Church of England to 'legalise' suicide in historic U-turn on funerals

dailymail.com ^ | 4 January 2015 | Jonathan Petre

[trebb]

How about paying respects for the tortured soul that saw no way out but to take his/her own life and let God sort out whether the individual deserves His Salvation? Lots of folks seem perfectly OK with allowing mortals to make eternal decisions for others...

[ravenwolf]

We forget what our Founders fought for. We have no State Church.

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I see your point.

[cloudmountain]

There are lots of English Christians, just not many left in the Anglican "church" -- when I lived there, the Catholic Churches were full and I peeked inside a few Baptist and Coptic Churches and they were packed as well.

For my first couple of Sundays I went to an Anglican Church and was puzzled why the average age, bar me, seemed to be about 68

i believe there are still some Christians left in the CoE but they are probably in their 70s or 80s

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I suppose all we can do is pray for the CofE to reunite with Rome. All things are possible, are they not, especially for our good Lord?

[cloudmountain]

Since most people who commit suicide are literally not in their right minds, I agree with them on this. It’s best to give the deceased the benefit of the doubt that they were mentally/emotionally impaired at the time and not making a rational decision.

Despair is a heavy burden.

[Cronos]

oh, no, I don't want the CoE -- which is just one step behind the ECUSA -- from joining the Catholic church

Most of the younger, religious, Anglicans in the UK have already either joined the Catholic Church or the Baptists

[cloudmountain]

oh, no, I don't want the CoE -- which is just one step behind the ECUSA -- from joining the Catholic church
Most of the younger, religious, Anglicans in the UK have already either joined the Catholic Church or the Baptists

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NEITHER do I!

The sanctioning of same-gender marriage would have driven me from the Anglican Church, had I been an Anglican. It is just so wrong.

They allowed women to become clerics, even bishops. The Catholic Church won't be doing that, ever.
I guess Scripture is ignored there, when it doesn't fit in with the current fad (women's lib, therefore, women clerics); divorce/remarry; abortion.
Did I miss anything?