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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
November 12, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, blood pressure, body temperature, cell death, conception, death, Doctor's Diary (series), Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, emergency room, fisherman, Frankenstein, heart, hospital, intelligent design, James Tour, lungs, oxygen, sleep, soul, spirit, Stephen Meyer, suffering, telomeres, windpipe}

Doctor’s Diary: Till Death Do Us Part

_{Geoffrey Simmons
November 12, 2020

Medicine

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When I was in charge of the Emergency Room at Los Angeles County Hospital, I saw many instances of near-death trauma, yet there was little complaint about pain. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 23, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, “selfish gene”, atheism, coronavirus, creator, David Bentley Hart, evil, families, good, humanity, innocents, Moral Law, natural selection, neighbors, pandemic, Richard Dawkins, suffering, theodicy}

To Ask “Where Is God in This Pandemic?” Is to Acknowledge that God Exists

_{Michael Egnor
March 23, 2020

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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The problem of theodicy is real, of course. We don’t always know or understand God’s ways. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 26, 2019

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, Belgium, British Columbia, Canada, compassion, depression, euthanasia, Jack Kevorkian, killing, Netherlands, Quebec, self-starvation, suffering, suicide}

Depressed Man Euthanized in Canada

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 26, 2019

Medicine

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I fear many will shrug and say, “The man wanted to die. What else is there to think about?” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 14, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Canada, children, disabilities, euthanasia, fear, homicide, hospital, illnesses, lethal injection, MAiD, medical assistance in dying, nurse practitioners, Ontario, pain, palliative care, patients, physicians, self-starvation, suffering}

Eliminating the Sufferer: In Canada, Hospital Waiting Room Promotes Euthanasia

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 14, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Euthanasia corrupts everything it touches. That includes the healthcare system and a society’s perception of the value of people with serious disabilities and illnesses. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 29, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, addiction, Alzheimer’s, Belgium, despair, euthanasia, fear, killing, loneliness, organ donation, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychiatric disorders, schizophrenia, suffering, suicide}

Euthanasia’s Moral Abyss — Belgian Edition

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 29, 2018

Bioethics

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The carnage so bloodlessly described in the Belgian report demonstrates vividly the consequences to a society when it generally accepts killing as a proper answer to human suffering. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
June 28, 2018

Categories
Arts
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, "poor design", Africa, ballet, beauty, biosphere, birth, disease, ecosystem, evil, evolution, intelligent design, knowledge, music, mutations, natural selection, nature, pain, painting, pelvis, Richard Dawkins, River Out of Eden, sand dunes, savannah, suffering, Venus}

Beauty as Evidence for Intelligent Design

_{Ann Gauger
June 28, 2018

Arts, Intelligent Design

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Beauty does not come from randomness. It is beauty, not ugliness that must be explained. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 23, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Catholicism and Evolution, criminal justice, CUNY, Darwin's Black Box, death, decay, Douglas Axe, eyeglasses, Father Michael Chaberek, flat earth, Forensics, human eye, intelligent design, John Jay College, John Paul II, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, maxillary sinus, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, Nathan Lents, neurosurgeon, physiology, Pope Francis, Stephen Meyer, suffering, testicles, Wall Street Journal, William A. Dembski}

Straw Man: Nathan Lents Versus the Theory of Perfect Design

_{David Klinghoffer
May 23, 2018

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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True, things go wrong with our bodies, with results that range from the tragic to the merely expensive or inconvenient. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 6, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, adults, assisted suicide, children, euthanasia, Groningen protocol, hemlock, infants, killing, Netherlands, New York Times, parents, suffering, United States}

Child Euthanasia: U.S. Bioethicist Supports It

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 6, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Battin’s radical proposals aren’t usually made by U.S. assisted-suicide proponents because they know that our society has not completely swallowed the hemlock (as has the Netherlands). Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 12, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Anthropic Principle, Aristotle, atheism, augustine, christian, cosmic fine-tuning, cosmopsychism, Immanuel Kant, Moral Law, multiverse theory, Phillip Goff, predictions, suffering, theism, Thomas Aquinas}

Cosmic Fine-Tuning and the Problem of Evil

_{Michael Egnor
February 12, 2018

Faith & Science, Philosophy, Physics

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"Cosmopsychism might seem crazy," says philosopher Phillip Goff, "but it provides a robust explanatory model for how the universe became fine-tuned for life." Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 10, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Alzheimer’s, anxiety, assisted suicide, Brittany Maynard, CNN, dignity, hospice, illness, old age, suffering, suicide}

Defining Dignity Up

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 10, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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When you look at the studies of why people decide to commit assisted suicide or be euthanized, a consistent pattern emerges. Read More ›