The Devaluing of Conception, Children and the Elderly

Object 1:

I read in the January ‘05 issue of Discover magazine that covers the “100 Top Science Stories of 2004” that the “FDA Rejects Over-the-counter Sales of Morning-After Pills” called Plan B (page 55). Good news, right? Not according to health care professionals.

“It is morally repugnant, a tragedy for American women, and a stain on the reputation of an agency that calls itself ‘evidence based,’” says Vivian Dickerson, president of American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. “Accidents happen, coercion happens, and there is a public health imperative not to hold women hostage by hampering them from timely access to postcoital contraception.”

If taken “the morning after”, these pills prevent the fertilized egg (life) from implanting to the uterine wall. The fertilized egg is then discharged or aborted.

David Grimes, vice president of biomedical affairs at Family Health International in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina charged that the FDA action was influenced by the efforts of anti-choice Republicans who preach sexual abstinence to prevent pregnancy.

Grimes argues that the policy is detrimental to at-risk teenagers with limited access to medical care. “The irony is that the FDA approved over-the-counter sales of home defibrillators,” he adds. “So a 14-year-old can buy a device to deliver an electric shock to another person, yet she cannot buy 1.5 milligrams of levonorgestrel (the synthetic hormone that prevents the implantation of the fertilized egg) for herself.”

(All italicized words were quotes from the article.)

According to Ms. Dickerson, conception is a mistake. Maybe for the “women…held hostage” by an unwanted pregnancy, but not for God. God is the creator of life. God is the one knitting us together in our mothers’ womb.

Mr. Grimes thinks the “anti-choice Republicans” strong-armed the FDA. And shame on them for preaching abstinence.

These are just two of many that want their cake and want to eat it too. They want to have no ties to their sexual promiscuity. Since when do we not lie in the bed that we make for ourselves? This is not about birth-control, this is about the value of human life (or their lack of). These people would be very happy to put these pills into the hands of every high-schooler. Not only have the “family-friendly” clinics been pushing for high-school girls to gain health-care services (abortions) without having to notify the families, now they want the children to be able to have complete control of aborting the babies at home. When will this stop?

We are in a race to clone humans…but we can’t appreciate the miracles that God performs for us. We are so eager to see our manufactured babies, but God’s babies we throw away. Shame on us.

Object 2:

A couple weeks ago, the guy I work next to says “Troy, come here. You need to see this commercial!” I went over to his computer where he had a video clip ready. The commercial starts out with a nice looking, trendy young man in a grocery store with his young (4-6 year old) son. The son picks up a large bag of candy and throws it into the cart. The man picks it up and puts it back onto the shelf. Not to be defeated, the boy picks it up once again and puts it into the cart. The man puts it back onto the shelf. The boy erupts. He screams…and screams…and screams, and runs through the aisles screaming and throwing things off of shelves. People are staring. He is on the floor kicking and screaming. It shows the disturbed dad. The child seemed to go on forever. At first, I almost got sucked into the sales of the commercial. “What is the problem with this kid…shut him up! That poor dad…” went through my mind. The child’s role in the commercial was meant to grate your very last nerve. It was getting there with me. Just when you thought the kid would never shut up, it showed the dad once more and then it showed the product and sales pitch…Use Condoms.

At that point my heart sank. Once again, this is not an anti-birth control post. What this commercial did was de-valued this young boys life. This commercial was saying that this boys life was a mistake. He was never meant to be in this world. Now look at him. He is a menace. The dad is stuck with a bratty rotten kid for the rest of his life…all because he didn’t use a condom. I think a part of selling of the commercial was feeling sorry for the dad. When will we take responsibility for our selfish actions?

One of the European countries now allows the destruction of a child…a birthed child, up to a certain age if the parents don’t deem it’s life worthy to be lived. More like if it’s going to be an inconvenience to the parents. It starts with pre-birth abortion. Then on to post birth destruction. We are passing our children through the fire to Molech (Lev. 18:21).

Object 3:

On a recent post, my brother commented on a newspaper article he had seen. He got the article for me and I did a bit of research on my own. It appears that a church in Michigan (St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Battle Creek) is selling calendars to raise money for repairs that they need done on the church due to a lightening strike in May. They will also be donating a portion of the money to breast cancer research. The calendar depicts 14 women who attend church there posing nude in the pews as well as various other locations in the church. These women are between the ages of 54 to 82. It says that the ladies’ more socially sensitive spots are obstructed from view. In the research I did, there is a lady and her family who is leaving the church because of this. BRAVO! I pray that she finds a God fearing church. This is the same church who ordained an openly gay man as bishop. People don’t understand why this lady and her family are leaving the church. She is being called narrow-minded and prudish. Why? Because she believes the word of God? Because she knows what’s right and what’s wrong? That she chooses to flee from evil? What slippery slope have we jumped onto? Do these people not have any more sense than this? One lady quoted her grandchild as saying “Not my grandma. Another woman’s grand-daughter would not look at the calendar.” It is unfortunate that their grandchildren have more respect for their bodies than what they do. They have more conviction than what their grandparents do. This is the type of moral decay that you expect in the world…but a church (not THE Church)? I can’t understand the thinking of the leadership or congregation. How can they think that God could be pleased with this?

Who would have ever thought that I might be at a loss for words. I can’t find words that describe what I feel. This is so infuriating, yet so sorrowful. This is (thanks to the media such as the newspaper that this was found in) what the public, secular world sees as the church. What a shame. There is certainly a gap between God and the churches that need to be stood in. Why would people who are truly seeking a relationship with the Lord, something different go to a place so much like the world. So much in and of the world. THE Church should be a refuge. I just don’t understand. Forgive me if this sounds choppy and not thought through. Like I said, I can’t find words that express my emotions. Shame on us, and God forgive us!

God Bless!

“…holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:” Heb. 12:14