“For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.”
Human Development
Early Epicurean atomist philosophers believed that death was the end that the incorporeal did not continue. That philosophy lived out: what you did in the present bore no moral constraint and there would be no consequence of future judgment except for the really, really bad things done.
The historian Plutarch recorded (via Wikipedia and other sources) that “The slopes of Taygetus have been inhabited since at least Mycenean times….The Spartans threw criminals and “unfit” (weak, sickly, deformed, or mentally retarded) infants into a chasm of Taygetus known as Ceadas or Caeadas (Greek: Καιάδας). In antiquity, male Spartan newborns were abandoned there if deemed unfit after examination for vitality. Recent evidence, found by the University of Athens, discovered remains of adult individuals which appeared to confirm that Ceadas was mainly a place of punishment for criminals, traitors and captives.” Regarding this last bit, it is my opinion that history was rewritten to ‘soften’ the Spartan image and to shore up Greece’s tourism industry which is desperately in need of more money. A newborn’s bones (cartilage-like) are not likely to be found among the ruins.
Now, to Dr. Ben Carson and eugenics (from the Greek εὐγενής eugenes “well-born”)”
Those of us in the Kingdom of God must act now-this Saturday! There is a nationwide protest planned!
The humanists, atheists and objectivists call us “Pro-Lifers” as if life itself was a political issue or ideology! As Christians we respect the natural God-given rights of all human beings as expressed in the cogent words of the Declaration of Independence: “truths’, “self-evident”, “Creator” and “unalienable”. l’chaim!
Protest and related links:
Protest locations: http://protestpp.com/protests/
Protest mission: http://protestpp.com/mission/
“Pro-lifers nationwide will protest Planned Parenthood next week”
“Pro-Lifers Organize Planned Parenthood Protests in 180 Cities Nationwide”
The Public Discourse: “American Mistra: Putting the Culture Back in the Culture Wars: The urgency of protecting the sanctity of life, the dignity of the human person, and the institution of marriage goes hand-in-hand with cultivation of the arts”
“Pro-choice advocates like The National Abortion Federation and StemExpress are seeking legal action against CMP (Center for Medical Progress), trying to incriminate the messenger and downgrade the message.”
https://www.mnnonline.org/news/protestpp-rallies-pro-lifers-nationwide/
“Monica Miller of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society said, “Now is the time for all of us to take to the streets and publicly expose Planned Parenthood for the pro-death organization that it is. I cannot overestimate how important it is for the pro-life movement to take full advantage of the fact that the abortion industry, and Planned Parenthood in particular, has been dealt a huge blow. We need to continue to draw attention to the atrocity of abortion and the incredible heartlessness of, not only killing unborn babies—but that Planned Parenthood further denigrates their murder victims from the sale of their body parts.””
Human development chart provided by: http://liveactionnews.org/does-nasas-definition-of-life-conflict-with-the-pro-life-position/
Added 8-17-2015:
Born To be Child
-A.F. Branco-
A.F. Branco Cartoon – Born To Be Child
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Psalm 139: 13-18
For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
How precious to me are your thoughts,[a] God!
How vast is the sum of them!
Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand—
when I awake, I am still with you.
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