Tuesday, August 30, 2022

What the Bible says about Birth Control, Infertility, Reproductive Technology and Adoption - Wayne Grudem

 Despite the low page count, this book was difficult to get through because so much of it was just disgusting, going so far as to be technically inaccurate. I must say I'm not surprised given how much the people who have no sound reason for their opinions desperately need justifications for their harmful beliefs.  Apparently, the "life begins at conception" crowd doesn't know what a pregnancy is.  Again, I'm not surprised.  A pregnancy doesn't begin until the egg implants in the uterine lining and begins drawing nutrients from the female's body.  This makes Plan B perfectly legal and not an abortion, yet this author, so poor in his logic, claims that Plan B ends a pregnancy even going so far as to "cite" a "doctor".  Given the lack of basic understanding surrounding reproduction, either this quote is made up, the doctor is made up, or some medical person is incredibly dangerous and shouldn't be practicing medicine.  

The author doesn't think anyone should be childfree by choice.  (Does it count if you give it up for adoption and never care for your own child?) And this is the point I disagree with most.  Having children should be a venture you are 110% in on.  People who don't want to be parents should NEVER be parents.  I will NOT put children into homes that don't want them.  This is evil to its core.  By spouting this, the author shows he does not care for the well-being of children at all. He, and anyone else who believes forcing children on a person, is actively wishing danger on babies.

I was slightly relieved to read that at least the author wasn't a "god will provide" type.  I believe they make me the most angry.  We don't tell people to buy a house they can't afford, get a pet they can't properly care for, enter a relationship when they aren't in the correct state of mind.  Yet for some insane reason, some people think you should just have kids willy-nilly and cite the "god will provide" bs.  This is 100% shrugging off your responsibility.  It's not anyone else's job, and demanding or expecting your god to care for your children when you won't take the responsibility to do it yourself is beyond entitled.