LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Regarding the death of Dr. (Death) Jack Kevorkian

Dr. Death, Jack Kevorkian

Like Jack Kevorkian,  our present culture tends to consider suffering the epitome of evil. In such a culture there is a great temptation to resolve the problem of suffering by eliminating it at the root, by hastening death so that it occurs at the moment considered most suitable.

In Christian teaching, however, suffering, has a special place in God’s saving plan; it is in fact a sharing in Christ’s passion.

Intentionally causing one’s own death, or suicide, is a rejection of God’s sovereignty and loving plan. It is a refusal of love for self, the denial of a natural instinct to live, a flight from the duties of justice and charity owed to one’s neighbor and to society.

The pleas of the gravely ill who sometimes request death should not be understood as implying a true desire for euthanasia; in fact, it is almost always a case of an anguished plea for help and love. True compassion leads to sharing another’s pain; it does not kill the person whose suffering we cannot bear. What any sick person needs, besides medical care, is love – the human and supernatural warmth provided by those close to him such as family, nurses and doctors.

Unfortunately, there exists in contemporary culture a certain Promethean attitude which leads people to think that they can control life and death by taking the decisions about them into their own hands. What really happens in this case is that the individual is overcome and crushed by a death deprived of any prospect of meaning or hope.

Euthanasia is senseless and inhumane and should be opposed in all its forms.

Sincerely,
Paul Kokoski

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1 Comment

  1. only
    June 6, 2011

    A book that you might want to read by John P. Holdren (the current science czar of the white house)and the Erlich’s is called Ecoscience. After you read it, you will understand what the plan is for humanity by the globalists.

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