Human Status

I heard/read something today that deeply disturbed me.

President Barack Obama's top science "Czar", John P. Holdren, co-authored a book in 1973 called "Human Ecology: Problems and Solutions". In this book he states: “The fetus, given the opportunity to develop properly before birth, and given the essential early socializing experiences and sufficient nourishing food during the crucial early years after birth, will ultimately develop into a human being,”.

I'm sorry did you say that AFTER the babie's birth IF it is properly socialized and fed it will develop into a human being?

It would seem that I would not have to explain why this disturbs me, but sadly people have become so lazy that they don't even bother to think about statements like these.

What makes us human?

According to Holdren, you have to be at the very least, socialized and well nourished. I'm not a scientist and I have enough critical thinking skills to know that social skills do not make you human. There are plenty of people who can not communicate, or do not have very good social skills, that you can not (unless you're Holdren apparently) deny are human.

It is very obvious that we need nourishment or we will die, or if we are not nourished properly, we will not be healthy. But does being healthy make you human? No. There are again, plenty of unhealthy people who you can not deny are human.

I have heard so many things over the years, so many reasons why a new born baby or an unborn baby isn't human, they can't take care of themselves, they can't communicate, they don't have a mind. So I urge everyone who reads this to think about it, is the quadriplegic not human because they can't take care of themselves? Is the person in a coma who can't communicate with you no longer human? Has the teenager who has brain damage from a car accident lost their status as a human being? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you are in my prayers.

What makes us human is our DNA, that is formed at the moment of our conception, and our connection in our common loving creator God, and we are obligated to protect the most innocent of His people.

God Bless.