Kim Ledbeater’s Bill to introduce Assisted Dying returns to the House of Lords this week for its second reading. It is crucial that the peers vote down this horrendous bill. Whilst they may be nervous about rejecting a bill voted through by the House of Commons, there are plenty of good reasons for them to… Continue reading Assisted Dying and the House of Lords
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Signals: Please don’t exclude us from the conversation about assisted dying
Whenever we speak, write or act, we are communicating far more than we may realise. When we speak, there is the content we communicate but there are also other signals we are sending out and they may be communicating far more. Sometimes those signals communicate things we would desire to say even if we are… Continue reading Signals: Please don’t exclude us from the conversation about assisted dying
Can we impose our values onto everyone else?
We may conclude that Christians should be against abortion and euthanasia based on what the Bible teaches us about God, ourselves, creation and new creation. However, does this mean that we can impose this value on the rest of society? If the democratic majority think that assisted dying is okay, or even if this is… Continue reading Can we impose our values onto everyone else?
The case for life part 2. Assisted Dying and what the Bible says about Creation and New Creation
In part 1, we looked at how what we believe about God and about us (humanity) shapes our ethics when it comes to abortion and euthanasia. There are four key questions that I encourage people to think about when making practical and ethical decisions. In this article we are going to look at the second… Continue reading The case for life part 2. Assisted Dying and what the Bible says about Creation and New Creation
Bad legislation leads to bad law (responding to the votes on abortion and euthanasia
I’m planning to respond a little more to the recent votes in the House of Commons on abortion and the assisted dying bill, probably through a mix of articles and videos. Here’s a video looking at how the legal changes have been introduced
Why we need a robust political theology in response to assisted dying
The Assisted Dying Bill has completed its committee stage which means that it should soon have its third and final reading in the House of Commons before moving to the House of Lords. There have been various reports on the bill’s committee stage in both the secular and Christian media. This has tended to focus… Continue reading Why we need a robust political theology in response to assisted dying
How Evangelicals were caught napping by the assisted dying bill
I believe that Evangelical Christians were caught unprepared for Kim Leadbeater’s private members’ bill currently going through parliament. It is telling first that the briefings circulating amongst Christians prior to the vote were suggesting that it would be much closer than it was. We were told that the vote was on a knife edge. I… Continue reading How Evangelicals were caught napping by the assisted dying bill
The constitutional mess that the assisted dying bill is creating
This is not my primary reason for opposing Kim Leadbeater”s horrific bill. However, it is worth noting that there are relevant issues to consider in terms of how the bill is being brought forward.. First of all, there are human rights issues. These include that arbitrary distinctions are made between those suffering from terminal illness… Continue reading The constitutional mess that the assisted dying bill is creating
Abortion and assisted dying … The link
One of my concerns yesterday was that the arguments in the House of Commons were about pragmatics. There was no serious attempt to debate the principle of assisted dying. I get the impression that many MPs, even those who disagree with assisted dying in principle have accepted that it is going to come in at… Continue reading Abortion and assisted dying … The link
Pity as the enemy of compassion
The UK Parliament has just voted for a second reading of the bill to introduced assisted dying. I want to step back and reflect on the debate that was held in the House of Commons. I tuned in to the early stages of the debate and heard several of the speeches. What struck me was… Continue reading Pity as the enemy of compassion
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