Doug Pensinger wrote:
>IMO, and I apologize in advance if this offends anyone but I think it is
>germane to the topic, the Catholic church could do more than any single
>government or organization by modifying their policies on birth control.
>They
>decry the number of unborn children denied the right to live, but are
>ineffective at discouraging people from bringing children into the world
>that
>they can ill afford to care for properly. And how many of those children
>suffer and die? How many are destined to live miserable, impoverished
>lives?
>It's beyond me to understand how such a compassionate man as the Pope can
>not
>see the suffering that his church's policy encourages.
This is something I have often wondered about - the apparent unwillingnes to
consider the whole picture. I am from a totally different culture, as such I
am aware that there would be many emotional trigger points in what I am
about to say. I'd just like to say in advance that I mean no disrespect.
Surely just the mere fact of life, with no thought about the conditions this
life is lived in, is not enough. How do you calculate the myriad costs so
easily that all thought of postponing or terminating a pregnancy is
indisputably evil?
If the parent, the family, the country, the society [any or all the above]
is unequipped to provide care, how does the mere fact of birth help the
child?
If an unwilling mother damages the body and the psyche of the child, how do
you count the cost to the child? to the society? How do you count the cost
to the mother?
Personally, I have always thought that our societies might be better if the
sheer responsibility of parenting was stressed over the holiness
[inevitability/desirability - insert according to cultural predilections] of
maternity.
Ritu
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