Australian euthanasia-campaigner, Dr Philip Nitschke, last week warned the media about an impending “grey tsunami”.

His answer is to help old people kill themselves.

He is displeased about the Rudd government’s intention to restrict access to pro-euthanasia propaganda on the internet.

Last week, Dr Nitschke ran a suicide workshop in Toowong which included a “hacking masterclass” — showing oldies how to bypass the proposed filter.

He wants them to visit his euthanasia-encouraging website which tells how to get and use illegally-imported Nembutal from Mexico.

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Dr Nitschke says one of the commonest ways old people kill themselves at present is by hanging.

And, referring to the government, he says, “Those who deprive these people of good information (how to poison yourself) and force them down that horrible path, I think have some explaining to do.”

What is wrong with hanging? They end up dead, which is what Dr N wants. He is just being squeamish.

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Dr Nitschke and friends fail to understand death because they fail to understand life.

They’ve swallowed the atheist/Buddhist/New Age delusion (mental poison) that life’s purpose is to be happy and to not suffer — that suffering is intolerable.

This leads into a circular argument about how if there was a good God he would never permit suffering.

Which doesn’t follow at all.

God is not somebody who exists to please us. If he owed us something, he would not be God. We would be. Which is what pro-euthanasiologists think.

Although they might prefer to word it more obscurely.

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For Catholics, the purpose of life is to please God. Not because God might be nicer to us if we please him.

No, we must please God because he is God. We love him because he merits to be loved.

Sometimes this will involve suffering. Sometimes it will not. But that is a side issue.

Loving God is an end in itself.

Not a means to some other end.

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There is an alternative to killing: Palliative Care.

Visit www.palliativecare.org.au/

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