THIS GRAVE SIN WHICH GOES UNDER THE GUISE OF "KINDNESS" AND "ENDING PEOPLE'S SUFFERING" IS REALLY A GREAT INJUSTICE BROUGHT ABOUT BY THOSE WHO SEE THE ELDERLY, THE HANDICAPPED AND THE SICK AS PEOPLE WHO ARE A BURDEN TO SOCIETY.
THE CHURCH TEACHES AND REMINDS US THAT LIFE IS A GIFT FROM GOD. HE CREATED LIFE, HE CREATED OUR SOULS AND ONLY HE CAN DECIDE WHEN IT IS TIME TO TAKE UP OUR SOULS.
FOR MAN TO DECIDE WHEN IT IS TIME TO DIE, FOR THEMSELVES OR FOR OTHERS, THIS IS A GREAT ARROGANCE. WE DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT FOR THEN WE ARE PLAYING GOD. GOD HAS COMMANDED US "THOU SHALL NOT KILL" AND THAT INCLUDES EUTHANASIA.
AS THE BLESSED FULTON J. SHEEN ONCE SAID - EUTHANASIA IS BOTH SUICIDE AND MURDER - THE CRIMES OF BOTH JUDAS AND CAIN! THINK ABOUT IT! IF MAN THINKS THAT HE HAS THE RIGHT TO DECIDE WHEN A PERSON SHOULD DIE OR WHO SHOULD DIE, THEN HE WILL THINK THAT HE IS GOD AND HE WILL STOP AT NOTHING. HE WILL PUT TO DEATH THE ELDERLY, THE ILL, THE UNBORN (AN EVIL WHICH HE ALREADY DOES). HE WILL ALSO PUT TO DEATH ANYBODY WHO IS HANDICAPPED PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY IN ANY WAY.
THIS IS WHAT HITLER DID DURING WORLD WAR II. HE STARTED THIS IN HIS CRAZED SCHEME TO BUILD A SO CALLED PERFECT ARYAN RACE. AT FIRST HE STARTED TO DO AWAY WITH THOSE WHO WERE HANDICAPPED, THEN LATER ON HE BEGAN TO COMMIT GENOCIDE - MURDERING THE JEWS OR ANYONE WHO HE CONSIDERED TO BE INFERIOR.
DOES OUR SOCIETY WISH HISTORY TO REPEAT ITSELF? DO WE WISH TO PLAY GOD? DO WE WISH TO FOLLOW THE DEVIL AND PLAY INTO HIS HANDS LIKE HITLER DID? MY FELLOW CHRISTIANS AND PEOPLE OF CONSCIENCE, I CERTAINLY HOPE NOT.
I WAS DEEPLY SADENED BY WHAT WAS DONE TO TERRY SCHEIVO - STARVING HER TO DEATH. HOW COULD OUR SOCIETY RESORT TO SUCH BARBARISM?
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TEACHES US TO TURN AWAY FROM THIS GRAVE INJUSTICE AND SIN AND TO RESPECT ALL HUMAN LIFE FROM CONCEPTION TO NATURAL DEATH. FOR ALL LIFE IS A GIFT FROM GOD AND MUST BE RESPECTED AND CHERISHED.