http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/deathcultivation/ en-us Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:50:45 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064310/posts Editor’s Note: Stephen Bloom is a Christian attorney with more than 20 years experience in private practice. He is a frequent media guest, speaker, and writer on Christianity and the law, a Lecturer in Management and Business at Messiah College, and a Consultant to the United Methodist Stewardship Foundation of Central Pennsylvania. He is a legal columnist for Good News Daily, former host of the "Practical Counsel - Christian Perspective" radio program, and founder of the Estate Planning Council of Cumberland County. Bloom has been actively involved in the leadership of numerous community and ministry organizations, including his church, where... RFFM.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064310/posts#comment Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:50:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045570/posts Chaim Shmuel Golubchuk, a"h, has gone to his Eternal reward. But the issues that pitted his children Percy Golubchuk and Miriam Geller against Grace General Hospital in Winnipeg over the last seven months will long be with us. After being informed by their father's doctors that they intended to end his life by removing his ventilation and feeding tube, the Golubchuk children sought an injunction against the hospital. They argued that their father would adamantly oppose any attempt to shorten his life, which is forbidden by Jewish law. After the entry of a temporary injunction, the hospital pursued an aggressive... Jewish World Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045570/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:23:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021810/posts Even the most despicable ideas can be made palatable when euphemisms are used to spin them. That's why abortion advocates call themselves "pro-choice" rather than "pro abortion." It's also why they talk about "terminating a pregnancy" rather than "killing a baby." Controlling the language not only controls the argument, it often determines the outcome of the argument. Proponents of euthanasia understand the power of language in shaping debate. Therefore, instead of using the term "physician-assisted suicide" to describe the practice they advocate, they use euphemisms like "death with dignity" and "end of life choices" to sugar coat the reality of... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021810/posts#comment Tue, 27 May 2008 11:30:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1905350/posts Saturday 29th September 2007 Dear Family and Friends, Standing outside over yet another smoky fire late one afternoon this week, a Go-Away bird chastised me from a nearby tree. I'm sure this Grey Lourie is as fed up of me intruding into its territory as I am of being there - trying to get a hot meal for supper. For five of the last six days the electricity has gone off before 5 in the morning and only come back 16 or 17 hours later a little before midnight. "Go Away! Go Away!" the Grey Lourie called out repeatedly as... www.cathybuckle.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1905350/posts#comment Tue, 2 Oct 2007 14:17:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1884134/posts Starving in Zimbabwe 'amounts to genocide' By Sebastien Berger in Bulawayo Last Updated: 3:58am BST 21/08/2007 Democracy takes a beating as police assault demonstrators seeking a new constitution Zimbabweans are starving to death on a scale equivalent to genocide, a top opposition MP claimed yesterday. Four million people will need food aid by the end of the year, the World Food Programme said earlier this month, as President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF government oversees the fastest-shrinking economy in the world. David Coltart, a senior member of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, said there was "no doubt" Zimbabweans were already starving... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1884134/posts#comment Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:29:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1122348/posts Death by Environmentalism http://www.objectivistcenter.org/navigator/articles/nav+rbidinotto_death-by-environmentalism.asp http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1122348/posts#comment Thu, 22 Apr 2004 11:40:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1794189/posts What does it mean in practice to hold a philosophy that declares that pristine nature has intrinsic value in itself, and that regards Man and his activities as intrusive threats to the so-called ecological balance? I have discussed the history, meaning, and basic premises of environmentalism previously, in my monograph The Green Machine and in my recorded talk "Green Cathedrals," both available from The Objectivist Center. I also explore these issues on my ecoNOT.com Web site. But here I want to focus on the consequences of accepting core environmentalist premises—specifically, their deadly impact on human life. In the same way... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1794189/posts#comment Fri, 2 Mar 2007 20:56:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1792973/posts Even right-wingers who know that "global warming" is a crock do not seem to grasp what the tree-huggers are demanding. Liberals want mass starvation and human devastation. Forget the lunacy of people claiming to tell us the precise temperature of planet Earth in 1918 based on tree rings. Or the fact that in the '70s liberals were issuing similarly dire warnings about "global cooling." Simply consider what noted climatologists Al Gore and Melissa Etheridge are demanding that we do to combat their nutty conjectures about "global warming." They want us to starve the productive sector of fossil fuel and allow... Worldnetdaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1792973/posts#comment Thu, 1 Mar 2007 00:00:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1778410/posts A ruling by Switzerland's highest court released Friday has opened up the possibility that people with serious mental illnesses could be helped by doctors to take their own lives. Switzerland already allows physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients under certain circumstances. The Federal Tribunal's decision puts mental illnesses on the same level as physical ones. "It must be recognized that an incurable, permanent, serious mental disorder can cause similar suffering as a physical (disorder), making life appear unbearable to the patient in the long term," the ruling said. "If the death wish is based on an autonomous decision which takes... