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

[Barbara Hammel]

On those points you are correct.  However in China they are relaxing it a 
bit because too much of a burden is falling on the shoulders of an only 
child to care for two parents of only children.  There's only so much money 
to go around.

When we were in China one of our interpreters said the rule is also more lax 
the farther you get from the seat of power.
Barbara


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From: "Everett Gavel" <everettg at successfuladaptations.com>
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 10:38 AM
To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion" 
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Subject: [Faith-talk] Mandates On Who Can and Can't Have Children?

> "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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