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Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.
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« on: July 15, 2015, 01:37:10 AM »

No. Free will doesn't mean we ought to support or oppose any particular action, only that we can choose it.

right -- so the classic, "I personally oppose you euthanizing yourself, but you have the choice and I won't attempt to put the state apparatus in your way here."  that's all I'm looking for

That doesn't really match up with your title/OP. Are you trying to make a Christian argument for the state to ignore euthanasia or are you making a theological argument about euthanasia itself?

a theological argument that "frees up" the Christian towards new attitudes about the (ultimately technologically-driven) changes in the end of life process.

The idea that the Christian should be 'freed up' presupposes an ethical argument that you haven't actually made.
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