The New Dr. Death!
The very act of survival is usually most important to us. All life is sacred and God created within us humans the desire to stay alive. All life is precious… from the moment of conception to death itself. Solomon said “There is a time to be born and time to die.” ( Ecclesiastes 3:2)
We are dealing with a pandemic which is taking lives; military people returning home with the mental anguish of their own survival while buddies died. There are teens taking their lives because of being rejected by their peers. (Suicide has become the 10th leading cause of death among the young.) Thousands of drug over doses….. not only among the poor but also the rich and famous.
Those of you who are old enough might remember the name Jack Kevorkian. He was the first Dr Death who helped 130 patients with euthanasia. But there is another more ominous name to remember. This is shocking!
Remember this name…….an Australian named, Philip Nitschke. “We consider it a right for all rational adults to be able to divest themselves of their life.” He happily chirps that that people will now be able to commit assisted suicide without having to get any permission. There will be no need going to Switzerland to the famous clinics which accommodate “suicide tourism” that is, for-pay clinics that people attend from around the world to be made dead!!
So is society’s increasing respect of suicide becoming acceptable? Check with Amazon and see the number of books promoting suicide. I was quite shocked to find so many. The sad fact is that as a culture, our societal opposition to suicide is rapidly fading.
Could this be part of the same culture that is telling us about climate control? Too many people means climate change……..autos using gas and more people taking up space on the planet. Abortion on demand. Just order a pill and get rid of the baby. Teens are able to get pills from the nurse without telling Mom. But you can’t give them an aspirin!
Now, the infamous Mr Nitschke has the problem solved. Death by a pill. For the past two decades, Nitschke has traveled the world holding seminars on “how to commit suicide.”
When giving an interview to a TV reporter, Mr. Nitschke said that he hoped to concoct a “peaceful pill,” that is, a suicide formula that would be available in supermarkets!! “All people qualify for suicide facilitation… not just those with training, knowledge, or resources to find out how to end their life. Someone needs to provide this knowledge and recourse necessary to anyone who wants it, including the depressed, the elderly, the bereaved and the troubled teen.”
Although Mr. Nitschke is from Australia the laws again against suicide are not enforced. These days, assisted suicide legalization laws are proliferating, throughout Australia. Can America be far behind?
Self destruction, per se, is no longer universally disapproved and in some cases extolled…. especially for the sick and disabled, including the elderly. It even receives the imprimatur of the state. Unless current trends reverse, I don’t see the ongoing suicide catastrophe ending anytime soon!!
God help us!!!