>>That 30 minutes listening to him was absolute agony for me, there was only one thing I could do and that was to go to the hospital chapel and pray for my dad to die... <<
What a dreadful situation to be in. Expressions of sympathy seem inadequate.
Interestingly, there were reports in the papers and on BBC News yesterday that an adviser to the Archbishop of Canterbury supported assisted dying in terminal cases. though a spokesman for the church of England was anxious to distance the church from the adviser's remarks.
More here:
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/ne...0116euth.shtml
From reading the article it sounds like the sort of moral mess the C of E usually gets itself into. And then they wonder why so few people take any notice of them any more.