Christians are not alone in valuing life; many Jews, Muslims, and other people of goodwill also affirm the intrinsic goodness of human life. But there is a distinctly Christian conviction at work here, and it is bedrock to our faith: Every human being, from conception to death, is created by God, loved by him, and stands under his protection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The claim that innocent human life is inviolable is not primarily a claim about us humans, then, but about our Creator. To murder (or torture or enslave, as the church father Gregory of Nyssa<\/a> saw as early as the fourth century) is to trespass without authority, to assert rights where one has none. It is to unsay God\u2019s \u201cvery good\u201d spoken over a fellow creature, to reject and despise a man or woman whom the Lord has brought into being and for whom Christ died. Inviolability is the upshot of our creation in the divine image. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Unlike many topics in theology and ethics, this is not an issue on which the church has ever been ambiguous. There were no early church councils to debate the taking of innocent life. It didn\u2019t take centuries of conflict to adjudicate. On the contrary, Christians were known from the start for their adamant rejection of pagan disrespect for those unwanted by their families or deemed socially useless\u2014the unborn and newborn, disabled and elderly.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read it all<\/a>.<\/p> Why do Christians oppose euthanasia?
Brad East\u2019s answer:https:\/\/t.co\/cviFstiPVB<\/a><\/p>— Christianity Today (@CTmagazine) December 11, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>