Depraved: New York Times Pushes Assisted Suicide for the Elderly

bioethics, Culture, Daniel Kahneman, disabilities, elderly, Ezekiel Emanuel, family, friendship, geriatric suicide, Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek, Medicine, mentally ill, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Peter Singer, philosophers, philosophy, Princeton University, suicide, Switzerland, The Atlantic
The victims of such a nihilistic mindset will be the elderly, people with disabilities, the mentally ill, and the seriously sick in an ever-widening swath. Source
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, “The Catholic Darwin”

A Catholic Case for Intelligent Design, Alasdair MacIntyre, Catholicism, Collège de France, Discovery Institute Press, England, Evolution, Faith & Science, faith and science, Fr. Martin Hilbert, Fr. Raymond J. Nogar, Henri Bergson, history of science, hominization, Institut Catholique de Toulouse, Jacques Maritain, Jesuits, Msgr. Bruno de Solages, neologisms, noosphere, Omega point, paleontologists, Peter Medawar, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Raïssa Maritain, Robert Shedinger, suicide, supernatural, The Phenomenon of Man, theology
No doubt, Teilhard ­ had — and has — Catholic admirers. The most positive Catholic assessment I have encountered comes from the pen of Msgr. Bruno de Solages. Source
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On Giving Tuesday, Feelings Are Not Enough

atheists, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Christianity, Conversion, depression, Discovery Institute Press, emotion, Evolution News, Faith & Science, faith and science, Father Martin Hilbert, Feelings, Günter Bechly, Intelligent Design, John West, Jonathan McLatchie, Muslims, new york, Richard Dawkins, self-hatred, Somalia, Stephen Meyer, suicide, William Dembski
Here was a believer, a very thoughtful one, who knew nothing about whether the God hypothesis can be defended on objective grounds. Source
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No. 10 Story of 2023: Solzhenitsyn’s Prophetic Warning — and Meyer’s Counterpoint of Hope

20th century, abortion, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Anxiety, Atheism, Bolsheviks, Charles Darwin, Communism, crime, Culture & Ethics, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Dante Alighieri, demons, evil, Faith & Science, fentanyl, fine-tuning, Fyodor Dostoevsky, gender identity, homeless, illegitimacy, Inferno, Intelligent Design, Jonathan Choe, Judeo-Christian tradition, mutilation, Promiscuity, Return of the God Hypothesis, Russia, Soviet Union, Stephen Meyer, suicide, Templeton Prize, universe
You would have to be willfully blind, or just stay far away from our major city centers, to miss some of the more obvious signs of the spiritual crisis. Source
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How “Medical Aid in Dying” Became the Euphemism of Choice for Assisted Suicide

A Concise History of Euthanasia, assisted suicide, Brandeis University, Canada, Culture & Ethics, doctors, euthanasia, hemlock, honey, Ian Dowbiggin, MAiD, medical aid in dying, medication, Medicine, mercy killing, New York Times, nurse practitioners, patients, poisons, Rachel E. Gross, suicide, University of Colorado
When radical policies are proposed, the first step is to change the lexicon to make it seem less extreme, even mundane. Source
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