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TIMBERVILLE
CHURCH OF CHRIST

16004 Lone Pine Drive / P. O. Box 402
Timberville, Virginia 22853
(540) 896-9614
www.timbervillechurchofchrist.org
Evangelist: Neil Emory
January 29, 2012

(The following article illustrates the division in western culture over the value of life):

Pundit Says, "I would suffocate a child to end its suffering."

___Television pundit Virginia Ironside prompted outrage yesterday after saying she would suffocate a child to end its suffering. Shocked BBC viewers complained after the agony aunt said she would hold a pillow over the face of a child in pain. Minutes earlier the controversial writer said "a loving mother' would abort an unwanted or disabled baby, and praised abortion as "a moral and unselfish act."

___Commentators accused the controversial writer of advocating eugenics, and disability rights campaigners branded her views 'despicable'. The mother-of-one and grandmother said it was better to terminate a pregnancy than to condemn a disabled or unwanted child to a lifetime of emotional or physical suffering. She told BBC1's religious discussion programme, Sunday Morning Live, that abortion could be an act of kindness in those circumstances. She said: "Abortion can often be seen as something wicked and irresponsible, but in fact it can be a moral and unselfish act... Sometimes the decision of a good mother is not to have the child."
___Programme host Susanna Reid appeared visibly shocked by her comments during the live debate, gasping: "That's a pretty horrifying thing to say, that you would put a pillow over a suffering child." The writer said she recognised that disabled people could lead active and fulfilling lives. But she said there were millions of disabled and unwanted children around the world who were left suffering in institutions. "To go ahead and have a baby, knowing that you can't give it some kind of stable upbringing, seems to me to be cruel," she said.
___The controversial author and journalist has previously argued that doctors should not fight to save very premature babies. Her latest comments were made as doctors prepared to lobby for a change in the law to allow people to help the terminally ill to die. Disability campaigner Clair Lewis accused Miss Ironside of using physical suffering as an excuse for advocating eugenics, through the abortion of disabled children. She said: "The problems that disabled people face will not be fixed by killing off unborn children."
___GP Peter Evans, of the Christian Medical Fellowship, said: "For us to make judgments that people are not worth life, not worth the opportunity to live, is a very dangerous thing." Viewers left a series of complaints on the programme's website message board, although some praised the writer's outspoken comments. One wrote: "How on earth has this woman been able to put such views, care of the BBC, it is despicable? [sic] To put a view of murder on a TV program she should be arrested and charged with encouraging the act of murder on babies." Another branded her views "disgusting," adding: "How can she suggest that a child's quality of life can be so bad that they would be better off dead?"

Allen, V. (2010, October 5). Outrage as agony aunt tells TV audience 'I would suffocate a child to end its suffering.' U.K. Daily Mail. Retrieved from http://www.dailymail.co.uk
See the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RAAhTL4Arg&feature=player_embedded


SCRIPTURE READING: ________John 3:1-17 _____________________ "Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, 'Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.' Jesus answered him, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.' Nicodemus said to Him, 'How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?' Jesus answered, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, "You must be born again." The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.' Nicodemus said to Him, 'How can these things be?' Jesus answered him, 'Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things? Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony. If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? No one has ascended into heaven except He who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him.'

 


ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Today: Potluck after morning services
Sign-up sheet for 2012 monthly fellowships is posted on the bulletin board. There are only four months open
Pantry: Canned meat, canned fruit, cereal
Men's Bible Study: Tuesday, 7:00 p.m., at the building

Feb. 5: Singing Class 5:00 p.m.

Feb. 12: Monthly Business Meeting 4:30 p.m.

PRAYER LIST - ADDITIONS/UPDATES:
Jan Worthy: Driving to Va. Tech on Tuesday nights.

Eileen, Mark's sister is beginning Bible Study
Amber Hamilton: stage 2 breast cancer
Gavin Bluemenour ('bloomin-hour) - 3 yr. old twin -diagnosed with cancer
We are also praying for: Angela Rollyson,(Nick Quillen's Mother); Charlene Viola, Sheri Emory, Todd Collier, Elliott Asbury, Tony Viola, Heather Pauley, Caitlin Worthy, Mary Ann Adkins, Pam Jaime-Yanez, Jason Collette, Brandon Crossway, Jennifer Crossway, Dallas & Margaret Barrett, Barb's mother, Mrs. Goddard; Connie's mother; Edgar Estep; friend of Jerry's co-worker, Connie Delawder, Fay Pitsenbarger, Tana's mother; Katie Hylton, friend of Tana's: high risk 2nd pregnancy
Juanita Bullard, wife of Missionary, Jerris Bullard, lung cancer
Please keep Linda updated.

 

 

 
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