Do you have a living will? Do you know what it says about “extraordinary care?”
If not, re-read that section of your living will. If your document says something to the effect that “no extraordinary care shall be taken” to extend your life, shred your document and get something else.
Why?
The medical community and Catholic moral teaching have differing definitions of “extraordinary care.”
What Do You Make of Father’s Armed Standoff at Hospital Saving Son Pronounced Brain Dead?
Pickering, Sr. brought a gun with him to the hospital and barricaded himself inside his son’s room, inducing a three-hour standoff. This illegal maneuver actually ended up saving his son’s life.
He felt his son just needed a little more time to prove he had not passed away. Three hours was all it took.
[click to continue...]Connecting the Dots between Euthanasia and Abortion
Ask yourself, why does euthanasia bother our consciences?
After all, we have already codified into law that a mother may see to it her own child be murdered (through abortion). Thus, we have accepted the legal and immoral precedent that someone may murder someone else.
[click to continue...]6 Arguments Against Theistic Evolution
The Second Law of Thermodynamics is the Law of Entropy. The law says that things denigrate over time, they do not become more complex.
Yet, the entire theory of macroevolution rests on bucking a known scientific law of nature. Ironic, is it not?
[click to continue...]Given the Recent Supreme Court Ruling on Gay Marriage, America is Guilty of All 4 Sins that Cry Out to Heaven for Vengeance
The US Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage last week supposedly legalized pseudo marriage for all 50 states. Unless you have lived under a rock recently, you already know this.
But what you may not realize is that this makes the following statement undeniable at this point: the USA is guilty of all four sins that cry out to Heaven for vengeance.
Traditionally in the Church four sins have been recognized as so egregious they demand retribution from God.
What are those four sins? How is America guilty of all four? Let us see.
[click to continue...]Here’s How Even the Theory of Moral Relativism Relies on the Natural Law
Whereas, moral relativism says that morality is relative, by definition. The theory of moral relativism teaches people can define for themselves their own ethics, as there are no absolute truths. Every man is an island unto himself. No one can tell another what to do.
It sounds like a decent proposition, but it has a fatal flaw that must be exposed.
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