The Infant (St Augustine of Hippo)
From a friend on FishEater's Forum:
Just thought I would share this quick quote that I found while re-reading The Confessions by St. Augustine [of Hippo].
Therefore, O Lord my God, you have given to the infant life and a body, which, as we see, you have thus furnished with senses, equipped with limbs, beautified with a shapely form, and, for its complete good and protection, have endowed with all the powers of a living being.”
The Confessions, Part I, Chapter 7
How strongly pertinent it is to our culture today, who think that a baby in the womb is “not human;” that it’s “my body my choice;” that we should be able to murder newborn babies up until the beginning of birth and after birth; that a baby in the womb fits the description of “parasite” (newsflash: a baby in the womb doesn’t fit the biological definition of “parasite”); that having children is selfish, etc.
Even a 4th century cisgender, woman-hating religious extremist, not white person got it right!
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