Ethics
COMMENTARY: The perspective from jail on the Nativity
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Tom Ehrich is an Episcopal priest in Winston-Salem, N.C., an author and former Wall Street Journal reporter. E-mail him at journey(at)interpath.com.)
UNDATED _ The security vestibule at Forsyth County Jail in Winston-Salem, N.C., is like an air lock....
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COMMENTARY: Supreme Court’s euthanasia ruling is good news
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.)
UNDATED _ It was good news indeed that the Supreme Court decided to tackle the complex and emotional issue of physician-assisted suicides. And it is even b...
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COMMENTARY: Religious communities must prepare for complex bioethical debates
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee).
UNDATED _ Two recent court decisions dealing with the complex and emotional subject of physician-assisted suicide have raised profound issues for America's...
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COMMENTARY: People still don’t get it about cults
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Rabbi A. James Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.)
UNDATED _ Let me say it loud and clear to people who still don't get it about cults that carry out murder and suicide: I told you so!
For more t...
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NEWS STORY: Experts critically probe the ambiguities of assisted-suicide
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ In the soft, soothing voice of a caring physician, Dr. Carlos Gomez told the story a 42-year-old patient,"Paul,"who was"deteriorating"from AIDS. Paul was lonely, helpless and in pain, Gomez said, so he requested a lethal dose of medication...
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COMMENTARY: A flood of volunteers may drown charities
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Dale Hanson Bourke is the author of"Turn Toward the Wind"and publisher of Religion News Service.)
UNDATED _ It's either feast or famine in the kitchen of the Third Street Church of God in Washington, D.C.
The ebb and flow has less to do with the fo...
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COMMENTARY: Give, and it will be given unto you
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Dale Hanson Bourke is publisher of Religion News Service and author of"Turn Toward the Wind.")
UNDATED _ What exactly motivates someone to donate money to a charity? Is it guilt, knowledge, empathy, or sympathy?
Fund-raisers have debated this quest...
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COMMENTARY: Did the members of Heaven’ Gate make it to heaven?
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and a sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreel(AT)aol.com.)
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Religious leaders urge Congress to oppose physician-assisted suicide
(RNS) Religious leaders from across the theological spectrum Thursday (March 6) urged Congress to take steps to prevent the spread of physician-assisted suicide. "There are alterna...
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COMMENTARY: The spiritual life: It’s not about winning
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Les Kaye is abbot of Kannon Do, a Zen meditation center in Mountain View, Calif., and author of the new book"Zen At Work: A Zen Teacher's 30-Year Journey in Corporate America (Crown).)
UNDATED _ I started Zen practice 30 years ago, not fully understa...
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