[Faith-talk] Mandates On Who Can and Can't Have Children?

[Beth]

You're right, Everet.  And I want children more than anything.  It
would be nice if I had childrn of my own, but how to get them if I'm
not married.
Beth

On 11/14/08, Everett Gavel <everettg at successfuladaptations.com> wrote:
> "Can't imagine a mandate on who can't have them?"  Ah,
> now we're getting into deep territory here. And it has
> everything to do with faith and blindness, so no
> worries there. Regarding this thing on telling blind
> people they can't be parents or have children or
> whatever, there are some points to consider.
>
> *  In some other countries, China for example, I
> believe there are already mandates on how many children
> can be had.  No, not on blind people, but on everyone.
>
> *  There are also those leaders in our own USA that
> believe there should be such limits on people here.  If
> you give thought to it, it's not all that far from
> telling, next, who can or cannot have children.
> Thankfully we have not yet openly made a practice of
> limiting how many children each family can have.  But
> they are already doing so in other countries.  And
> again, it's not so far fetched or so far beyond such a
> decree, to begin telling various groupings of people
> they can or cannot have children.
>
> *  In this country, they are already giving the option
> of aborting babies with certain genetics, such as the
> likelihood of, what is it, Downs Syndrome, I think?
> How different is that, really?  It's us, here in
> America, already saying that people with disabilities -
> or at least, certain disabilities - don't deserve to
> live.
>
> *  How much farther do we have to step (I say step as
> it's not much of a jump) to say people with
> disabilities don't deserve certain rights, either?
> They've already begun taking away the right to life,
> for some with disabilities.
>
> Ponder that for a few minutes.  It's sad, and even a
> little scary, that such a world is already here, not
> just a possibility.  The people who want that as the
> rule, are right now trying to get into power and to
> sway the current leaders to get legislation as such,
> every day.  Some of our current leaders and some just
> elected I'm sure, are also following that line of
> thought.
>
> Don't fool yourself into thinking it's not so.  If you
> pay attention, you'll see it all around you.
>
> It's a death culture, not a life culture, that is
> rising up.  Christ's people are being pushed down,
> we're not rising up.  At least, not in as much of a
> significant way as the death culture is.  It is here,
> and it certainly is, "now."  So be wary, and don't
> think the possibility of being told how many children
> you can have, or that you can't have children, doesn't
> exist.
>
>
> Strive On!
> Everett
> www.everettgavel.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>>I think that's just silly talk.
>>
>> It's an issue that no one really cares about.  Stupid
>> people have children all the time so how can they be
>> any worse than a blind person or a deaf person?
>> There may be many who are willfully killing children
>> but I can't imagine a mandate on who can't have them.
>>
>
>
>
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