I was just at message board & one of the threads was about the persecution of Christians & "if that even happens". Well, duh, Christians always *have* been persecuted, and still are in many parts of the world. I was surprised that many of the people said "no", some said that Christians *wish* they would be persecuted & oppressed in order to *claim to be like Jesus*. Erm...ever hear of Voice of the Martyrs, or Gospel for Asia? Some of the comments were really ignorant, and yet, these people are the ones calling Christians ignorant.
Saying that Christians are not persecuted is like saying The Burning Times never happened.
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Spontaneous Creation
I bought this e~book called Spontaneous Creation: 101 Reasons Not To Have Your Baby In A Hospital, Vol. 1. I haven't read it yet, but I skipped ahead to the first 51 reasons. I experienced about 35 of those reasons. Scary stuff.
Hospitals, obstetrics & certain interventions *do* have their place, but to think that using those routinely = a safe & happy birth experience is a bit...naive. Uninformed. I had all of those with both of my pregnancies, labors & births. And I had awful experiences. Epidurals, continuous electronic fetal monitoring, IV fluids, forceps, vacuums. I was deprived of food & water, and not able to get out of bed. And then what? A healthy, safe & happy birth? No. Major abdominal surgery.
I was going to list the first 51 reasons, along with excerpts from the book, but I don't want to scare my pregnant friends. I wish midwifery care was more widely available in this country [there are only 100 licensed midwives in California], that midwives could practice with as much freedom as obstetricians, and that midwifery was legal in ALL 50 STATES.
Hospitals, obstetrics & certain interventions *do* have their place, but to think that using those routinely = a safe & happy birth experience is a bit...naive. Uninformed. I had all of those with both of my pregnancies, labors & births. And I had awful experiences. Epidurals, continuous electronic fetal monitoring, IV fluids, forceps, vacuums. I was deprived of food & water, and not able to get out of bed. And then what? A healthy, safe & happy birth? No. Major abdominal surgery.
I was going to list the first 51 reasons, along with excerpts from the book, but I don't want to scare my pregnant friends. I wish midwifery care was more widely available in this country [there are only 100 licensed midwives in California], that midwives could practice with as much freedom as obstetricians, and that midwifery was legal in ALL 50 STATES.
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