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When religious principles conflict with compassion

My mother is dying slowly and in pain and she begs me to help her end her suffering but my faith says that would be wrong.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Watching unbearable suffering continue because of moral prohibitions can pit love against law.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Faith and suffering — the theodicy question?”

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