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Issues, Etc.

Defining Bioethics – Wesley Smith, 10/10/25 (2834)

Issues, Etc.

Lutheran Public Radio

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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The church's music from the 20th century.

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The 17th century.

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The 11th century.

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The 11th century

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The 8th century The fourth century

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The fourth century.

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1:02.4

And I felt for a long time that, you know, if a country doesn't have religion, doesn't have faith, doesn't have God, it's going to be very hard to be a good country.

1:16.1

You know, there's no reason to be good.

1:18.8

I want to be good because you want to prove to God that you're good so you go to that next step, right?

1:23.8

The woke stuff was getting so bad.

1:26.1

You would hear people say nonsensical things like logical and rational thought is a white thing.

1:32.3

First of all, that's one of the most racist things I've ever heard.

1:34.3

But aside from that, no, if we lose our ability to think logically and reason rationally, we can't talk to each other.

1:43.3

I'll submit to your authority, and you can do with me as you will, but I'm not going to obey

1:47.7

your law. And that's classic Christian behavior. The creed does that. It opens up the scriptures.

1:53.5

The true faith is the drama. The dogma is the drama. It's not a constraining thing, but it opens up

2:00.4

all sorts of things that we might not

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have thought about. So I'd just encourage people to examine the scriptures and test the creed against

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them. Amazon drivers who are Calvinistic Baptist and not Lutheran still love issues, et cetera.

2:14.6

When you hear the term bioethics, you usually think about a group of people in lab coats who have

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