as employers are supposed to be liberal about allowing staff observe
religion, i asked the pct that as a zoroastrian who have 90 festival days
per year, whether it would be ok for them to finance a locum for me. got no
reply.
>From: Geoff Schrecker <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: GP-UK <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Does any religion object to signing cremation certificates?
>(GMC consultation)
>Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:35:01 +0100
>
>On 8/20/07, Mary Hawking <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > In message <12576301.1187595413454.JavaMail.root@ps30>,
> > "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> writes
> >
> > >I think the list includes
> > >
> > >1. Islam
> > >2. Eastern Orthodox church
> > >3. Zoroastrians
> > >4. (Some) Orthodox Jews
> >
> > The question was not whether doctors could have legitimate religious
> > objections to cremation for themselves, but whether such religious
> > beliefs would prevent them from signing cremation certificates for
> > others who did not share those beliefs.
> > Is there anyone on the list who knows whether, in the case of cremation,
> > personally held religious beliefs would include a belief that the very
> > act of assisting a non-believer to be cremated is itself a sin? I have
> > never come across this being discussed as a matter of conscientious
> > objection - but the GMC appear to think it is.
> >
> > MaryH
> >
>
>I believe a Zoroastrian might as their objection is that the element
>of fire is too sacred to contaminated by the dead. As mentioned above
>I don't think it is a significant currently held belief.
>
>Cheers Geoff
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