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Medicine, aging, and assisted suicide

Nathan Decker·2023-02-27
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Rev. Nathan Decker analyzes the philosophical and theological implications of modern medicine's separation from traditional healthcare ethics, particularly examining how secular ideology—manifested in non-discrimination regulations and the normalization of assisted suicide—reflects humanity's rebellion against God's created order. The article applies Reformed Christian principles to contemporary medical ethics, demonstrating how technological power divorced from objective medical good represents a fundamental worldview conflict between Christian and secular thought.

Rev. Nathan Decker, pastor of Grandville PRC in Grandville, Michigan The spirit of rebellion against God is manifested in every sphere of earthly life, one of which is the area of medicine and healthcare. What follows demonstrates this, as we consider three articles on the purpose of medicine, the goal of science, and the rise of assisted suicide. The first article, found on World Magazine's website, is titled: "A Complete Divorce of Medicine from Healthcare."1 It explains the implications, if...

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Author
Nathan Decker
Date

2023-02-27

Source
Standard Bearer
Scripture References
Job 1:21
Topics
Christian LivingApologeticsProvidence
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