I don't have bad intentions. I was simply commenting on the quote. But since you have asked for clarification, I'll be more detailed.
As a Christian and a feminist, the most important message I can carry and fight for is the sacredness of each human life,
She immediately starts out with a declaration of the sacredness of life. Can't disagree with that.
and reproductive rights for all women are a crucial part of that.
I could be wrong, but I'm assuming she is talking about more than contraception here.
It is a moral necessity that we not be forced to bring children into the world for whom we cannot be responsible and adoring and present.
I certainly don't want people to be forced to bring children into the world. But I'd guess there is a large segment of the population whose parents were not responsible, adoring and present, at least some of the time. I'm wondering who sets the minimum standard of responsibility, adoration and presence. If you didn't get that in your childhood, does that mean there is something wrong with you and you should never have been born? She seems to be intimating that.
We must not inflict life on children who will be resented; we must not inflict unwanted children on society.
If she is simply talking about contraception and people should be careful not to conceive children they don't want, then I don't think it's an unreasonable position. If she is talking about abortion (and I think she is), then people have already "inflicted" life on them, and to terminate that life is to contravene her initial view - the sacredness of each human life.
I think her paragraph is morally incoherent.
BTW, although I don't read your journal all that often, I sometimes go through some of my friends' f-lists when I'm bored looking for other people's points of view. I like your photographs. I also find you to be a reasonable person. I don't generally comment on the journals of people I don't think are reasonable - too much drama.
I am curious as to why my religious affiliation gave you a bad feeling.
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Date: 2008-09-10 10:20 am (UTC)As a Christian and a feminist, the most important message I can carry and fight for is the sacredness of each human life,
She immediately starts out with a declaration of the sacredness of life. Can't disagree with that.
and reproductive rights for all women are a crucial part of that.
I could be wrong, but I'm assuming she is talking about more than contraception here.
It is a moral necessity that we not be forced to bring children into the world for whom we cannot be responsible and adoring and present.
I certainly don't want people to be forced to bring children into the world. But I'd guess there is a large segment of the population whose parents were not responsible, adoring and present, at least some of the time. I'm wondering who sets the minimum standard of responsibility, adoration and presence. If you didn't get that in your childhood, does that mean there is something wrong with you and you should never have been born? She seems to be intimating that.
We must not inflict life on children who will be resented; we must not inflict unwanted children on society.
If she is simply talking about contraception and people should be careful not to conceive children they don't want, then I don't think it's an unreasonable position. If she is talking about abortion (and I think she is), then people have already "inflicted" life on them, and to terminate that life is to contravene her initial view - the sacredness of each human life.
I think her paragraph is morally incoherent.
BTW, although I don't read your journal all that often, I sometimes go through some of my friends' f-lists when I'm bored looking for other people's points of view. I like your photographs. I also find you to be a reasonable person. I don't generally comment on the journals of people I don't think are reasonable - too much drama.
I am curious as to why my religious affiliation gave you a bad feeling.