tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920507061982445623.post6542176097462830441..comments2019-01-29T16:34:54.398-08:00Comments on Death Pastor: What’s in a Name: Learning Advocacy from the OppositionWm. Darius Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00343705324859085642noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920507061982445623.post-62827990560654811832015-12-01T00:28:26.234-08:002015-12-01T00:28:26.234-08:00Bill,
Thanks for this post regarding the intentio...Bill, <br />Thanks for this post regarding the intentional recasting of the Hemlock Society as “Compassion & Choices” and the danger of advocacy when wielded in service of the one who comes to steal, kill, and destroy. In clear terms they advocate that “Patients should receive “‘aid in dying’ instead of ‘assisted suicide.’”<br /><br />You also call into question the power structures that might be shifted to force an unwanted end upon a person deemed unnecessary or an medical/economic liability. It is certainly not compassionate to devalue the lives of others to the place that we would want to end it…as though we sat in the place of God. I wonder how much spiritual growth and relational healing might be aborted by not just short-cutting the dying process, but arbitrarily ending the lives of others.<br />Pastor Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03591208922370348455noreply@blogger.com