My New Hero

 Many of us once said wedding vows where we promised that we would be there "in sickness and in health".    I have had multiple occasions to live through the sickness part, while I would never abandon my wife in sickness, I have recently realized that I could certainly do better.     Then I think of Gino.  Gino is a friend of mine who's wife was diagnosed with ALS just over a year ago.   His response was to put virtually everything else aside and to spend their last months filling their time with as many memories, bucket list items, and family time as possible.   I won't go into detail, but I will say that Gino is my new role model when it comes to being a husband and father.   I hope that their kids can look back and realize how blessed they are to have such parents. 

I Guess This Was Misinformation

 "When people are vaccinated, they can feel safe that they are not going to get infected."

Fauci

Although Trump did many things that I agreed with.  His decision to believe Fauci and ignore any other voices could possibly have been the worst.  

What was the effect of a Christian Worldview?

 "...modern people think about slavery and say, "How could people have accepted such an monstrosity?"..."That's not the way historians think. they ask: 'considering the fact that it was universally believed by all societies that we had the right to attack and enslave weaker people, and since everybody had always done it, the real historical question is 'Why did it occur to anybody the it was wrong?  Who ever first had that idea?'"   The speaker answered by pointing out that the first voices in the 4th, 17th, 18th & 19th centuries who called for the abolition of slavery were all Christian.  And the Christians who called for this justice believed that there was a God of love who demanded that we love out neighbors, all our neighbors, as ourselves."

Tim Keller

OMAWLTA

 Black voices aren't the only minority voices who say things worth listening to.

"Identifying as trans is just a way for white men to place themselves at the top of the progressive oppression hierarchy.  It's literally white patriarchy but with extra steps and horrible makeup. "

Lauren Chen

What if?

 Dan, and others, base their arguments in favor of unrestricted abortion on the following premise.

"It's wrong to force a woman to give birth to a child." 

It's not their only argument, but it's a regular.    Leaving aside the multitude of problems with this statement, I want to focus on a hypothetical.

Recently, I've seen various sources reporting on the possibility of some sort of artificial womb.   Some incubation container that would allow us to grow children is "greenhouses".    I know it sounds horrific, and the potential for harm seems huge.  But, consider this.

What if these women who can't be inconvenienced by allowing the child in their womb to fully gestate, let alone be bothered to care for it, were able to transplant the child into one of these artificial wombs?   Wouldn't that completely eliminate this line of argument?   What if, the millions of families who would adopt these children if their lives weren't being ended so cavalierly were able to fund these artificial womb centers?   

I suspect that the pro abortion folx would find other excuses to end the lives of their children, even if they had this option.   Because it's their property to dispose of as they wish with no restrictions. 

Harm isn't always bad.

https://www.lifenews.com/2022/12/26/17-years-of-data-on-over-5000-women-shows-abortion-hurts-women/

 

The piece above references at least a couple of studies that could reasonably lead an unbiased observer to conclude that abortion causes harm to the women who abort, as well as to the aborted child.  

 

On top of the studies that strongly link abortion with increased cancer risk, PTSD or other mental haelth issues, and damage to the reproductive system.  

 By all means, let's ignore the harm.  

Doctrine

 Many say "Your doctrines and beliefs don't matter--what matters is how you live, if you are a good person or not". But that IS a doctrine--it's the doctrine of justification by works.  

D.M. Lloyd-Jones