Whatever Happened to the Human Race? (Paperback)

by C. Everett Koop (Author), Francis A. Schaeffer (Author)
Key Phrases: legalized euthanasia, relative morality, Supreme Court, United States, New York (more...)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: Crossway Books; Rev Sub edition (June 1, 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891072918
• ISBN-13: 978-0891072911
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #340,103 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy, Yet Comprehensive Analysis Of Moral Decline, May 31, 2001

By	K.H. - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Dr. Schaeffer and Dr. C. Evert Koop have written a masterful book on the "roberry of life" in the world, and particularly, Western Culture. Interestenly, this text, written over 20 years ago addresses the "devaluation of human life" and prophetically predicts the acceptance of redefining what it means to be a person and alive.

Ideas now coming to the forefront on news programs and the like, are already discussed here. Items such as "genetic" knowledge and its impact on abortion and infanticide. Further, Euthanasia is also discussed.

The last two chapters deals with "The Basis For Human Dignity" and what should be the response of the Christian. The arguments are solid, yet, written in a style that lay-people can easily understand and follow. This book crosses educational lines and denominational barriers between Protestants, Catholics, and Orthodox; since it is a subject of great importance to all Christians. A must have.

7 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Accurate and Prophetic, May 29, 2001

By	Ken Karpinski (USA: Anywhere) - See all my reviews

This book is very accurate prophesy as to what would happen when abortion became legal in any country that legalized it. First came taking life in the womb before it is born, then came taking it in infancy (i.e "Baby Doe" cases in the 1980's, China's infanticide of second children and our country's Susan Smith murder case and "prom parents" in the 1990's). A must for those who think abortion, infanticide and euthanasia are "rights" that are freely chosen.

5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Book That Said It All 25 years Ago, April 12, 2005

By	Marilyn "MarilynBr" - See all my reviews

This book was originally published in 1979 and revised in 1983. Before Terri Schiavo, before assisted suicide laws, before Dr. Kevorkian, even before C. Everett Koop was Surgeon General of the U.S., he and the late Francis Schaeffer, a prominent theologian, were sounding a warning about the growing devaluation of human life and how it would lead to infanticide and euthanasia.

I'm just in the process of reading this book right now. It is so right on that it's eery to read it now more than 25 years after its first publication. I recommend this book for background reading for everyone who is continuing Terri's battle for justice. Share it with your friends, too, who think there is nothing wrong with what was done to Terri Schiavo.