Baby Parts for Profit?

Do some research for yourself on this subject. As for me, I'm going to hurl...

Baby Parts for Profit.

That's unborn babies, by the way.

Deleted myspace blog comment...

Here's a reply I wrote to a well known preacher's myspace blog on dating. I couldn't help myself after he made home-schooled people out to be some kind of zit infested, socially inept creatures. (Well, maybe not quite that bad) It got deleted as soon as he read it.

"Okay, first, just to get it out of my system:

Yep, I was home-schooled; all the way through graduation in my early teens. And guess what? I’m normal! I’m not mad at you for taking a shot at us in fun, but it’s only fair for me to return the favor. The non-profit organization I work for is faced daily with our society’s failure to educate, raise and mentor children whose parents pass the buck on to the state. I am consistently challenged to bring some form of sanity to pre-and early teens whose lives are a wreck from the public school system. And that’s not anywhere near my job description! I get to watch as an artistic boy is mocked and beaten up by classmates; and then ignored by teachers who are so afraid of not being politically correct that they’re paralyzed. I grieve with a family grappling with the fact that their 12 ydQ� old girl was raped repeatedly in the school auditorium by a group of 13 year old boys during school hours. Go ahead, tell me it’s better to be socially suavethan tt have real relational skills that just need a bit of polishing. I’m listening…

Whew! Now I feel better.

Mr. xxxxx, the definition of dating varies greatly from person to person, even believers. What I consider pure, honorable and fiery romance is to another downright immoral; and vice versa. You are writing from your perspective and background; and I’m sure you’ll agree that not everyone is in that boat. There’s another perspective on this topic; many, in fact.

I’m impressed with your dating blogs so far and happily agree with most of your points. Legalism isn’t worth the pain. Never! But, neither is recreational romance. What bothers me is synthetic intimacy and the lifelong pockmarks it leaves on our point of view. I’ve looked on as friends of mine have gone through one heart wrenching breakup after another, looking for the right one in just the same desperate manner as a lonely homeschooler dreams about “the one” all night. What’s the difference? They all come out of it less emotionally whole than before.

We all hunger for love, an intimacy that can’t be gained by hiding behind a mask. And we’re all human, with different personalities and basic needs.

I think that the very core values of a society can be found in its romantic culture. One only has to do a bit of history study to find the results. Yes, we are free to set our own boundaries, and thank you for releasing us to do that ;-) We can have fun! I think God takes much pleasure in seeing His creations happy. But there’s still the lex generalis Dio. When we inadvertently set our boundaries below HIS, we fool ourselves and skid into the sham of quixotic never-never land.

And there you have it: it’s not about methods at all. It’s about real life and our core values.