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sanctity of life
'you yourselves are God's temple and God's spirit lives in you' corinthians 2:16
jesus healed sick and dying he did not kill them
Jesus suffered greatly-can be some purpose to suffering
Quality of life
-jesus came so that people could live life in 'all its fullness'john 10:10
Love your neighbour-sometimes most compassionate thing would be to help someone to die
free will
God has plan for every individual |
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| The roman catholic church |
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totally against Euthanasia
Does accept using pain killing drugs
'ordinary' treatments must always continue but 'extrodinary' need not
Euthanasia is always wrong but it s also wrong to keep a patient alive at any cost
People should be allowed to die but only when God decides
'passive Euthanasia' may be permitted |
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sanctity of life is very important but should not keep people alove just for the sake of it
making the old and ill feel wanted and valuable is more important |
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generally against
all human life sacred
baptists agree-when a person is brain dead with no chance of recovery it is acceptable to stop streatment and allow them to die naturally
do not agree-with actions that make death come more quickly |
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| 'we need to provide better care for the dying rather than kill them of early' methodist conference '74 |
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