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Mia commented on the article |This is welcome news. Especially for us Filipinos here in the Philippines, where our Catholic Church is threatening to excommunicate our President if he pushes through with the Reproductive Health Bill. President Aquino has said he is in favor of "informed choice" for families, and now the Church is in fierce opposition, going all the way as to threaten him, and everyone else who supports the bill, with excommunication. It's just tough in this part of the world.
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Mia commented on the article |Here in the Philippines, the notion of women not wanting children is just as shocking, or absurd, as not wanting to get married. Sonja makes a really good point that not everyone is purposely stigmatizing childfree people, it's just a bit difficult not to assume that someone means well when they say things like "Well you must lead a really sad, empty life..." or "Well too bad you choose not to have anyone care for you when you get old." It doesn't sound like they come from a place of genuine perplexity. It just makes them sound lcondescending and patronizing.
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Mia commented on the article |While guilt may be useful to motivate people to give, I think it's only useful to a certain point. I think in many ways it's more useful for people to give not out of a sense of guilt but out of a recognition that helping others is the most logical choice if we all want a better world for all of us. If we want prosperity, sustainable prosperity, for ourselves, it becomes imperative that we ensure prosperity for everybody.
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Mia commented on the article |I agree with pretty much everything you said, except that part about things being an easy choice. As a practicing Catholic, I understand the conflict and the difficulty in reconciling some decisions with your faith. For many Catholics, including me, some things just aren't as black and white. It's not because we're "unenlightened" or "blind" or what have you. Our faith is really ingrained in us, so much so for some people that they're willing to stake their lives - and that of their children - on a belief that what happens is God's will. It may sound ridiculous to some people but that's really the extent of some people's faith. It's not fair to imply that some choices should automatically be "easy." We're all just trying to live our lives as best as we can.
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Mia commented on the article |This article in no way advances LGBT rights because it doesn't say anything new. We already know the Bible sees homosexual activities as sin. Give us more original insights, please. is an exercise in futility. What really does it prove? Articles like this, even if it does acknowledge "degrees of homophobia" among Christians, just polarizes the debate even more into a "Christians= closed-minded homophobes" and "Everyone else = enlightened freedom-lovers". Singling out Joel Osteen, or any other pastor, or anyone who chooses to live by the protocols of their faith for that matter, makes you just as self-righteous and intolerant.
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Mia commented on the article |Well, as long as we're throwing around quotable quotes, from the Bible or elsewhere, here's another clever one, by the beautiful Arundhati Roy: you can't expect to change the world by marching around the block every other weekend. Or something like that. Or how about this one: the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
The activity just romanticizes the issue of homelessness even more when there's absolutely NOTHING romantic about the idea of poverty and squalor and powerlesness that homeless people face.
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Mia commented on the article |
Well, as long as we're throwing around quotable quotes, from the Bible or elsewhere, here's another clever one, by the beautiful Arundhati Roy: you can't expect to change the world by marching around the block every other weekend. Or something like that. Or how about this one: the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
The activity just romanticizes the issue of homelessness even more when there's absolutely NOTHING romantic about the idea of poverty and squalor and powerlesness that homeless people face.
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Mia commented on the article |I think that Dominic has a valid point. There is a huge percentage of homeless people who are mentally ill. You never know just what might provoke them into violent action. So I think there's reason to be wary and to go out into the streets armed with more than just goodwill.
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