Good will to all men? Not from the grumpy atheists! (Thank God not all atheists are grumpy but there sure seems to be a lot of them)
Why is it that so many in the atheist community cannot bring themselves to get past their anger whenever they engage in discussions? The language of many of their contributions in public debate is laced with invective and dripping with sarcasm and bile. There are exceptions of course, but they tend to fall more into the category of being the 'exception that proves the rule' when compared to the hostility of many of today's atheist posters. Comment offered by the theists in the public square is often depicted as being 'malicious' or 'venomous' and intended to enslave the 'feeble minded and weak' by those who post. Nothing could be further from the truth. Venom is something that is oriented to death. Christians are oriented in a 180 degree different direction. We speak not to the culture of death that grips our world but rather for the culture of life and light which ends with the gift of eternal life. For example, the Catholic Church in its hum...
No financial reward in palliative care.Too costly.Much better financially to simply allow doctors to give these people 'death with dignity'-and it won't be just for the old and infirm.No. We must allow teenagers and even the very young to chose death over hospital/hospice care.Think of the thousands ,nigh millions of dollars will be saved.Now if only the bishops (little chance of Arch types getting involved) would demand that every diocese have palliative care ,promote it and pay for it through Sunday collections.They could start by reminding Catholic politicians of their obligation to follow church law..but..that horse has already bolted.
ReplyDeleteAnon: I can only hope that you are speaking sarcastically by equating the value of human life with money. One cannot and should not reduce a human life to a cost/benefit analysis. As to paying for pastoral care, the Church in fact funds many hospices which provides quality palliative care using its own resources to build and maintain them. We are working to build such a hospice here in Chapeau without depending upon government funding.
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Indeed I was so speaking. Yet there have been reports of some who have seen this law of death as being financially good for the health system. Good for you and your efforts to build a hospice . I wonder if you have the full support of the hierarchy??
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