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  Why are Battle Against Faith

  by Jonathan Drake in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if any are willing, share your fact based reasons for viewing faith as dangerous.

  viewing faith as dangerous is the reason for almost all of my posts recently.

  what seems constant is that theists are too focused on there own little world to realize how and why faith is so damaging to society.

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  Jonathan Drake

  In sorry about all those duplicates, I have no idea what happened.
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  Why are Battle Against Faith

  by Jonathan Drake in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if any are willing, share your fact based reasons for viewing faith as dangerous.

  viewing faith as dangerous is the reason for almost all of my posts recently.

  what seems constant is that theists are too focused on there own little world to realize how and why faith is so damaging to society.

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  Jonathan Drake

  In support of the fact that religion purposely and knowingly would prefer and allow a person to suffer horrible slow deaths to terminal illness rather than a humane death by euthanasia:

  According to Christian teaching, however, suffering, especially suffering during the last moments of life, has a special place in God's saving plan; it is in fact a sharing in Christ's passion and a union with the redeeming sacrifice which He offered in obedience to the Father's will.

  - The Vatican's Declaration on Euthanasia, found here
  
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  Why are Battle Against Faith

  by Jonathan Drake in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if any are willing, share your fact based reasons for viewing faith as dangerous.

  viewing faith as dangerous is the reason for almost all of my posts recently.

  what seems constant is that theists are too focused on there own little world to realize how and why faith is so damaging to society.

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  Jonathan Drake

  In support of the fact that religion purposely and knowingly would prefer and allow a person to suffer horrible slow deaths to terminal illness rather than a humane death by euthanasia:

  According to Christian teaching, however, suffering, especially suffering during the last moments of life, has a special place in God's saving plan; it is in fact a sharing in Christ's passion and a union with the redeeming sacrifice which He offered in obedience to the Father's will.

  - The Vatican's Declaration on Euthanasia, found here
  
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  Why are Battle Against Faith

  by Jonathan Drake in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if any are willing, share your fact based reasons for viewing faith as dangerous.

  viewing faith as dangerous is the reason for almost all of my posts recently.

  what seems constant is that theists are too focused on there own little world to realize how and why faith is so damaging to society.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
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  Jonathan Drake

  In support of the fact that religion purposely and knowingly would prefer and allow a person to suffer horrible slow deaths to terminal illness rather than a humane death by euthanasia:

  According to Christian teaching, however, suffering, especially suffering during the last moments of life, has a special place in God's saving plan; it is in fact a sharing in Christ's passion and a union with the redeeming sacrifice which He offered in obedience to the Father's will.

  - The Vatican's Declaration on Euthanasia, found here
  
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  Why are Battle Against Faith

  by Jonathan Drake in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if any are willing, share your fact based reasons for viewing faith as dangerous.

  viewing faith as dangerous is the reason for almost all of my posts recently.

  what seems constant is that theists are too focused on there own little world to realize how and why faith is so damaging to society.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
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  Jonathan Drake

  In support of the fact that religion purposely and knowingly would prefer and allow a person to suffer horrible slow deaths to terminal illness rather than a humane death by euthanasia:

  According to Christian teaching, however, suffering, especially suffering during the last moments of life, has a special place in God's saving plan; it is in fact a sharing in Christ's passion and a union with the redeeming sacrifice which He offered in obedience to the Father's will.

  - The Vatican's Declaration on Euthanasia.
  
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  Why are Battle Against Faith

  by Jonathan Drake in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if any are willing, share your fact based reasons for viewing faith as dangerous.

  viewing faith as dangerous is the reason for almost all of my posts recently.

  what seems constant is that theists are too focused on there own little world to realize how and why faith is so damaging to society.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
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  Jonathan Drake

  In support of the fact that religion purposely and knowingly would prefer and allow a person to suffer horrible slow deaths to terminal illness rather than a humane death by euthanasia:

  According to Christian teaching, however, suffering, especially suffering during the last moments of life, has a special place in God's saving plan; it is in fact a sharing in Christ's passion and a union with the redeeming sacrifice which He offered in obedience to the Father's will.

  The Varican's Declaration on Euthanasia, found here
  
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  Why are Battle Against Faith

  by Jonathan Drake in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if any are willing, share your fact based reasons for viewing faith as dangerous.

  viewing faith as dangerous is the reason for almost all of my posts recently.

  what seems constant is that theists are too focused on there own little world to realize how and why faith is so damaging to society.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
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  Jonathan Drake

  In support of the fact that religion purposely and knowingly would prefer and allow a person to suffer horrible slow deaths to terminal illness rather than a humane death by euthanasia:

  According to Christian teaching, however, suffering, especially suffering during the last moments of life, has a special place in God's saving plan; it is in fact a sharing in Christ's passion and a union with the redeeming sacrifice which He offered in obedience to the Father's will.

  The Vatican's Declaration on Euthanasia, found here
  
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  Why are Battle Against Faith

  by Jonathan Drake in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if any are willing, share your fact based reasons for viewing faith as dangerous.

  viewing faith as dangerous is the reason for almost all of my posts recently.

  what seems constant is that theists are too focused on there own little world to realize how and why faith is so damaging to society.

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  Jonathan Drake

  What other harms spring from the morality claims of faith, claims that flout both science and reason? One is opposition to assisted dying. It's hard to believe that a world without religion would have any problems with your regulated system to help the terminally ill end their lives. After all, most of us consider it merciful to euthanize our dog or cat if it's suffering terribly with no hope of respite. Nobody would consider it a moral act to let such animals suffer because only God has the right to end of their lives. And yet this is precisely how many religions behave toward humans, for humans are exceptional-the special creation of God, and uniquely endowed with souls.

  If you had your animal "put to sleep," then you know the process is humane and painless. And now science has ways to allow humans to end their lives painlessly as well: an overdose of pentobarbital works effectively, and is used in European countries, like Switzerland, that permit assisted dying. Who would prohibit a terminal patient, suffering from cancer or a neurodegenerative disease, from deciding to take that route rather than suffering needlessly four months?

  Many religious denominations would.

  Jerry Coyne, Faith Versus Fact pg 243
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  Why are Battle Against Faith

  by Jonathan Drake in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if any are willing, share your fact based reasons for viewing faith as dangerous.

  viewing faith as dangerous is the reason for almost all of my posts recently.

  what seems constant is that theists are too focused on there own little world to realize how and why faith is so damaging to society.

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  Jonathan Drake

  Also my apologies to any who saw how Siri failed to dictate my post properly, I've fixed the quote
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  Why are Battle Against Faith

  by Jonathan Drake in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if any are willing, share your fact based reasons for viewing faith as dangerous.

  viewing faith as dangerous is the reason for almost all of my posts recently.

  what seems constant is that theists are too focused on there own little world to realize how and why faith is so damaging to society.

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  Jonathan Drake

  Also my apologies, my phone turned "why the battle against faith" into "why are" not sure why