I have seen many witnesses with 4,5,6,7 kids. No problem with that. They are mostly loving families but today I experianced the birth of my son.
The emotions of my wife... the pain... the fear... the hope combined with the joy of the birth and seeing my wife reaction when she held the baby was well balanced.
But I thought of something else as I reflect on today.
Evolution vs Creation. How could a normal thinking person witness this and believe there is a loving god in the heavens,
Objections:
1. We are imperfect- Then God F***ed up
2. Adam and Eve sin and God curses Eve with birth pangs.- Then why worship a sick violent, horrifing diety like that??? << What I saw today was not the result of a loving god.
3. Well the ends fit the means.... - Well of course the joy of a child does overshowdow the pan in the end but that changes nothing about the birth!
4. Humans are special..- Wrong. Most mamals deliver the same way. The difference is the Humans, Chimpanzees, Elephants and Dolphins are self concious and can retain an idea about the pain. This is not a good argument for a creator since humans in this case are almost exactly like our cousins.
5. Well modern technology causes more suffering.... Granted to as slight degree. (Warning the following comments are 18+ rated) My wife ended up having a vacuum assited delivery. While this is of course not overly bad it was very painful since I observed the cup was bigger then the baby's head and did more tearing. So I will grant this argument however.,,,
...Moratlity of infants in Canada in the 21st century is very very high. Could that same be said 1000 years ago in France, Russia or Egypt? No. It can't. While I totaly respect a midwife option I would do it only with the understanding that if something happens we go to emergency in the hospital if something happens... Being my wif'es first baby this was wiser do at a hospital for us. BTW midwives will also use Vacuum too.
In conclusion instead of giving me any faith in Jehovah this experiance, while giving me new spirituality, does very much prove evolution by natural selection as truth.
