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Wesley J. Smith discusses the importance of - and various threats to - the unique dignity and importance of human life from the context of living in a secular society.

Wesley J. Smith and Ancient Faith Radio


    • Oct 6, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 8m AVG DURATION
    • 38 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Human Exceptionalism

    Will We REALLY Kill Alzheimer’s Patients?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2017 8:51


    Will the United States follow the lead of other countries who have put into law the most radical euthanasia policies?

    How the Media Promotes “Some” Suicides

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2017 9:09


    Should we be working to prevent all suicide, or should we support and encourage "some" suicides?

    What If There Was Another Polio Epidemic?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2017 7:19


    To what extent should efforts be made to work for the healing of those with significant illnesses, like polio, rather than letting them die with assistance?

    What’s Love Got to do With Transhumanism?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2017 8:40


    Wesley introduces the Transhumanists and then explains what is wrong with their desire to increase human intelligence.

    Whose Baby is Charlie Gard, Anyway?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2017 8:03


    Who should decide what is best for a child, the parents or medical professionals and the state?

    Three Culture of Death Tipping Points

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2017 8:40


    How did our society become so accepting of a culture of death - from Dr. Jack Kevorkian, Terri Schiavo, and Planned Parenthood?

    Rivers Declared to be “Persons”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2017 7:36


    Should aspects of nature be given the same kind of rights as human beings?

    Pro-Lifers: Get Out of Medicine!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2017 8:09


    Returning to the podcast after a personal break, Wesley ask, "Can doctors and other healthcare providers be forced to provide medical proceeds, like abortions, when it goes against their convictions?"

    Assisted Suicide Right for the Institutionalized Mentally Ill

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2016 7:28


    Is euthanasia really the best way to alleviate the suffering of those dealing with serious mental illness?

    “Animal Rights” Would Ban Pets

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2016 7:25


    Should animals and humans have the same rights? How best should we care for animals in a humane way without confusing the value of the two?

    How Assisted Suicide Advocacy Hurts the Sick

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2016 8:01


    Wesley J. Smith shares the story of his friend, Robert Salamanca, who died peacefully with dignity of ALS.

    It’s Time to Debate “Brave New World”

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2016 7:53


    Religious Conscience Unwelcome in Healthcare

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2016 8:02


    Will healthcare providers who hold to the sanctity of human life be allowed work in the emerging secular society?

    Even The Worst MDs Can Be Suicide Doctors

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2016 7:48


    Do "doctors of death" need any specialized training to diagnosis and prescribe lethal drugs to patients who want to die?

    More Than in God’s Image

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2016 6:55


    What is the best way to defend the exceptional nature of human beings?

    Words With the Power to Kill

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 7:14


    Do the words that we use to describe the various stages and conditions of human life really matter?

    Redefining “Death” Would Unleash Great Evil

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2016 7:59


    Even Materialists Crave Religion

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2016 7:20


    Is the desire for meaning and purpose exclusive to those who are religious, or do all human beings long for something more?

    Scientists Promote Human UNexceptionalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2016 8:10


    Is human life exceptional when compared to the animal kingdom? Some scientists do not think so!

    Euthanasia and Organ Harvesting

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2016 7:52


    Should a human life be ended just so we can harvest their organs for another person's use? It might be closer than you think!

    The Walking Dead

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2016 7:57


    Does it matter what happens to our bodies after we die? The Orthodox Christian faith says, "Yes!"

    Canada and the Right to Die

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2016 7:34


    Is the "right to die" more important than religious liberty?

    Mainstreaming Animal Personhood

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2016 8:26


    Should animals have the same rights of "personhood" as humans?

    “Remembrance of Death” Can Overcome “Death Obsession”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2016 8:44


    Why is our culture obsessed with death, and how can remembrance of death help us to overcome it?

    What Euthanasia Enthusiasts Really Want

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2016 8:50


    What do euthanasia enthusiasts really want? To eliminate suffering of any kind by eliminating the sufferer.

    Why We Don’t Get Along

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2015 8:42


    Wesley demonstrates how the West is increasingly incapable of engaging in true debate, achieving broadly agreeable consensuses or finding middle-ground compromises about the most important controversies that vex us.

    Environmental Protection, Yes. “Nature Rights,” No.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2015 8:10


    The once ludicrous notion that ecological protection and fighting climate change require according legally enforceable human-style rights to nature is becoming more mainstream within the environmental movement. Wesley J. Smith examines the consequences.

    You Are NOT an Ape

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2015 9:00


    Even if we came about through purely materialistic and Darwinian means, it is self-evident that something happened to make us so remarkably distinct from every other known life form.

    Transhumanism

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2015 8:51


    Wesley discusses "transhumanism"—what is quickly becoming the world's newest religion, offering adherents the kind of hope once within the exclusive province of faith and without the humbling concept of an omnipotent God to whom one owes prayer and thanksgiving.

    Say No to Validated Suicide

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2015 7:24


    Supporting another's self-destruction is not a compassionate or morally neutral act.

    Why Our Medical Elite Support Planned Parenthood

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2015 9:58


    If you think it is respectable to consider babies, whether born or unborn, to be an inferior stage of human life, you can easily come to think that they have few rights that fully developed persons are bound to respect.

    Life Is a Cabaret, Old Chum

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2015 7:23


    Yesterday's views of depredation have become today's banal norms.

    Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2015 16:24


    Once a culture accepts the fundamental premise of euthanasia consciousness, there is no way to limit doctor-administered death to those who are already at the end of their lives.

    Prevent Medical Martyrdom

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2015 12:08


    Hippocratic pro-life medical professionals are increasingly being pressured to practice their science and art without regard to their personal faith or conscience beliefs.

    Reflections On Planned Parenthood And Cecil The Lion

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2015 8:07


    Cecil the Lion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2015 7:28


    The killing of Cecil the Lion is a bad thing. On a new "Human Exceptionalism," Wesley J. Smith explains why while differentiating between animal rights and animal welfare.

    What Clarence Thomas Meant

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2015 9:37


    Introduction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2015 11:03


    Wesley introduces his podcast, as well as the concept of human exceptionalism.

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