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This is what it sound like. We don't know all the details but the whole idea is a disaster. I can't imagine what the BC NDP is thinking and how they rationalize this. The new BC Conservative Party leader, John Rustad, just came out and said one thing he proposes to do is reverse or cancel B.C.'s endorsement of UNDRIP, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. That is an important step because UNDRIP basically states that indigenous people own all the land they claim, which is really all of B.C. Why the NDP passed a law embracing UNDRIP is beyond belief. Let's hope the people of BC wake up to what is happening here.

This is ludicrous. This ignores the realities of how the world has changed over time. We are not living in the 15th century. Every country in the world is populated by settlers who migrated from somewhere else. How can Canada and the BC NDP accept and ratify a declaration by the U.N. like this? What is it with these lefties? I don't understand their reasoning if they have any. It essentially is saying non-natives have no rights to use the land, resources, in Canada without their permission. This is a complete sellout of our country to the U.N., and red power. This is why we cannot trust politicians. They are not working in our best interests. There was nothing wrong with people from Europe settling in Canada over the past centuries. It is a vast geographical area and natives have no perpetual claim to the land. It's time to get over it and put aside the radical red power narrative. All Canadians are equal and have as much right to live and use the land and resources here. No ethnic group should have a veto over other Canadians using the land and resources, based on their ethnicity.

I would not say that. There are some Christians in various countries in Africa, but the Judeo-Christian civilization did not historically exist in Africa. Missionaries did take the gospel and Bible to Africa over the past number of centuries but large parts of Africa remain heathen in nature and northern Africa is largely Muslim. They have had endless civil wars in some parts of Africa and genocides as well. So not Africa has some Christians in some places but society is still very backward in many ways. It is not the same as the west at all. I never said it was a country. I referred to it as a geographic area. In general Europe is more Judeo-Christian than eastern countries like Russia, China, middle east, Africa, etc. No. Caucasians are generally of European/American/Australian descent and support Judeo-Christian culture more than non Caucasians. It is not being racist; it is just a historical fact. You obviously have no idea about the differences between Islam and Judeo-Christian culture. There is no similarity.

It's not the skin colour that is the problem. It is the fact that Canada was founded as a Judeo-Christian society. Immigrants from the third world generally do not bring a Judeo-Christian culture or values. This makes Canada more liberal/Socialist/progressive which are anti-Christian ideologies. Canada is going downhill. Judeo-Christian nations like Europe and America have had far more prosperity and freedoms than the rest of the world. Good examples of backward countries which do have not the same values as the west are Africa, the middle east, and Asia. Because of third world immigration, we will become more like them. The future doesn't look good for our children.

The liberal left has a way to increase the population, but it is not by Caucasians giving birth. Their answer is immigration from the third world. Caucasians or the European founding people and their descendants are a dying ethnic group. Canada is becoming a heathen third world country fairly quickly. Canadian Caucasians will be nearly extinct at some point in the not too distance future. If you don't believe it, look at the changing demographics and the fertility / reproduction rates of the ethnic groups in Canada. It should be no surprise liberals have no love for white European Protestant descendants, possibly because they get more votes from minorities. Liberals love Socialists but have little use for freedom-loving, free enterprise conservatives.

This is bizarre. I can hardly believe it. Premier Eby plans to bring changes to laws which would give FN a veto over land use and this could include all crown land. "First Nations will have a veto over how most of B.C. is used. Joint management can be expected to apply to mining, hydro projects, farming, forestry, docks and communication towers, just to start. Activities at the heart of B.C.’s economy will be at risk." "In 2007, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). UNDRIP states, among other things, that Indigenous people own the land and resources of the countries in which they live. They have “the right to the lands, territories and resources which they have traditionally owned, occupied or otherwise used or acquired … to own, use, develop and control.” FNs are only 5% of the population; yet they will have a veto on how the rest of the population of BC uses the land. Bruce Pardy: B.C.'s plan to 'reconcile' by giving First Nations a veto on land use (msn.com)

You got that right. Spoken like a true Satanist.

People are either deceived by Satan and the world system or they follow God. There is no middle ground or other way. Sadly we see what side you are on. When such people have been repeatedly warned and told the facts about God, and they still reject it, they are in very serious trouble. It is entirely on them. What makes people like you tick and why you believe the way you do is a mystery. But you obviously are unwilling to listen to anyone. It is tragic. Like watching an addict destroy himself. You are the only one that can change your thinking if you wanted to, but you don't give any indication you are at all interested.

