[QUOTE]Originally posted by Diva_56:
Indeed children are not a right, they are a privilage. But in the same token children are not just property that when you are unable to (or simply don't want to) take care of them that you just throw them away (or in this case kill them... That is indeed UNREALISTIC.
If the married couple couldn't afford another child, DONT HAVE SEX until you are ready to assume responsibility for this child.
Are you serious? You really think that a married couple should not have sex unless they are ready for parenthood? Do you believe that sex is for purposes of procreation only? Also, I'm not sure where you're coming from with "Christians simply cannot condone the sin of abortion..." The New Testament speaks endlessly of forgiveness, which is the same thing as condoning sin according to Webster's dictionary.
Also, does anyone really think that it is God's divine plan to have all of the young African American and Latino girls walking around pushing strollers at the age of 13, 14, 15, 16, 17? Especially while our young Black men seem to be content to make babies and then move on to the next available coochie? All men aren't like DoggyStyle82. I would have quoted him but his post has mysteriously disappeared.
Also, I get the impression from some of the posts that I've read that if a woman gets pregnant, then she has been punished for commiting the sin of adultery and that she should accept her punishment by having her child. Should children be seen as a punishment? I think they should be seen as a blessing. But maybe a child is seen as more of a blessing to an adult married woman than to a young, single girl, who hasn't even finished high school yet. What about the young single mothers out there who end up becoming grandmothers at age 30, because the pattern of early parenthood has repeated itself. This happens all too often. These women haven't finished raising their own children yet, but now end up raising grandchildren as well. Again, I'm not saying abortion is right, I'm just saying that these are some situations where I would just have to fall short.
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We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
Aesop c550 BC
[This message has been edited by MIDWESTDIVA (edited October 06, 2000).]
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