I am not a fan of horror fiction because I figure that the front-page of my local newspaper is scary enough, thanks. However, work sometimes compels me to flip through factual horror books. Case in point: Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America by Wesley J. Smith, a lawyer and opponent of the euthanasia movement. After scanning through several chapters, I marched over to see a friend and told her that if I ever was unable to speak for myself she was to tell anyone and everyone that I wanted to live. The horror stories Smith recounts are scarier than anything Stephen King could envision.
Smith has a blog titled Secondhand Smoke. Check it out!
That’s great. I didn’t know Mr. Smith had a blog. I’ll make sure to link it from mine. I saw him speak at the Los Angeles Religious Education conference a few years ago and the talk made a huge impact on me. I pray that more people will hear his message before too many more people die from our “bioethicists” standards.
I think it won’t be enough to just tell people you want to live, or even to have a written document to that effect. I think we have to start having it tattooed on our chests.