(December 3, 2024 at 6:26 pm)TheWhiteMarten Wrote:Quote:Why can't the (Catholic) clergy understand the notion of assisted dying? Are they stupid, or are they inventing a problem so they can "solve" it and thus create the illusion of usefulness in society?
It's not a matter of "understanding" and to answer the second question - neither. Their position predates the modern euthanasia position by thousands of years.
While I don't have an exact answer, I do think a more accurate summary would be that secularists/atheists have a hard time understanding the value of life as it is understood in a Christian worldview.
The official dogmatic line is that assisted dying ticks all three boxes for being a mortal (rather than a venial) sin - it is grave, it is done with knowledge of the gravity of the act, and it is done with consent.
Also, it ends suffering, which the Church has always had a woody for. They feel it is more blessed to endure unending pain and misery than to end it peacefully and with at least a modicum of dignity.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
