Historic First: All Monotheistic Faiths Sign Document Dedicated to Value of Life
(Worthy News) – At an historic meeting held Monday (Oct. 28 2019) at Vatican City, representatives of the Chief Rabbinate, along with the heads of the major faiths, signed a historic and preliminary document calling on doctors around the world not to assist in killing people even if they terminal patients.
Recent years have seen an increase in “mercy killing” in various countries such as the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, and Australia, and in several US states. There are hospitals in these countries that encourage certain doctors and medical personnel to disconnect terminal patients from cardio-pulmonary resuscitation machines, thereby allowing patients to expire in the absence of appropriate care, and even encourage families to actively end the lives of terminal patients by injecting toxins into their bodies; in extreme cases healthy people choose to end their lives assisted by doctors.
According to the Jewish faith, as well as the other monotheistic religions, this constitutes actual murder with the backing of medical personnel around the world. In reaction to this and at the initiative of Rabbi Prof. Avraham Steinberg, an inter-faith committee was established together with representatives of other religions. After lengthy discussion, the committee formulated a position paper on the importance of continuity of life and the meaning of murder for a patient, his family and even for the element carrying out the murder. Joining in this position paper were representatives of Sunni Muslims from Indonesia (the largest Sunni group in the world), and of the Greek Orthodox Church, as well as from other faiths around the world. [ Source; Jewish Press (Read More…) ]