{"id":25810,"date":"2018-04-03T17:13:13","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T21:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=25810"},"modified":"2018-04-03T23:11:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T03:11:19","slug":"pastoral-anglican-euthanising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/pastoral-anglican-euthanising\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastoral Anglican euthanising"},"content":{"rendered":"

I remember a time when for a church to be \u201cprophetic\u201d it had to stand against the tide of the culture, against the immorality of the state, against the prevailing delusions that beguile our impressionable egos. Not so today. Because same-sex marriage is legal, the church has embraced it and has assigned committees loaded with waffling liberal clergy to contort Scripture to their collective will. It is much the same for abortion. And now euthanasia.<\/p>\n

On March 27 Mr. and Mrs Brickenden committed suicide<\/a> together with the help of a doctor:<\/p>\n

On March 27, George and Shirley died holding hands in their own bed in a Toronto retirement home.
\nTheir children, who watched from the foot of the bed, say the couple drew their last breaths at almost the same moment.
\nThey had been married for just shy of 73 years.
\nThe Brickendens are one of the few couples in Canada to receive a doctor-assisted death together, and the first to speak about it publicly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"The local vicar was on hand, perhaps to deliver a sermon in hope of hastening the couple\u2019s exit:<\/p>\n

Present were Pamela, Saxe and Angela, their spouses, the two doctors and Andrew Asbil, the Dean of Toronto\u2019s St. James Cathedral, who later told me he had \u201cwithout hesitation\u201d supported the couple\u2019s wish for their funeral to be held at the Anglican church.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

March 27 was Maundy Thursday when we remember Jesus’ Last Supper before his excruciating death on Good Friday, an unpleasantness that he would be pastorally encouraged to sidestep by today’s Dying with Dignity Anglicanism.<\/p>\n

The Anglican Church of Canada has produced a report<\/a> in which it comes down firmly on the side of indecision. There is also a study guide<\/a> to encourage parishes to have indecisive conversations about the church\u2019s indecision.<\/p>\n

It is important to remember that In Sure and Certain Hope was not intended as a contribution to the debate about the moral appropriateness of medically-assisted dying. The changed legal landscape has moved us beyond that to a point where many of us are likely to know, love and care for those who will face difficult decisions and may choose to avail themselves of medically-assisted dying or to reject such an option.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How long will it be before General Synod has a motion before it to approve a euthanasia liturgy and consummate its longing to become a death cult. I\u2019d give it 10 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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