Dr. John Dunlop writes about the importance of honoring dementia patients as God's image-bearers, which I fully affirm, but I think his point is valid for other areas. How do we see people and think about them? Are there certain qualities and categories that would cause us to treat them as less than fully human and less deserving of respect? In the quote below, Dunlop call this devastating and a tragic error . I agree. In a day when there is much confusion as to what it means to be a person, the church must teach a robust view of personhood that is based on our being made in the image of God... if you asked what that really means, it's likely they would say something like, "Well, I guess that means they are like God, they are intelligent, can make their own choices, and have the ability to relate to others." If you probed further and asked, "Does that mean people with severe dementia, who are not intelligent, cannot make their own choices, and do not have ...