Another Attack on Women

Some day, some one will have to show me where the words "in vitro ferilization" are in the Bible, or any book that is held sacred by people down through the ages. Forbidding this kind of benefit, and then persecuting people (usually women, again) for using methods such as this to increase and multiply is an arrogant assumption of truth that is common in the inquisitional type church that is controlling people today.

Some "uninformed", non-catholic teacher in Fort Wayne, Indiana is the latest victim to fall at the hands of the Church. She is accused of the " immoral act" of IVF, and was fired from her job for not following the teachings of the church that employs her as a teacher.

(When I first heard this story, I thought that perhaps it was a biology teacher experimenting in a lab, demonstrating the process to her or his students. Now that could be problematic.)

I wonder how many others will be fired for this type behavior. Let's see- no one was hurt by IVF; the population is increased; motherhood and fatherhood, both are fulfilled. Openness to life is preserved. All these are good moral objectives. The Church's problem is with excess embryos that may be destroyed or frozen; and the embryo is a person even if difficult to discern, according to the Church. It is the problem of personhood, when is it achieved. No one knows the real answer to this so the Church comes down on the side of the earliest stage of new life. This may be laudable or not. Given the lack of clarity on the subject, why not err on the side of the living who are trying their best to thoughtfully live lives of peace and love.

I think of the parable of the sower. When he sowed the seed, only some of the seed came to fruition, although much of it sprouted but did not thrive.

If people leave the Church to pursue their own god or gods, they are well within their rights. The contemporary Church is out of touch with the times, with history, and borders on the irrelevant.This is so apparent when its leaders resort to the debunked tactics of the reprehensible medieval inquisition.