Thinking Christianly

#16: On Dying Well (Part 1)

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In this episode, J.P. and Stan discuss a path for ethical clarity through the complex conversations surrounding death and dying.

 

In this podcast we discuss:

  • The two ways to define a person: functional and ontological
  • What is life? How to gain clarity by asking the most fundamental question
  • How to avoid unhelpful definitions and category fallacies when discussing death and dying
  • The uniquely modern problem of distance from death
  • How J.P.’s experience facing cancer encouraged him to dig deeper into a study of life after death
  • Where we see the suppressed emotions and anxiety over mortality impacting our culture
  • What the important difference is between “active” and “passive” euthanasia
  • Is there such a thing as a life not worthy of being lived?
  • Ways “thinking Christianly” about current events helps reduce the anxiety associated with overwhelming information
  • Our role in nourishing a culture of life

    • Resources mentioned during our conversation:

    • 21 grams experiment, Wikipedia
    • Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
    • JP Moreland, A Simple Guide to Experience Miracles: Instruction and Inspiration for Living Supernaturally in Christ
    • John Burke, Imagine Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God’s Promises, and the Exhilarating Future That Awaits You
    • Jeffrey Long, M.D. with Paul Perry, Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death Experiences
    • Mary C. Neal, M.D., To Heaven and Back: A Doctor’s Extraordinary Account of Her Death, Heaven, Angels, and Life Again
    • Dale C. Allison, Encountering Mystery: Religious Experience in a Secular Age
    • Unbelievable Podcast, “Angels, Visions and Near-death Encounters – Dale C. Allison on Whether Skeptics can take Religious Experiences Seriously”
    • Soren Kierkegaard, The Concept of Anxiety: A Simple Psychologically Oriented Deliberation in View of the Dogmatic Problem of Hereditary Sin
    • Leo Alexander, M.D., “Medical Science Under Dictatorship”
    • Health Canada, “Final Report of the Expert Panel on MAiD and Mental Illness”
    • Associated Press News, “‘Disturbing’: Experts Troubled by Canada’s Euthanasia Laws”
    • Stan Wallace, “Saying ‘Goodbye’ Well”
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