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1778410/posts#comment Sat, 3 Feb 2007 02:24:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1762693/posts The hastily arranged car boot sale outside the French Embassy in downtown Kigali last Monday did good business. On offer were laptop computers, televisions, three-piece suites and, well, even the cars themselves. Given the decision taken by the Rwandan Government ten days ago to expel the French Ambassador, his staff and to close all official French buildings in the tiny Central African country, there was clearly little expectation of a return. Behind these scenes of gloomy embassy employees packing and selling their diplomatic and domestic baggage is a recent history between France and Rwanda steeped in a mire of blood... timesonline.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1762693/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jan 2007 07:09:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1710130/posts Boy who was 'crucified' by Muslim A Sudanese slave who was assigned to watch his Muslim master's camels was "crucified" when he was caught sneaking out to attend a Christian church, according to reports from Voice of the Martyrs. The aid organization that helps persecuted Christians worldwide said the reports come from witnesses in the Sudan who were in contact with the youth, now about 15. Damare Garang was seven when the attack happened, officials said. He had been captured by Islamic soldiers when his Sudanese village was attacked, and then sold as a slave to a Muslim family... WorldNet Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1710130/posts#comment Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:59:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1709046/posts FREDERICTON, New Brunswick, Sept. 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A pro-life woman was arrested Tuesday for holding an image of an aborted child outside an abortion facility in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Suzie Ryan, mother of seven, was silently holding the image outside the Morgentaler centre as abortions were being performed inside. Mrs. Ryan was charged with violating s.163 of the Criminal Code. S.163 is about the display of obscene material. She was released after being held in a jail cell for several hours. She must face the charges in court in November. Prior to her arrest Mrs. Ryan was not warned... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1709046/posts#comment Wed, 27 Sep 2006 05:54:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1707184/posts 1 hour ago EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A woman was charged Saturday in the deaths of a pregnant friend and the fetus authorities believe she cut out from the slain woman's womb after knocking the victim unconscious. Tiffany Hall, 24, was charged as authorities implored the public for help in their search for the victim's two sons, ages 7 and 2, and 1-year-old daughter. Authorities say they were last seen with Hall on Monday, three days before she was taken into custody. Hall, who was jailed on $5 million bond, faces charges of first-degree murder and intentional homicide of... http://www.comcast.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1707184/posts#comment Sun, 24 Sep 2006 01:30:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1695656/posts Boston, MA (LifeNews.com) -- Haleigh Poutre was the victim of child abuse and was nearly killed via euthanasia when Massachusetts officials gave up on her after she entered a coma. Now Poutre, once termed "brain dead" by doctors, continues to improve and is speaking a few words, her grandmother says. Sandra Sudyka, the girl's biological grandmother, is no longer allowed to visit her granddaughter and now says she is ready to speak to the media about Poutre's condition. She told The Republican newspaper that she last saw Poutre on July 18 but indicated she was "doing well." "She was bright-eyed... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1695656/posts#comment Tue, 5 Sep 2006 11:45:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1706374/posts In a case of "Whose life is it anyway?" a state appeals court ruled yesterday that a mentally handicapped woman has no say over whether she should be kept alive on life support. In the unanimous decision, a five-judge panel ruled that the 26-year-old - who says she wants to be kept on life support in the event she's felled by illness or an accident - isn't competent to make that decision. Instead, her mother, who is her legal guardian, gets to make the call - and she doesn't want her daughter on life support. A lawyer for the woman,... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1706374/posts#comment Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:54:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699625/posts TORONTO, September 11, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The recent efforts of Australia and other nations to ban the promotion of suicide through the internet has euthanasia advocates complaining that the loss of the internet may prove lethal to the “right-to-die” movement itself. In late 2005, Australia passed the Suicide Related Material Offences Act, which effectively outlawed suicide counseling by fax, telephone, and internet, the tools of choice employed by suicide advocates to educate and encourage people to commit suicide. This year Germany also has begun to follow suit by proposing similar legislation that would also outlaw internet suicide counseling. However, some... