Derek Humphrey, President of the Hemlock Society

(Picture, Derek Humphrey) I happened to be looking for more information on Peter Singer and this man's name came up in my search. Derek Humphrey. Yes, I mentioned his name last week in Sunday School as a proponent of physician assisted suicide (euthanasia). He is also the founder and President of the Hemlock Society, a pro-euthanasia organization. He has written a book, Final Exit, and in one of his opening quotations he makes this statement in regards to the sanctity of life, "We are trying to overturn 2,000 years of Christian tradition." Peter Singer, also in his book, Rethinking Life and Death, made a similar quote. "After ruling our thoughts and our decisions about life and death for nearly two thousand years, the traditional Western ethic has collapsed." Wow! Now, Singer is a colleague with Dr. Ezekiel Immuel, who is brothers with Rahm Immuel, who is the Chief of Staff to President Obama. Does any of this make sense?

There is no question we need health care reform but the thinking expressed by Humphrey, Singer and Immuel, and their closeness to the President, sends chills up my spine. There needs to be a bi-partisan think tank that needs to rethink the health care proposals. Now, I find it difficult to believe that President Obama and the members of Congress our proposing "end of life" concepts similar to what Singer, Humphrey and Immuel support. I do believe if this HR 3200 Bill is enacted (kind of doubt it right now) there will be rationed care and who will be affected the most? You guessed it, the elderly. But, I don't know. President Obama states we are no longer a Christian nation, supports a homosexual agent and believes in a pro-choice agenda regarding abortion. Singer, Humphrey and Immuel are proponents of "quality of life" and argue against the sanctity of life and are in the President's hip pocket. If these men want to play God, I pity them. God is the creator of life and death and rules the universe with His sovereign will. Potentially, this is a slippery slope and we as Christians, need to be passionate about our beliefs regarding the sanctity of life. Why? We have no other alternative. Our Christian beliefs are under attack.