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November 14, 2006
Something must be rotten in...
Remember the Shakespearean quote, 'Something's rotten in the state of Denmark'. Read this and you'll know what's going not alone with faith but also with morals.
The Church of England has broken with tradition dogma by calling for doctors to be allowed to let sick newborn babies die.Christians have long argued that life should preserved at all costs - but a bishop representing the national church has now sparked controversy by arguing that there are occasions when it is compassionate to leave a severely disabled child to die.
And the Bishop of Southwark, Tom Butler, who is the vice chair of the Church of England's Mission and Public Affairs Council, has also argued that the high financial cost of keeping desperately ill babies alive should be a factor in life or death decisions.
The shock new policy from the church has caused outrage among the disabled.
The otherday I read another story, a sick old man in India was carried by the police and left to die at the crimation ground, of course to the witnessing of many bystanders. Already declaring the living dead!!! Even if it is understandable that it happened in a poverty stricken village, we can not accept it on any grounds. But in a wealthy United Kingdom this should happen and that it be sanctioned by the church of England. If we can not save life with all our resources then I am not sure why on earth we are here for! Surely Something's rotten in the state of the church today. The human milk of kindness is running short of supply.
So you see not just homosexuality that is the cause of our non-alligning with the Anglican Communion, headed of course by the Church of England. There are more reasons why we chose to carry on our own until His second coming! Will the church - the Body of Christ, stand up for its own members' own lives,human life in general, especially the unborn, those born and are sick, and those who are physically challenged. Open our eyes O Lord!
Posted by frleo at November 14, 2006 3:19 PM
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