Euthanasia

Earlier this year I had a near death experience. No, not the kind where people see visions and demons or whatever, mine was the mundane kind in which I almost died because of internal bleeding.


I fought for all I was worth to remain alive and my family protected me from some very incompetent Doctors. I had to have the will to live and I also had to have protection from strangers who were busy and didn't really care one way or the other: At least that was the impression they gave.


Now I read that Britain is trying to implement the slow journey into Doctor assisted suicide - euthanasia. As I approach my seventh decade on this planet and in light of the experience I mentioned above, I have to say there is something radically wrong in the thought processes of Western Civilization when the most vulnerable are being thought of as a nuisance or worse, a burden on the rest of us.


What happened to the idea that Christ gave to us that we are to think more highly of others than we do of ourselves? Shouldn't Doctors be about figuring out ways to make the end of life as benign as possible?


Some in Britain are doing just that. You can read about them and their battle here:

We fear that publishing any such guidelines runs the real risk of leading over the years to what would effectively be legal sanctioning of the practice of assisted suicide. Case law would inevitably be built up, and statute law permitting assisted suicide would eventually follow.

Legalisation of euthanasia would inevitably follow or accompany that. Parliament will effectively have been by-passed by administrative process, and this should never happen in any democratic society.’

The group argues that in the Netherlands, the drift toward euthanasia began with the refusal to prosecute doctors who helped kill their patients. It was followed by guidelines and finally statute law in 2002. There are now nearly 3,000 cases of euthanasia each year.

 If our elites continue to look to European philosophy for their guidance it will only be a short time until this battle will be fought in the U.S. I'm not interested in becoming one of their statistics.

Reformation Theology

Why is the following so hard for so many to understand? Salvation is "easy" but it isn't up to us. If God doesn't save us - we are not saved. One can walk all the aisles, pray all the sinner's prayers, get baptized thousands of times, but if God has not united us to Christ we are not saved.


Reformation Theology: "If someone borrowed $100 million to fund a company and then immediately went and spent it all in a week of wild living in Las Vegas, his inability to repay the debt does not alleviate him of the responsibility to do so. So there is no contradiction between his responsibility and his inability. He created his own inability so he is responsible. Likewise Adam, our federal head, who represents the entire human race, fell and plunged all of us into a condition of debt which we cannot repay. Take note: this does not alleviate us of the responsibility to do so. We owe a debt we cannot repay. We are spiritually bankrupt and our heart needs to be renewed in the Holy Spirit who unites us the Christ. Only then do we have the mind and heart of Christ. ( See 1 Cor 2 ) Without the Spirit we are dead (even hostile) to spiritual things. But when the Spirit comes with the grace of regeneration, renewing our heart after the image of God, we both can and will come to Christ."

Oh Come Emmanuel

I'm not especially fond of guitars in Church. However, having said that, I could listen to this kind of music all day - in Church or out.

The Dividing Line

Pastor Wilson is one of my favorites. He is linked in my "links" at Blog and Mablog. This excerot from one of his recent sermons explains the dividing line between a true Christian and those who pretend. It is worth the 5 minutes it takes to watch.

It's Time

The wife and I have decided it's time to get our permits to carry concealed weapons. Here are pictures of the weapons we will be armed with in case anyone has any ideas about mugging a couple of "old people."






His

                                       And     Hers





Hers is a Taurus ultra-lite 38spl 6 shot. It is palm size and fits nicely in "Gammies'" purse. Naturally the grand-chilren (sic) no longer get to snoop in her purse. His is a Charter Arms 38spl, 6 shot easily concealed in an ankle holster or on the belt.

Two recent incidents have prompted our move to arm ourselves away from our home. (If you try to break in to our house, chances are you will not live to tell about it). #1 is the incident recently at the White House in which the Secret Service could not keep the President secure from unwanted guests. If the cops have no more interest in protecting the President than what they've shown, I'm certain they are not going to expend energy protecting a couple of old people. #2 is the Lakewood, Washington killings. If four armed cops can't protect themselves I'm certainly not going to rely on them to protect me.

So anyone with wild ideas about two old people at the mall or the coffee shop being easy targets I suggest you look at the pictures above - one more time. Either gun will make you wish you were dead if the bullet doesn't kill you.

Just remember! We don't call 9-1-1, we are 9-1-1.