Believers can have a lot to do with the rise of atheism. If we are careless about our instruction in the faith, or present its teaching falsely, or fail in our religious, moral, or social life, we often conceal and distort the faith....
God commands us and sets limits for us not because he is out to make life difficult or to take away our fun. God commands because he loves us and does not want us to be trapped in the painful realities of sin and evil.
In recent years a false compassion has developed among some who hold that suffering is incompatible with human dignity. Clearly this is at odds with the Christian faith, which sees in suffering a redemptive and transformative dimension.
The child's right to life is inalienable and must never be violated. No amount of legal, political, medical, or philosophical argumentation can usurp the child's rights or God's sole sovereignty.
