies to die because they might be a burden.
This is the sort of issue there can be no compromise on and anyone claiming to be a bishop should know that. The Christian message with regards to innocent life is clear and consideration of other matters such as economics plays no part.
By adopting this stance, the old Church of England have turned their back on Christ and stepped outside of Christianity.
