This time in Canada over assisted dying.
If you are terminally ill, Canadian, are unfortunately Catholic and cares about burial rites, then don’t think about assisted dying. Archbishop Terrence Prendergast of Ottawa has said the Church might refuse to conduct a funeral when families strongly support and champion their loved one’s assisted-death decision.
To the bishop, assisted dying is a morally great evil, maybe greater than the wasting disease that makes one consider assisted suicide.
I sympathise with Catholics and those who want religious rites at their funerals.
Maybe they should tell the church to fuck off.
Random thoughts 
The Church should focus more on ending its love of pedophilia and less on shit like this. A-holes.
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Assholes in deed.
Last I checked a bishop said it’s the fault of women if they are abused. Another one said the pedo priests were not guilty or something close
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Classy guys.
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And they are allowed to contribute to secular law!
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i know. Crazy.
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A nun once said, as part of my “religious education” that a child who is the victim of rape is at fault for “seducing” whoever raped them. But then again, what does a nun know about anybody seducing anybody.
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That was a strange thing to say. Really strange
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I was told it was the Tools of Satan, 11 year old altar boys, who were to blame for tempting the Good Men of Gawd.
My acquaintance didn’t understand him when I expressed a lack of interest in attending his upcoming Opus Dei Scourging Weekend.
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And one wonders why not just stop Satan. I mean they are men of god
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Fortunately, very few Catholics listen to the hierarchy.
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Except when they cry out the words; “Not Guilty of raping your children.” I hear that one a lot.
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I hope this is the case.
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Mak,
Three quarters of Canadians are in favour of assisted dying. The Catholic Church can posture all it likes, no one is listening. I don’t know how they think they have once ounce of credibility with sensible people.
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They should be told in no uncertain terms to eff off
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That’s precisely what I hope it boils down to. . .although I’m sure it’ll end up happening with a bit more diplomacy. 🙂
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I think whenever it is couched in flowery language they think people entertain their hubris
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I agree. It’s time to stop flowery language and nice talk to these pedophile rapist pigs. Eff off is, for me, too nice of a way to put it. This is an institution the creates, hides, and defends pedophiles. The whole thing needs to be torn down and its priests sent to a Siberian prison to act as slaves to the inmates. Let’s see how they like that. Assholes.
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I don’t know if you read the comments on the linked article, inspired, but yours echoes theirs. . 🙂 Reviled cretins, many of them.
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I did. It’s just sad that such a group still has such loud public voice. Arrogant asses. they simply have no shame.
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I agree. I have written to my MP expressing my support for the legislation, objection from the Catholic Church be damned.
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I hope your MP has some sense.
I think the Anglican church could also be in opposition to the legislation. I can get you a link on their position
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I suspect most other denominations are . . the Catholics have never been viewed as ‘progressive’. . .
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Anglican Church of Canada on Assisted Dying – http://wp.me/p1e6KI-47V
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The United Church’s (I was formerly a member) position is here:
Click to access submission-physician-assisted-dying.pdf
. . as I said, progressive. . .
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I will read it when I am the computer
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I just read through the Anglican Church’s Recommendation. They raise some excellent questions. However, it sounds like they are definitely reinforcing the individual’s right to choose. (as opposed to the Catholics, who feel they have the divine right to foist their opinion on everyone else)
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Siberia would be a nice place but not as good as using their intestines to hang the last king
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True.
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Mak, I’ve just done some more digging and it appears you are correct – the C of E here in Canada is not supporting assisted dying, (officially) although there are many individuals within who do. I’ll be following this debate with interest. . .
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I would be surprised if they did. Most church members in their individual capacities may not object but collectively as a group, they object to physician assisted
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Assisted suicide is illegal in all but four states in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_suicide_in_the_United_States
Catholics (the #1 religion) in my state of Minnesota are putting up such a fierce fight I don’t think it will ever pass here. Every lawmaker and catholic idjit should be forced to spend a week on a cancer ward and hear people screaming in agony. There narcotics legislature is so tough here that not even people with terminal cancer are allowed painkillers (like morphine) in doses high enough to control their pain. To a catholic though, suffering is fucking REDEMPTIVE.
Until I see catholics invite a dying cancer patient into their homes, promise to care for a pregnant woman’s child who is handicapped or in poverty, or manage to have their priest’s keep their dicks in their pants, they should not be allowed to control this nation with their twisted agenda.
The fact that when I was a catholic I bought into all their bullshit, and voted accordingly, makes me gasp in horror and regret. People think religion is harmless? No. It’s toxic.
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$Amen$ to that!
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Every lawmaker and every priest who opposes assisted suicide should be afflicted by a wasting disease that would make them want to kill themselves but any opportunity for doing so with dignity be taken away. Maybe, just maybe, they will shut the fuck up
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Amen!
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Whether it’s assisted dying, abortion, gay marriage … or whatever social issue that one can mention … the “church” should have no business or right to interfere. Let their congregation live as they instruct them to and let the rest of us alone!!
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they should limit their influence to their churches. So we have legislation for everyone. They can add those special conditions during mass
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