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In reply to the discussion: Pope Francis Kisses Sick Man With Boils Showing The Healing Power Of Compassion [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Not while I'm around, they can't escape it.
The man he is comforting may not be interested in it, but there are people so genuinely sick, and in pain, without cure or hope of recovery, that there is an option, a last resort, that some people would willingly choose to end their pain and, be at rest.
This church opposed it. Not just for members, this 'church' opposed it for EVERYONE, member of their faith or not.
Washington State, Death with Dignity act. (I-1000)
Top donors in opposition:
Connecticut Knights of Columbus: $250,000
Knights of Columbus: $75,250
Washington State Catholic Conference: $70,394
Archdiocese of Seattle: $55,000
Catholic Health Association: $50,000
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: $30,000
The healing power of compassion includes recognizing when some people (not the man pictured, apparently) are ready to move on. This church opposes that.
So don't come to me with nonsense about the church's healing power of compassion, when people like my father had to FUCKING SUFFER the last 10 months of his life, far beyond the point in time when he ASKED for assistance to end his suffering, because I-1000 was not yet law.
This church worked to force people like my father to suffer. To tell him (a catholic) that he would burn in hell if he committed suicide, to work to systematically deny any legal recourse for doctor assisted suicide even if he relinquished his faith...
That's not compassion.