--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 3/20/05 7:54:22 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > One guy stated,the "bible clearly says, 'thou shalt not kill'". > Larry King said, "Then you don't beleive in capital punishment?" > I couldn't believe it but the guy said that the bible also clearly > states that man is given that responsibility (to kill) Gad, made no > sense to me. It seems the bible can be quoted to say whatever the > hell you want it to say. > > > > Clearly the difference is innocent life and life that is guilty of a heinous > crime. The Torah, Bible, makes this distinction.
The problem is that not everyone (including myself) believes the Bible to be the word of God. Even if everyone agreed that the bible was the word of god,it can be interpreted many ways. It is pretty funny to see all these hypocritical attitudes that give clauses and exceptions to the commandment "thou shalt not kill". There is a difference in murder and "allowing" someone to die with dignity and grace. How can someone insist that another take some specific treatment to prolong their life? (including food) Who has that right? Say, like my grandfather, you were gonna die within a few months anyway. Why would anyone insist on having prostate surgery(did i spell it right Ken?) and chemo too? If someone is old and in pain, why can't people just let them go? There was a great book, true story about a family with a child with anorexia. The family did EVERYTHING they could. The child was put in a hospital and fed through tubes. The girl was so adamant that she didn't want to eat that her body supported her request and clogged and rejected the tubes so she could not eat. The one thing the family had not done was to LET GO. This was the whole lesson, letting go. The family finally decided that it was really the girls decision and let her chose. After that, she started eating. Intersting story, I don't think I could have let go, but fascinating. Everyone tries to play god. But everyone is their own god, that means you honor the god in the other person. This is what namaste means: "I bow down to the God in you" To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
