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https://www.aoiusa.org A Research and Educational Organization that engages the cultural issues of the day within the Orthodox Christian Tradition Wed, 09 Sep 2015 20:03:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/wesley-j-smith-will-progressives-require-doctors-to-kill/ https://www.aoiusa.org/wesley-j-smith-will-progressives-require-doctors-to-kill/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2015 22:54:19 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=14135 https://www.aoiusa.org/wesley-j-smith-will-progressives-require-doctors-to-kill/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/wesley-j-smith-a-dark-mirror-on-society/ https://www.aoiusa.org/wesley-j-smith-a-dark-mirror-on-society/#comments Sat, 04 Jun 2011 19:29:55 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=10102 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: The Corner The death of Jack Kevorkian by natural causes has a certain irony, but it is not surprising. His driving motive was always obsession with death. Indeed, as he described in his book Prescription Medicide, Kevorkian’s overriding purpose in his assisted-suicide campaign was pure quackery, e.g., to obtain a societal license to engage […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/wesley-j-smith-a-dark-mirror-on-society/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/wesley-j-smith-the-disturbing-rehabilitation-of-dr-kevorkian/ https://www.aoiusa.org/wesley-j-smith-the-disturbing-rehabilitation-of-dr-kevorkian/#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:41:40 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=8815 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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By Wesley J. Smith | Source: The Corner When Jack Kevorkian came to the nation’s attention in the 1990s, reporters at first depicted him — correctly — as a macabre and megalomaniacal promoter of death. But he was remade into a popular icon, becoming a pet guest on 60 Minutes, treated to uncharacteristically softball interviews […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/wesley-j-smith-the-disturbing-rehabilitation-of-dr-kevorkian/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/response-to-the-patriarchal-address/ https://www.aoiusa.org/response-to-the-patriarchal-address/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:06:40 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4468 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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While the Patriarchal address has much to commend it, the leveling of ideas it exhibits is troubling. The essay below was originally written as a comment, but I posting it here for comment and analysis. Frankly, the ideas in this speech are muddled. It sounds like it an American wrote it who has only a […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/response-to-the-patriarchal-address/feed/ 62 https://www.aoiusa.org/wesley-j-smith-orthodox-advocate-for-human-%e2%80%9cexceptionalism%e2%80%9d/ https://www.aoiusa.org/wesley-j-smith-orthodox-advocate-for-human-%e2%80%9cexceptionalism%e2%80%9d/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:08:41 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1443 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Our culture is at a crossroad about the value of human life, argues author and human rights activist Wesley J. Smith in an interview with Kevin Allen on the “Illumined Heart” podcast (Ancient Faith Radio). Do we value human life simply because it is human, or do we value it based on notions and definitions […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/wesley-j-smith-orthodox-advocate-for-human-%e2%80%9cexceptionalism%e2%80%9d/feed/ 1