About 25 years ago I owned a dog that, as time marched on, began experiencing the effects of aging. The dog, a Sheltie, got to the point where her walking was labored, resulting in muscle spasms. Consequently, we began discussing taking her in to the vet to be put down. My grandmother, bless her heart, objected to that course of action. Her reason?<\/p>\n
We quietly chuckled at the absurdity of her concerns.<\/p>\n
Now (HT: Doug<\/a>) enter a British medical ethics “expert”<\/a> who has recommended that people be<\/p>\n How is it that we’ve gone from the age-old notion of putting animals down, to that of putting humans down? Are we beginning to see a clear juxtaposition between the Judeo-Christian view of The Imago Dei, and that of naturalism, which sees us as nothing more than clothed apes?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" About 25 years ago I owned a dog that, as time marched on, began experiencing the effects of aging. The dog, a Sheltie, got to the point where her walking was labored, resulting in muscle spasms. Consequently, we began discussing taking her in to the vet to be put down. My grandmother, bless her heart, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,55,59],"tags":[116,115,113,1050,118,114,117],"class_list":["post-765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-ethics-morality","category-rusty","tag-assisted-suicide","tag-ethics","tag-euthanasia","tag-evolution","tag-imago-dei","tag-medical-ethics","tag-naturalism"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t