America Conceals Death and Normalizes Euthanasia

Faith Facts

• Scripture teaches that every human life is made in the image of God and holds inherent dignity from conception to natural death.
• Christian teaching affirms that suffering can have redemptive purpose and that God alone holds authority over the beginning and end of life.
• Traditional American values rooted in faith and family have long upheld the sanctity of life as a cornerstone of national character.

American culture has grown accustomed to shielding citizens from the reality of death through careful concealment in medical and legal settings.

This distancing from death dulls awareness of the profound truths Scripture reveals about human nature and divine purpose.

Once death is hidden from view, practices once unthinkable begin to appear compassionate and rational.

“American culture works hard to hide death, from body bags to lethal injection. But obscuring death obscures essential truths about human nature, and it has made an oxymoron like ‘euthanasia’ seem plausible.”

Christian families and churches are called to counter this cultural trend by openly affirming the value of every life and the hope of eternal life through Christ.

By restoring honest conversation about mortality within the context of faith, believers can help restore clarity to public policy and personal decisions.

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