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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-11 01:06 PM
Response to Reply #34
35. I noticed you didn't answer my question.
Edited on Fri Jun-17-11 01:07 PM by trotsky
Any reason why?

Bonus question: do you support or oppose the right to an abortion? It too can be abused.
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  -Catholic Church Amps Up Its Fight Against Aid in Dying trotsky  Jun-16-11 07:27 PM   #0 
  - "I do NOT wish to become a science experiement  HockeyMom   Jun-16-11 07:36 PM   #1 
  - IMO if it causes pain and suffering they're for it ... n/t  RKP5637   Jun-16-11 07:43 PM   #2 
  - The OP is about assisted suicide, not pain medication.  pnwmom   Jun-16-11 08:53 PM   #14 
     - That's good to hear! Thanks! n/t  RKP5637   Jun-16-11 09:02 PM   #15 
  - The Catholic Church is against assisted suicide, but does not require  pnwmom   Jun-16-11 08:22 PM   #5 
  - The Catholic Church would not have had a problem with your mother's DNR  pnwmom   Jun-16-11 08:25 PM   #7 
     - Slow suicide: Yes. Fast suicide: No.  Iggo   Jun-17-11 08:16 AM   #25 
        - The point of pain medication is to manage pain, not to try to kill.  pnwmom   Jun-17-11 09:41 AM   #28 
           - DNR's are okay. Refusing medical care is okay.  Iggo   Jun-17-11 09:52 AM   #31 
  - The ancient Romans had a saying: There are two tragedies,  dimbear   Jun-16-11 08:08 PM   #3 
  - If they truly believe this then they hate Jesus  Angry Dragon   Jun-16-11 08:12 PM   #4 
  - They don't. The OP is misrepresenting the Church's position.  pnwmom   Jun-16-11 08:31 PM   #9 
  - The Church is pro-hospice care. But it's against assisted suicide.  pnwmom   Jun-16-11 08:24 PM   #6 
  - Did you read the article? n/t  trotsky   Jun-16-11 08:28 PM   #8 
  - Yes. That's why I know what it says.  pnwmom   Jun-16-11 08:34 PM   #10 
     - No, I do not think you do.  trotsky   Jun-16-11 10:08 PM   #19 
        - No, it doesn't. If it did, you should have been able to cite the paragraph.  pnwmom   Jun-17-11 12:32 AM   #21 
           - So you believe one religious sect should be able to set policy for everyone else.  trotsky   Jun-17-11 06:13 AM   #23 
              - I believe members or non-members of any Church have the same right  pnwmom   Jun-17-11 09:16 AM   #26 
                 - Why can't I make my own end-of-life decisions?  trotsky   Jun-17-11 12:38 PM   #33 
  - They *claim* they allow medication even if it hastens death, but have little credibility  muriel_volestrangler   Jun-17-11 07:57 AM   #24 
     - That was ONE Bishop in Arizona who made that terrible decision.  pnwmom   Jun-17-11 09:36 AM   #27 
        - The US Conference of Catholic Bishops backed the local bishop  muriel_volestrangler   Jun-17-11 09:48 AM   #30 
  - Mother Teresa was a COMPLETE FRAUD.  Manifestor_of_Light   Jun-16-11 08:46 PM   #11 
  - Now I recall when something like that came out some years back shocking everyone. Do you  RKP5637   Jun-16-11 09:09 PM   #16 
     - Hitchens wrote a pamphlet called The Missionary Position.  Manifestor_of_Light   Jun-17-11 01:22 PM   #36 
        - OK, thanks!!! n/t  RKP5637   Jun-17-11 02:31 PM   #37 
  - Because people who are suffering are open to suggestion.  TheMadMonk   Jun-16-11 08:48 PM   #12 
  - The Church isn't pro-agony. The Church has no problem  pnwmom   Jun-16-11 08:50 PM   #13 
     - Pain meds often fail before the body does.  TheMadMonk   Jun-16-11 09:43 PM   #17 
        - Yeah, show me the links where a priest gets a new deathbed will.  pnwmom   Jun-17-11 12:27 AM   #20 
           - Today's Catholic church can be blamed for living up to its history.  TheMadMonk   Jun-17-11 03:31 AM   #22 
  - Instead of feeding and housing the poor, they would rather those in pain suffer needlessly  Taverner   Jun-16-11 10:00 PM   #18 
  - The potential for abuse in "assisted suicide" has been recognized for millennia,  struggle4progress   Jun-17-11 09:45 AM   #29 
     - Yup, but that doesn't change a thing.  trotsky   Jun-17-11 12:37 PM   #32 
        - Your political analysis seems naive to me. The Catholics have always been a minority  struggle4progress   Jun-17-11 01:03 PM   #34 
           - I noticed you didn't answer my question.  trotsky   Jun-17-11 01:06 PM   #35 
 

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