We need to have something that regulates what can and cannot be done so that there is a functioning system, something answerable to the people as a whole and severely limited in power and scope. Crackpot theories (as promoted by both the religious arguments and this german death panel) should be grounds for immediate termination of all members of that regulatory body. We cannot simply rely upon faith and good will, people are stupid, greedy, and lazy where they can get away with it. Religion in any form, be it christianity or muh intersection at 5th and elm, is not regulatory but exculpatory. They use it sanctify their actions in a righteous cloth.