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> -------Original Message-------
> From: Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Having said that, I despise the kind of rhetoric in this >article. We are not
> >killing babies by failing to make war
> >on Iraq. There is a huge ethical difference between killing >and letting die;
> >otherwise, euthanasia would be legal
> >everywhere.
>
> In the Catholic Church, we ask forgiveness for both "what we have done,
> and what we have failed to do."
In the Episcopal Church as well, although I'm more familiar with the more
"traditional" language of "what we have done, and what we have left undone."
> Or, to put it another way, failure to do good when presented the
> opportunity is considered by us as a sin.
I've read commentary arguing that the sins of omission are *worse* than the
sins of commission. Madeleine L'Engle. Can't remember which book, though.
(Probably one of the first three Crosswicks books, or _Walking on Water_,
though I can't be absolutely certain without going through them until I find
it.)
Julia
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