Praying for Dr. Death

Dr. Jack Kevorkian thought people should kill themselves if they were sick and felt bad. He got quite a few folks to agree with him - and helped a fair number commit suicide. He was called Dr. Death.

I don't think killing myself is a good idea. At all.

I've felt like committing suicide: but each time thought it over, and decided there wasn't much future in it. (January 28, 2009)

Dr. Death died last week:

"Catholics pray for Jack Kevorkian,
condemn his 'deadly legacy' "
(June 3, 2011)

"Catholics have responded to the June 3 death of assisted suicide activist Dr. Jack Kevorkian with prayers for him and his victims, affirming the Christian belief in the sanctity of life.

'Left out in much of the commentary on the death of Jack Kevorkian is the sobering and deadly legacy he leaves behind,' Ned McGrath, director of communications at the Archdiocese of Detroit, said in a June 3 statement.

McGrath added, 'May God have mercy on his soul and on the scores of confused, conflicted, and, at times, clinically depressed victims he killed.'..."

I couldn't have put it better myself.

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    (May 18, 2011)
  • "'Baby Joseph' Baptised: My Take"
    (March 28, 2011)
  • "Dr. George Tiller's Killer Sentenced"
    (April 2, 2010)
  • " 'Hand of Hope' Spinal Bifida Case - Eugenics, Ersatz Compassion, and Life"
    (May 6, 2009)
  • "Life: It's a Single Issue, and an Important One"
    (November 2, 2008)
• Suicide, staying alive, and facing death
  • "Remember: 'Clinically Dead' isn't 'Dead' "
    (October 22, 2010)
  • "Gargling at the Stream of Wisdom"
    (October 11, 2010)
  • "Prayer, Medicine and Trusting God"
    (March 4, 2010)
  • "Death, Dying, Dignity, Intravenous Tubes and Catholic Teachings"
    (September 22, 2009)
  • "The Catholic Church Won't Even Let People Kill Themselves"
    (January 28, 2009)

In the news:

• "Catholics pray for Jack Kevorkian,
  condemn his 'deadly legacy' "
  (June 3, 2011)