The Culture of Death

The Culture of Death Man has transitioned from viewing himself and his life as a gift from God, to seeing his life as his own. As such, people make decisions based not on what God would want, but on what is easiest, most convenient, least painful, and selfishly rewarding to them individually. The “culture of death” is what occurs when society rejects the value of human life as a gift from God. It is made …

…neglects God, man’s values of being, become replaced with those of having. “When the sense of God is lost, there is also a tendency to lose the sense of man, of his dignity and his life.” (EV #20) When the sense of God is lost, man becomes consumed with serving himself and loses love for human life. Christ reveals himself in every human being. Thus rejecting human life in any way is undoubtedly rejecting Christ.