Tuesday, May 22, 2007

The Life of Man is Sacred

The sanctity of life goes to the heart and meaning of man, creation and God. There is one undeniable principle that is the foundation of all creation that is that the life of man is sacred. The life of every human being that ever lived and will ever live is sacred. It is sacred because God created life. He also created man in his image. He gave every person a destiny, to share his infinite happiness in the next life. It is scared because every single person has a relationship with God. Many turn away from that relationship, all of us violate it in some way but that singular relationship still exists every moment of our lives. If it did not we would cease to exist. We can deny God, but God won’t deny us. God won’t deny us because God does not make mistakes. We did not create ourselves, God created the creature. God created it from nothingness because God is goodness and love. God created sacredness. If life is not sacred, then life is worthless, life is a commodity and a dead thing. If life is not sacred, then you can kill life, because it is not wrong. In fact if life is not sacred then nothing is wrong. Opposing the idea that life is scared is the idea that life must be worth living. The criterion for whether life is worth living is based on the subjectivism and objectification of life. Humans are viewed as objects to be used (and abused) and have no value intrinsic in their being but only in their use. The criteria by which to judge the usefulness and worth of a life in based on relative and subjective desires and feelings. This philosophy of life is anti-life. If a life is not wanted or useful or doesn’t meet an arbitrary minimum standard in terms of health, functioning or aesthetic; dispose of it. Throughout history where this philosophy has prevailed, has led to mass slaughter and bloodshed. It has and does lead to a culture of death. Humans are subjects not objects. We are not means but ends. Society does not want all humans to live but God wants everyone to live, and live abundantly. A life that exists for a billionth of a second or hundred years are of equal sacredness, value and love. There is no potential to live, there is life or there is no life. We are not creators of life; we assist in creation of life, the pro-creators. God creates life solely, and has sole ownership rights over that creation.

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