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Issues, Etc.

2253. The Acceptance of Euthanasia and Suicide in Modern Medicine – Dr. Richard Weikart, 8/12/24

Issues, Etc.

Lutheran Public Radio

Christianity, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Dr. Richard Weikart of California State University Unnatural Death: Medicine’s Descent from Healing to Killing

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People are paying top dollar to go hear Jordan Peterson preach a sermon on Genesis 12.

0:08.0

Aaron Wren making the case for a Christian response in a negative world at this year's issues etc. Making the case conference.

0:16.0

I mean we should be embarrassed that people are not turning to the church.

0:22.6

And so I'm not saying that we should necessarily,

0:25.9

you know, be saying or doing everything that they can.

0:27.9

People reject Christianity for many reasons,

0:30.9

but we are not, for whatever reason, talking about the world that people live in in a way

0:37.9

that they find compelling and understanding it and how to navigate it.

0:41.9

For a donation of $300 by October 1st, you can watch and listen to Aaron Wrens presentation

0:47.7

at the 2024 issues etc. making the case conference.

0:51.6

It's available via on-demand video streaming and podcast.

0:55.0

Learn more at issues ETC.org. We sometimes think about things like physician assisted suicide as

1:17.4

as phenomenon of the 20th and the 21st century, but the history of this idea that human life is more or less expendable,

1:27.7

especially if it's a human life towards its end or marked by some kind of disability or intense suffering.

1:35.0

So what is a Christian response to this idea that has gained so much ground in Western

1:40.4

Europe, in Canada, and to a degree in the United States of death with dignity.

1:47.0

Welcome back to issues etc. joining us to talk about the acceptance of euthanasia and

1:51.6

assisted suicide in modern medicine.

1:54.0

Dr. Richard Weicard, he is Professor Emeritus of History at California State University,

1:59.0

author of several books including his latest, unnatural death,

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medicine's descent from healing to killing.

2:06.3

Dr. Weicart, welcome back.

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