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She is quoted as saying 'There is something beautiful in seeing the poor accept their lot, to suffer like Christ's Passion. The world gains much from their suffering.'

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this issue is life threatening for society

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Many people believe that the period just before death is a profoundly spiritual time.They think it is wrong to interfere with the process of dying,as this would interrupt the process of the spirit moving towards God.

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She believed the world gained a lot from the suffering of the poor and she saw their dying as sharing in Christ's passion.

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no human being has the authority to take the life of any innocent person, even if that person wants to die

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To propose euthanasia for an individual is to judge that the current life of that individual is not worthwhile.

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It puts vulnerable people at risk

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Sanctity of life is very important but doctors should not have to keep people alive for the sake of it regardless of the quality of life

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You should not 'interfere with the natural process of death

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Making the old and ill feel wanted an valuable is more important. The Church should do all it can to make the elderly and ill feel like important members of society.

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Seeing as it is morally wrong to commit suicide, it is also wrong to assist someone to commit suicide

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While mercy is a moral obligation ,killing is never a mercy.

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Liberal Protestant: people are prepared to 'face death and accept death as preferable to continuous suffering for the patient and the family'

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"For it is a question of the violation of the divine law, an offence against the dignity of the human person, a crime against life, and an attacking the humanity"

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Biblical teachings prohibit killing; the sixth commandment States 'you shall not kill'

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Voluntary euthanasia, self-willed by a rational, legally competent person, is permitted by some theologians. However active euthanansia in which the person plays no role, is condemned by the majority of Christians.

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The Christian faith emphasises love for one's fellow human being, and death is not the end for Christians

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Liberal Protestant: acts of kindness may embrace euthanasia, for instance when a human being is dying in agony

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God has created us for a purpose,and it is our duty to live and pursue that purpose

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To take a life opposes God's love for that person, and rejects the duty of a perosn to live life according to God's plan.

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Mercy is considered a moral obligation, killing is never a mercy. And is considered a contradiction when used to justify the killing of the disabled or mentally , as we are failing to care for the most needy in the community.

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an assisted death is an offence against the dignity of the human person, a crime against life, and an attack on humanity.

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There is no difference between our response to a suffering animal or human

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the human being is not simply a biological entity but a person, in the image of God and Christ

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Life is sacred and a gift from God

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'Since killing is generally wrong it should be kept to as narrow a range of exceptions as possible' (Arthur Dyck, 1975). Dyck supports passive but not active euthanasia, as he believes that passive euthanasia can be merciful but actively killing someone is never merciful.

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Joseph Fletcher argues that euthanasia is consistent with Christian Kindness:

1. Quality of life is more valuable than biological life.

2. Death is a friend to someone with a debilitating illness, as it is not the end.

3. All medical interventions place human will against nature.

4. Special equipment and unnecessary surgery are not morally required for a person who is terminally ill.

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The Second Vatican Ecumenical Council condemned 'whatever is opposed to life itself, such as any type of murder, genocide, abortion, euthanasia...[as]...supreme dishonour to the Creator". (Pasoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes, 1965)