Good will to all men? Not from the grumpy atheists! (Thank God not all atheists are grumpy but there sure seems to be a lot of them)
Why is it that so many in the atheist community cannot bring themselves to get past their anger whenever they engage in discussions? The language of many of their contributions in public debate is laced with invective and dripping with sarcasm and bile. There are exceptions of course, but they tend to fall more into the category of being the 'exception that proves the rule' when compared to the hostility of many of today's atheist posters. Comment offered by the theists in the public square is often depicted as being 'malicious' or 'venomous' and intended to enslave the 'feeble minded and weak' by those who post. Nothing could be further from the truth. Venom is something that is oriented to death. Christians are oriented in a 180 degree different direction. We speak not to the culture of death that grips our world but rather for the culture of life and light which ends with the gift of eternal life. For example, the Catholic Church in its hum...
Whenever anyone enters into a transaction/legal contract with anyone else, they have to make sure that all the "t"s are crossed and the "i"s dotted -- in short, they must become contingency thinkers. And they must get used to the idea of spelling everything out, just in case something goes wrong. Because if they don't, you can bet it will. Murphy thrives on such.
ReplyDeleteI'm a little amused at the attitudes of some people who will nod their heads in agreement with me until it comes to surrogacy, and then they haul on the brakes and say, "But that's different!"
No, it's not.
The surrogate should have covered her bases by insisting on a non-refund policy as well as insisting that her pregnancy be protected from the parents' change of heart, should it occur. She did not.
The parents should have covered themselves by insisting that the incipient birth produce a healthy child, without incorrectable flaws (and YES, they are called flaws). They did not. Their refusal to consider accepting a DS child may have backfired on them; luckily for them it did not. Perhaps next time they will know better.
And yes, I am aware that some people will accept parenthood of DS children. But not all will. And that is not a crime. Nor is it immoral.