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699625/posts#comment Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:44:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694721/posts CAIRO, Egypt - An American thought to be an al-Qaida activist appeared in a videotape with the terror group's deputy leader Saturday and called on his countrymen to convert to Islam and for U.S. soldiers to switch sides in the Iraq and Afghan wars. The 48-minute video, posted on an Islamic militant Web site, had footage of al-Qaida's No. 2 leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, and of Adam Yehiye Gadahn, a 28-year-old American who the FBI believes attended al-Qaida training camps in Pakistan and served as an al-Qaida translator. It was the second time Gadahn appeared in the same video with al-Zawahri.... Comcast & AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694721/posts#comment Sun, 3 Sep 2006 08:37:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1693607/posts Page 5 Living Will Declaration made this _____ day of ________________, 2____, I, ____________________________, willfully and voluntarily make known my desire that my dying not be artificially prolonged under the circumstances set forth below, and I do hereby declare that, if at any time I am mentally or physically incapacitated and _____(initial) I have a terminal condition, or _____(initial) I have an end-stage condition, or _____(initial) I am in a persistent vegetative state, and if my attending or treating physician and another consulting physician have determined that there is no reasonable medical probability of my recovery from such condition,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1693607/posts#comment Fri, 1 Sep 2006 05:54:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1685648/posts TV reporters 'helped protester burn himself to death' By Rahul Bedi in New Delhi (Filed: 18/08/2006) Indian police are investigating a group of television journalists for allegedly helping a man to burn himself to death and filming his agony for broadcast. Pictures of Manoj Mishra writhing in pain with his back on fire were shown in Bihar state on Tuesday. Mr Mishra later died in hospital from severe burns in the town of Gaya. "We have seized footage clearly showing a group of journalists handing over matches and some inflammable substance, which we later verified to be diesel, to the... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1685648/posts#comment Fri, 18 Aug 2006 02:00:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1672124/posts LOS ANGELES - Investigators said Tuesday they are trying to find at least 50 women they have linked to a photographer on death row for murdering two aspiring models in the early 1980s. Authorities are looking into whether the women were raped or killed between 1975 and 1984 by William Richard Bradford, according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Web site. In the 1970s and '80s, Bradford posed as a freelance photographer in the West Los Angeles area, taking sexually explicit photos of women he met at bars and auto races, according to the site. The site showed women... http://www.comcast.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1672124/posts#comment Tue, 25 Jul 2006 21:51:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1672118/posts YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - The wife of a Pennsylvania doctor surrendered Monday to face charges in the shooting death of her millionaire husband last year along the Ohio Turnpike. Hours earlier, a man linked romantically to her pleaded guilty in the case. Donna Moonda, 47, was charged in federal court with interstate stalking that resulted in death and with using a firearm in a violent crime. Earlier in the day, Damian Bradford, 25, of Monaca, Pa., near Pittsburgh, admitted in an Akron court to his involvement in the shooting and agreed to cooperate with authorities. Prosecutors said Bradford was the triggerman.... http://www.comcast.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1672118/posts#comment Tue, 25 Jul 2006 21:44:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1670821/posts SEYMOUR, Ind. - Sniper shootings of two vehicles along Interstate 65 in southern Indiana early Sunday left one person dead and another injured, state police said. ADVERTISEMENT A sniper shot at a southbound vehicle with three occupants about 12:20 a.m., killing one of them, police said. About the same time, occupants of a second southbound vehicle called police to report a person in that vehicle also had been shot. ap http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1670821/posts#comment Sun, 23 Jul 2006 14:06:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1668288/posts The Nagpada Police yesterday arrested Mohammed Munna Khan (38) and his wife Shenaz (35) for brutally murdering their daughter Mehnaz (18). Gulnaz, the younger daughter, was also arrested for abetting the crime. The police had found Mehnaz’s dismembered body stuffed into a plastic sack on a road near the Byculla flyover on July 2. Love affair In their confession, the parents told the police that they murdered Menaz as she fell in love with a Hindu boy from the same locality. An official from Nagpada police station said, “Fearing social stigma over their daughter’s affair, the duo decided to kill... Mid Day http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1668288/posts#comment Wed, 19 Jul 2006 04:57:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1666801/posts Every few weeks in Batman and the surrounding area in southeast Anatolia, which is poor, rural and deeply influenced by conservative Islam, a young woman tries to take her life. Others have been stoned to death, strangled, shot or buried alive. Their offenses ranged from stealing a glance at a boy to wearing a short skirt, wanting to go to the movies, being raped by a stranger or relative or having consensual sex. Hoping to join the European Union, Turkey has tightened the punishment for attacks on women and girls who have had such experiences. But the violence has continued,... AOL News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1666801/posts#comment Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:27:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1659289/posts 2 hours ago GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israeli aircraft sent missiles tearing through the office of Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Sunday in an unmistakable message to his ruling Hamas group to free an Israeli soldier. Defense Minister Amir Peretz told a Cabinet meeting that Israel would go after "higher-caliber targets" in the future _ a reference to senior Hamas officials inside and outside the Palestinian territories, a high-ranking political official said. Israeli aircraft, tanks and naval gunboats have been pounding Gaza for the past week in an effort to win the freedom of Cpl. Gilad Shalit, who... http://www.comcast.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1659289/posts#comment Sun, 2 Jul 2006 15:05:24 GMT