By Walt Zlotow
Leave it to Illinois native Robert Prevost to throw cold water on Gov. Pritzker’s wonderful signing of ‘Deb’s Law’. Named after Deb Robertson, who championed right to die legislation for terminally ill persons, it makes Illinois the twelfth state to allow some humane form of assisted suicide for those needlessly suffering till fast approaching closing time.
Prevost, in his new gig as Pope Leo XIV to the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, remains stuck in denial that human progress only evolves when people are given the freedom to determine societal improvement free from outdated dogma created centuries ago to keep the masses in blissful ignorance.
So instead of celebrating the assisted suicide legislation his native state had the wisdom to enact, Leo chose to inject himself in Illinois politics. He even lobbied Governor Pritzker personally, urging his veto so sorrowful end of life sufferers can continue to needlessly suffer.
But instead of a logical, reasoned argument against assisted suicide for terminally ill, Leo offered up fanciful religious dogma deeply offensive to secular governance:
“God became human like us to show us what it means really to live human life, and I hope and pray that the respect for life will once again grow in all moments of human existence, from conception to natural death.”
Leo is certainly entitled to have an imaginary friend who is not only a Supreme Being, but who morphed into human form to spread the Word here on earth. And one of those teachings is that anyone facing a horrible, painful end must remain suffering to validate Leo’s bizarre view of reality and human existence.
As Pope, Leo can do much to maintain and expand the many good works of the Catholic Church. Meddling in Illinois governance in not among them.
Walt Zlotow, Glen Ellyn IL
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I’d like to tell Leo, but cannot, that there is no god and none has been seen, not since some better education, science, logic, awareness, investigation, reasoning. No heaven, hell, afterlife, promised lands, chosen races, special triumphal supremacist positions..,so, let people decide for people, which gave us Trumpery shittery.., (start again…)
Alright for him to say…he hasn’t the cancer or problems with old, old age to deal with. Way too dour..
Having just escaped inevitable death and thank you forever to the person who left me their lungs, I can certainly vouch for assisted suicide over asphyxiation as a path to “enlightenment”. The god botherers need to keep their beliefs to themselves and their fellow god botherers who would choose to suffer over choosing a tortured death.
Once again the church, (Abrahamic religions included), has no idea of what life is about. That is because there is an unquestioning belief in flawed ancient and contemporary writings for which there is no verifiable proof.
Assisted suicide is optional, not compulsory, so nobody can be offended. Nobody should force their views about such a personal, important decision on anybody else. But of course, they will.
Maybe you have a tin ear Pope Leo XIV?
Maybe your conundrum lies in the choice of the name Leo 14th? That’s repetitive energy, not refreshing or a paradigm shift.
Paradigm shifts require removing what you already know and inviting the unknown in.
For all death cults suffering is the point.
It matters not to the religious whether one adheres to their doctrines, their beliefs, their dogmas, in their eyes, it is their god, whether he/she exists or is imaginary, a made up entity, or the creator, saviour, judge of all god they believe in, should be seen by every one are the ultimate ruler, the ultimate judge of how we live and die.
To demand the freedom to believe whatever they believe, surely must be balanced by allowing others the freedom to believe differently, different gods, even no god, and surely it would be the height of hypocrisy to insist on their interpretation of their faith to be the law of the land when it comes to how one should live and choose to die.
Dare I go on about hypocrisy and the sex scandals, the abuse of innocent children who have been scared for life, which have plagued the Catholic Church and their unwillingness to redress those ills by fighting tooth and nail to protect the wealth of the church rather than compensate those it has hurt?
From my memory of the story of Jesus, wasn’t he allowed assisted death by the Roman soldier who pierced his abdomen with a spear to save him the ongoing agony of crucifixion?