I think I just read the saddest post ever. In response to news that the number of Down Syndrome births in the UK is increasing, one blogger laments the apparent decrease in abortions. She lists eight things this supposedly shows about British society. Here is #6:
6. A society that unquestioningly encourages the unproductive at the expense of the productive in the name of compassion will find itself burdened with the unproductive and unable to compete with societies unburdened by such policies.
Does anyone really want to live in a society which is unburdened with compassion? Ewww! Who wants to live in a society where value is measured by production? Shudder.
There is a whole lot more to life than production and independence. Nah, Mary may not ever have wisdom, or might or riches, but she faces no obstacle to having what really matters:
Thus says the LORD, “Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches; but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD. [Jeremiah 9:23]
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I agree with what you say, Miriam, although I’m not sure that I’d narrowly define wisdom to exclude Mary or any child like her. In fact I think I’d more often exclude ourselves, and most certainly the woman who posts eugenic-sounding tripe like what you quote here. The battle will never cease.
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You are right, Nick, about wisdom. I was trying to be literary and parallel the words from the Bible verse. But you are right. Let me reword my statement, then. Mary may not have the type of “wisdom” that makes people think highly of themselves for their superiority. But the kind of wisdom that allows her to see into and understand needy hearts, she has that. But she’ll never boast about it.
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