Great article about the Hitchens brothers. When I was a grad student at UC Berkeley Journalism School, Christopher was a visiting lecturer so I was in a small class with him in which his hero - George Orwell - featured prominently. I wrote an essay comparing slavery and abortion which he affirmed 100%. My master's thesis was actually on pro-life liberals and he was the sole professor who supported me. In class, he often put me on the spot for my faith and later apologized, saying it was because his brother had become a Christian and they were at odds. It fascinated me how he ended up around so many Christians, and to this day, I wonder if the Hound of Heaven finally got him in his last moments. Only the Lord knows.
I just retired from homeschooling, so I'm in the midst of organizing and weeding. I'm pretty sure I can dig it out eventually (lots going on with my three young adults - college, wedding, etc.) When I do, I'll scan it and send it to you (the electronic version is on a floppy disc, lol - it was 1998).
This is touching. Realising that each human is non-fungible is something that changes one deeply. Like you rightly asked, how would those aborted siblings have changed us? This is true of aborted foetuses as it is of siblings who lived and died.
Myself, I lost two older brothers to a car crash. I suppose parts of me died with them. We often mean this figuratively but I think I am being literal here. That there are facets to myself I will never know because those facets were tied to their existence.
Abortion is a great evil. And as Christopher said, it is everybody's business.
Gen Z and below have absolutely no concept of humans as sacred things, and you aren’t going to convince people who think humans serve no ultimate purpose to preserve family trees.
Great article about the Hitchens brothers. When I was a grad student at UC Berkeley Journalism School, Christopher was a visiting lecturer so I was in a small class with him in which his hero - George Orwell - featured prominently. I wrote an essay comparing slavery and abortion which he affirmed 100%. My master's thesis was actually on pro-life liberals and he was the sole professor who supported me. In class, he often put me on the spot for my faith and later apologized, saying it was because his brother had become a Christian and they were at odds. It fascinated me how he ended up around so many Christians, and to this day, I wonder if the Hound of Heaven finally got him in his last moments. Only the Lord knows.
Do you still have the essay by any chance? (Interestingly, as I'm sure you know, George Orwell was very pro-life).
I just retired from homeschooling, so I'm in the midst of organizing and weeding. I'm pretty sure I can dig it out eventually (lots going on with my three young adults - college, wedding, etc.) When I do, I'll scan it and send it to you (the electronic version is on a floppy disc, lol - it was 1998).
I actually found it right away. What's the best way to get it to you?
jonathon@thebridgehead.ca!
That is very interesting!
I pray that he came to know the Lord prior to his death!
This is touching. Realising that each human is non-fungible is something that changes one deeply. Like you rightly asked, how would those aborted siblings have changed us? This is true of aborted foetuses as it is of siblings who lived and died.
Myself, I lost two older brothers to a car crash. I suppose parts of me died with them. We often mean this figuratively but I think I am being literal here. That there are facets to myself I will never know because those facets were tied to their existence.
Abortion is a great evil. And as Christopher said, it is everybody's business.
I'm sorry for your loss. I agree.
My wife grew up in Alberta and Saskatchewan, singing God Save the Queen in school. Isn't that a prayer?
Lots of emotionalism, and it’s very distracting.
Gen Z and below have absolutely no concept of humans as sacred things, and you aren’t going to convince people who think humans serve no ultimate purpose to preserve family trees.