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"How much influence do religious groups have in opposing the legalisation of euthanasia and how could they be brought on side, as it were?"
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naomi1
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"Religious groups have considerable influence. Especially Roman Catholics are very goo, through their bishops, at mobilising people into writing letters of protest, usually providing the actual wording..." Show more»"Religious groups have considerable influence. Especially Roman Catholics are very goo, through their bishops, at mobilising people into writing letters of protest, usually providing the actual wording of the letter, so one gets a hundred identical letters with different signatures. In the House of Lords, the Bishops are listened to respectfully when they speak on any matter of morality. Yet very few of them or other religious people in Parliament declare that they are speaking as their religion teaches them. They say a few words about the Sanctity of Life, but then go on to the main secular arguments, such as the danger of abuse, and particularly the threat they perceive to people who are disabled and whose lives are deemed (by others) not to be worth preserving. So it's quite difficult to assess the influence of religious conviction by itself. Most people who are religiously committed make no clear distinction between moral and religious arguments. They assume that their moral convictions are grounded on religion, or are somehow part of what God teaches. One ought to persist in asking them how they know they are right."Show less«
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