The May 2010 Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Newsletter can now be found at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/Newsletters/Newsletter108(May2010)(RGB).pdf Bill C-384 was soundly defeated by a vote of 228 to 59. Check how the Members of Parliament voted at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/HowTheyVoted.pdf On June 5, 2010, we are co-hosting the US/Canda Push-Back Seminar at the Radisson Gateway Hotel at the Seattle/Tacoma Airport. The overwhelming defeat of Bill C-384 proved that we can Push-Back the euthanasia lobby in the US and Canada and convince people that euthanasia and assisted suicide are a dangerous public policy. Register for the Seminar at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/2010SeminarFlyer(RGB)(LetterFormat).pdf The Schindler family are being attacked by a Florida television station and Michael Schiavo. The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is standing in solidarity with the Schindler family. My blog comments: http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2010/05/att
Reflections from the pastoral ministry of an Evangelical Catholic Priest.
Fr. Tim, Thank you for your comment at the NP sites. They seemed to have stopped allowing me to post.
ReplyDeleteThis was my post I was trying to make to your last comment:
You said : "John Allen is bang on the mark: people like to attack the church because it's easier than actually learning what it teaches and preaches. They cannot be bothered to learn... it will interfere with their rants and prejudices." and I agree. But nothing in Allen's article had anything to do with what the Catholic Church teaches, only details like which council is the newest or who's an American. I do not rant and am not prejudiced against the Catholic Church. My objections are to religion, of which the Catholic Church is a subset, and its acceptance and promotion of non-evidential beliefs as a virtue instead of a hinderance to knowledge.
I sympathize with the comments aimed against you and other religious adherents on this blog but religion brings out all sorts.
My objection with Allen's article is that is trivializes the whole discussion and tells people who don't know Vatican trivia to shut up. My point was that if critics of the Vatican who do not know 8 out of 10 of these answers are required to be silent, perhaps supports of the Vatican who fail to pass muster should equally remain sidelined.
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