- monday, October 6, 1975
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daily nebraskan
Snook: laws necessary,
but notalwas moral
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Civil law is necessary and useful, but not
always the most trustworthy clue to what
is moral, according to Dr. Lee Snook,
Christian theologian for the Lutheran
Theoloian Center in St. Paul, Minn.
Christian views on' "Life and Death"
issues, such as mercy killing and abortion,
were analyized in terms of how they may
conflict with civil law by Snook and uni
versity students Sunday at the Lutheran
Student Center.
The questions what's happening, what's
at stake, and what to do should be applied
to all controversial "life and death" topics,
said Snook. .
Civil law must be respective of belief
and concisousness of the people, or the law
can't be enforced, said Snook. No law is
any better than the trust people have in it,
he said.
"The deeply religious seek not to judge
by a law, but by the heart," Snook said.
As an illustration, he spoke of "a sensi
tive old country doctor" who looked at
many "monstrously disfigured babies and
saw to it that they wouldn't live." He said
there was no social agreement concerning
this issue and the doctor made the decision
himself.
"The old doctor couldnt get away with
that today because that decision is now
- placed on social policies," he said.
There is no simple solution to "life and
death questions, according to Snook.
"Think of the family whose 17 year-old
daughter is a vegetable and agonizing over
the question of whether or not to pull the
plug of life-sustaining machines, he said.
- In this case, he said the family,
physicians and priests involved agreed that
it would be best to let the girl die, but they
couldnt because law says- it would be
murder.
Any creature that emerges from the
human fetus is human, he said, but that
doesn't say society must protect that life at
all costs. He said every life is precious, but
no life is absolute.
"What we do on the basis of what we
believe is the beginning of Christian ethics,"
Snook said. .
He added that Jesus Christ is the Christ
ian guideliner for the "true human" and it
is the duty of Christians to know what is at
stake with their beliefs concerning "Life
and Death" issues.
Snook holds five degrees and received
his education in Pennsylvania and New
York.
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Day raised $600 for the Wallace Village
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Overall winners of intersorority com
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After Oct. 17, a student wishing to
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studies. Leaders from 23
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Esquenazi-Mayo said the
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programs and what they
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Representing what he
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American studies in the
, Midwest, Esquenazi-Mayo
said the participants prepar
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