Gomez on Brittany Maynard | National Catholic Reporter

Gomez on Brittany Maynard | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: Lest we forget, St. Thomas More, in his Utopia, made a case, which some call a natural law case, for terminal patients ending their lives like this. We can all certainly agree that continuing with more procedures is not obligatory. Indeed, we do believe in a resurrection - and not just any - but one with the Lord. The thing is, there is a natural law thesis that God is in control of both death and life and that we should not be. While it is true we cannot kill others, unless they pose a danger to us our our loved ones, the fear of killing ourselves a midst great suffering is ultimately a fear of God's judgment. It is only a valid fear if we believe God has an opinion on this issue. I am not so sure he does and is not the Ogre that many bishops see on both medical suicide and late term abortion for medical necessity. Indeed, I sometimes get the impression from such clerics that they believe that their souls are in mortal danger should they reject the concept of God the Ogre. (they certainly fear loss of position - but that is no valid reason for the rest of us).