If you want a church that doesn't believe or follow the Bible, there it is. quote What kind of a church has an atheist pastor? You’ve probably heard of Gretta Vosper. She’s the minister of West Hill United Church in Scarborough. In 2001 she started describing herself publicly as a “non-theist.” Since 2013 she’s used a more direct term: “atheist.” As you might expect, the outlandish idea of an atheist minister has captured the imagination of journalists and the praise of many inside and outside the church. It has also provoked substantial criticism, but so far the church has not followed through on calls to remove her from ordained ministry. In today’s United Church, requiring ministers to believe in God is a controversial idea. So what’s the story behind the United Church of Canada? The Long Decline From the standpoint of the Sixties, this all seemed like a plausible strategy: get rid of old thinking, embrace the world’s progressive causes, and you’ll remain relevant. Stay stuck in your ways, and you’ll be left behind by a rapidly changing society. Plausible, but wrong. In one of the great ironies of Christian history, churches that followed this strategy lost both members and influence, while churches that took the opposite tack gained both. Now, the post-1960 era would have been challenging for large mainline churches in any event. North American cultural elites—the gatekeepers of formal education, mass media, government policy—were less friendly than ever before to Christianity. At the same time the power of those elites to shape the thought-world of ordinary people was intensifying, thanks to the arrival of TV, rising rates of high school and university enrollment, and the emergence of a new, rebellious youth culture. A difficult road lay ahead for churches in any event. The strategy adopted by the United Church made that road much more difficult. On one side, it drove out many members and their families with evangelical convictions—people who were often highly committed churchgoers, givers, and volunteers, the backbone of local congregations. They left for Baptist and Pentecostal and other evangelical churches, many of which are today peppered with ex-United Church members. On the other side, in speaking to lukewarm or skeptical members, the church was left without a compelling answer to the question—increasingly pressing after 1960—“why should I get my family out of bed to attend church every Sunday?” If the traditional core beliefs of Christianity were psychological metaphors at best and outright lies at worst, and if “the world” had the real answers, why go to church at all? The trickle of escaping evangelicals was thus joined by a large exodus of people who left church altogether. The result? Between 1968 and 2009 the United Church lost over half its members, during a time in which the Canadian population grew by more than 50%. Over the same period, several evangelical denominations following the opposite strategy, like the Fellowship Baptists, the Mennonite Brethren, and the Pentecostals grew explosively, more than doubling their membership. unquote The United Church of Canada: What You Need to Know - The Gospel Coalition | Canada

There are lots of Christian-based or Bible-based website that oppose MAID. Have you seen any that support it? " 25 Bible Verses and the Problem of Euthanasia In nine states and in Washington, DC, it is legal to decide the day of your own death should you feel that your suffering is too much to bear. Though this is defined as euthanasia—according to Merriam-Webster, “the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals…in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy”—proponents of this heinous act prefer the euphemism “death with dignity.” But regardless of what the secular world calls it, taking the life of an innocent person—sick, elderly, disabled, or otherwise—is both wrong and immoral. We know this because the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that “whatever its motives and means, direct euthanasia consists in putting an end to the lives of handicapped, sick, or dying persons. It is morally unacceptable.” It further teaches that “those whose lives are diminished or weakened deserve special respect” (2277). Respect for the sanctity and dignity of all human beings is an integral part of a Culture of Life. Yet the world erroneously teaches that people should be able to decide when they die. This takes the power out of the hands of God and gives it to man. Not only that, but it makes those who are sick and dying believe that they are burdens who should lighten the load for their caregivers, when it should be the caregivers who lighten the load for the sick and dying. How do we know this? We read stories throughout the Bible that teach about the sanctity of life. We see teachings that prohibit murder. We see teachings commanding us to love one another. We see passages commanding us to give of ourselves to others. And we read about the value of suffering." 25 Bible Verses about Euthanasia (hli.org) What Does the Bible Say About Support Euthanasia? (openbible.info) What does the Bible say about euthanasia and assisted suicide? - Christian Concern 11 Bible verses about Euthanasia (knowing-jesus.com) TGC Course | End of Life Issues: Death, Suicide, and Euthanasia (thegospelcoalition.org) For murder, yes. That's what Genesis 9:6 says.

Completely false. Nowhere does the Bible say anything like that. "God alone is sovereign over when and how a person’s death occurs. Job testifies in Job 30:23, “I know you will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.” Ecclesiastes 8:8 declares, “No man has power over the wind to contain it; so no one has power over the day of his death.” God has the final say over death (see 1 Corinthians 15:26, 54–56; Hebrews 2:9, 14–15; Revelation 21:4). Euthanasia and assisted suicide are man’s attempts to usurp that authority from God." What does the Bible say about euthanasia / assisted suicide? | GotQuestions.org Your problem seems to be you want to play God and use the Bible to do that. So you cherry pick some verses that have nothing to do with MAID or make outlandish claims that Jesus supports it which has no basis at all in the Bible. What do you believe about the Bible and Jesus in general apart from the MAID subject?

