http://kickingtheanthillblog.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/im-pro-choice-dont-panic-its-not-what-you-think/ Not here to change your mind, just engage your mind. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:26:28 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://kickingtheanthillblog.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/im-pro-choice-dont-panic-its-not-what-you-think/#comment-6 rik Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:11:03 +0000 http://kickingtheanthillblog.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/im-pro-choice-dont-panic-its-not-what-you-think/#comment-6 good for you. i agree that too many people these days so easily try to divorce natural consequences from the choices they make, claiming it's their "right" to do so. i have long since felt this same way, but could never have expressed it so eloquently. good for you. i agree that too many people these days so easily try to divorce natural consequences from the choices they make, claiming it’s their “right” to do so. i have long since felt this same way, but could never have expressed it so eloquently.

]]> http://kickingtheanthillblog.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/im-pro-choice-dont-panic-its-not-what-you-think/#comment-5 JK Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:26:07 +0000 http://kickingtheanthillblog.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/im-pro-choice-dont-panic-its-not-what-you-think/#comment-5 I agree that our children's sense of personal value should come from an understanding of God's love for them but I disagree that they or anyone must or can do anything to earn that sense of personal value or the respect that goes with it. We ought to treat everyone--even the village idiot or drunk or drug dealer--with the respect befitting someone created in the image of God and for whom Christ died. At the same time, of course, we carefully determine the extent to which we trust people, depending upon what we know of their character. I agree that our children’s sense of personal value should come from an understanding of God’s love for them but I disagree that they or anyone must or can do anything to earn that sense of personal value or the respect that goes with it. We ought to treat everyone–even the village idiot or drunk or drug dealer–with the respect befitting someone created in the image of God and for whom Christ died. At the same time, of course, we carefully determine the extent to which we trust people, depending upon what we know of their character.

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