Article preface from Linda Kimball, a sister in the faith of the Lord Jesus Christ, and a friend who reprinted the article below pertaining to what is taking place in Ireland on her website:

As in the United States, Australia, Canada, and Western Europe generally, Ireland is undergoing a renewed burgeoning pagan process. This process began with new pagan Secular Humanism and other evolutionary materialist movements and continues on with evolutionary mystical pantheist movements such as New Age or New Spirituality and Green Religion. Central to both movements is Darwinism as an origin account and the dehumanization and devaluing of human life in favor of the exhalation of nature:

“Darwinism came at the desired time; Darwin’s theory that man is the descendant of a lower animal destroyed the entire foundation of Christian dogma.” (Anton Pannekoek, “Marxism and Darwinism,” translated by Nathan Weiser)

Western civilization is grounded in Biblical, but particularly Christian presuppositions and a high view of human life (Genesis 1) The pagan world, however, has never shared Western Christian sensibilities. Throughout history in many parts of the world, pagans have performed unimaginably sadistic human sacrifices as a way of pleasing or appeasing their mythological gods. With the collapse of Christianity so too has the high view of human life. Throughout the pagan West, human life is on a fast track to becoming worthless. ~Linda Kimball @ PatriotandLiberty

Irish elderly fearful of assisted suicide proposals

7 October 2022

• Assisted Suicide
• Republic of Ireland

Reprinted from The Christian Institute [in the U.K.]

Elderly people in Ireland are worried about proposals to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia, Roman Catholic bishops have said.

In a message for the annual Day for Life, the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference warned that many have been made to feel they are a burden or a nuisance.

In 2020, Gino Kenny introduced a private member’s Bill seeking to liberalise the law on euthanasia and assisted suicide in the Republic.

Value

The bishops’ message invited people to “think again about the value and worth of older persons in families and in society” and to take practical steps to “build bridges between the generations”.

It encouraged “engagement in political debate on providing adequately resourced care of older persons so that no one feels like a burden in our society”.

It also challenged politicians and the healthcare system to provide access to palliative care for all.

Attempts to liberalise

Last year the private member’s Bill was severely criticised by Protestants and Roman Catholics alike.

Representatives of the Church of Ireland, the Presbyterian Church, and the Roman Catholic Church demanded that the so-called Dying with Dignity Bill be abandoned.

It did not progress to Committee Stage because of “serious technical issues” but the Joint Committee on Justice recommended that a Special Oireachtas Committee be established to undertake an examination on the topic.