So you think it is ok too play God. That's what MAID does. People take on the role of God to decide who should live and who should die. You have no right to promote that. That is itself playing God. Just promoting something like MAID is promoting the killing of people who are made in the image of God. "7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. " Genesis 2:7 "19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: 20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them." Deuteronomy 30:19, 20 That is true, but nowhere does the Bible give you the authority to play God and end someone's life. That is not mercy or compassion. That is strictly forbidden. "thou shalt not kill". -Exodus.

Do you have any verses to prove that? Of course not.

No, that is not what I said. God is merciful and just. He is willing to forgive all those who repent and come to him by accepting his Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus is the mediator between God and men. We are fallen sinners and need the Savior. We must choose God's ways by humbly accepting his word, the Bible, in English the King James Bible 1611. Some things are hard to understand in the Bible, but many things are straight forward. The New Testament is the place to start.

I don't think God "likes" killing. God is a merciful and a loving God, but he is also a just God. It should not be hard to understand why capital punishment for murder is stated in Genesis 9:6. As it says God created man in his image. Human life belongs to God. Nobody has the right to end it except in very specific circumstances. Claiming killing for mercy is completely wrong because human life belongs to God and only God has the right to end it. We see the slippery slope happening with MAID where many people think it can be used to escape any situation in life, poverty, homelessness, sickness, depression, etc.

That is completely false. Jesus never condoned mercy killing or euthanasia. You are claiming Jesus authorizes mercy killing under the pretext of mercy and compassion. That is so sick. Where does he specifically say that in the Bible?

No I would not favour that, but again you are likely referring to something in the Old Testament in specific circumstances that do not exist today. Since we don't know the context or details of it, it is impossible to comment off the top.

No, I am not wrong. There is a difference between a general statement about a subject and a specific statement about a particular issue. Killing without a valid reason is wrong. There are exceptions such as self-defence, capital punishment for murder, soldiers defending their country, or police defending themselves or defending the public. Capital punishment means by the state after a credible judicial process (capital). Seems you have difficulty in reasoning such simple subjects or perhaps you are being provocative, i.e. stirring the pot a little.

Sin can never be justified for any reason. There can also be consequences to going against God's will when we think we are doing the right thing. "The overriding truth that God is sovereign drives us to the conclusion that euthanasia and assisted suicide are wrong. We know that physical death is inevitable for us mortals (Psalm 89:48; Hebrews 9:27). However, God alone is sovereign over when and how a person’s death occurs. Job testifies in Job 30:23, “I know you will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.” Ecclesiastes 8:8 declares, “No man has power over the wind to contain it; so no one has power over the day of his death.” God has the final say over death (see 1 Corinthians 15:26, 54–56; Hebrews 2:9, 14–15; Revelation 21:4). Euthanasia and assisted suicide are man’s attempts to usurp that authority from God. Death is a natural occurrence. Sometimes God allows a person to suffer for a long time before death occurs; other times, a person’s suffering is cut short. No one enjoys suffering, but that does not make it right to determine that a person should die. Often, God’s purposes are made known through suffering. “When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider: God has made the one as well as the other” (Ecclesiastes 7:14). Romans 5:3 teaches that tribulations bring about perseverance. God cares about those who cry out for death and wish to end their suffering. God gives purpose in life even to the end. Only God knows what is best, and His timing, even in the matter of one’s death, is perfect. We should never seek to prematurely end a life, but neither must we go to extraordinary means to preserve a life. To actively hasten death is wrong; to passively withhold treatment can also be wrong; but to allow death to occur naturally in a terminally ill person is not necessarily wrong. Anyone facing this issue should pray to God for wisdom (James 1:5). And we should all remember the words of former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, who warned that the practice of medicine “cannot be both our healer and our killer” (from KOOP, The Memoirs of America’s Family Doctor by C. Everett Koop, M.D., Random House, 1991)." What does the Bible say about euthanasia / assisted suicide? | GotQuestions.org

God ordered the death penalty for murder in Genesis 9:6 "6 Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. " That has never been changed to my knowledge.

Medically-assisted death is killing by the doctor or medical professional. That is state-sanctioned killing. Whether it is MAID or suicide, it is wrong. Still killing. Killing is contrary to God's word. You are dead in trespasses and sins (Romans 3:23) and need to ask God to change you and make you a new creature in Christ. Study the Bible.

The Bible says you are dead in your trespasses and sins. "23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; " Romans 3:23 You need to read the Bible and ask God to change you and make you a new creature in Christ.

You have a serious spiritual problem and unless you repent you will face a dark future. "27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: " Hebrews 9:27 The Bible says you are dead in your trespasses and sins. You need to read the Bible and ask God into your heart to change you. You need to become a new creature in Christ Jesus.

That's because you don't accept what God says in the Bible. You need to study the Bible and ask God to change you and make you a new person in Christ.

That is tragic. All I can tell you is God considers human life as sacred and forbids killing. You can choose to believe that or not. If you think you know more than God, that is a problem.