Question of the Week
I'm incredibly frustrated. When babies are born as crack babies, it's not their fault, is it? It's a life they don't choose; rather it is forced upon them. Granted, if they are not weaned off of it and then once of age, make a conscious decision to continue the habit, then they are responsible for that part, yes. But this is the question I pose: do you think that the baby would have ever started crack on his own? Growing up in a normal neighbor with average friends, would he have ever really had the notion to just up and go try crack?
I would argue not. I think his predisposition to it without his legitimate consent places him in a position somewhat less responsible for the condition that he finds himself in once he has come to an understanding of his situation.
In any case, he still grew up a crack baby - nothing will ever change that. One's past cannot be escaped. And once he's aware of his position, the fact that he didn't choose that addiction does not make it any less difficult to quit.
The pain is still real, the temptation still as strong, and the willpower still as necessary.
posted by sarahkrzy at 6:49 PM
1 Comments:
It's a little of both. The world feeds us 't'ruth and it's up to each individual to find 'T'ruth among all the 't'ruth. So each individual will be exposed to different 't'ruth based on the people around them, Which is highly determined by where they were born, to whom they were born and in what conditions, be it time, money, race, or other uncontrolled circumstances. If you could put 10 people in identical situations from birth and raise them the same some will succeed and some will fail, but they each form their own path. In the end it come down to sin and the fall. As christians we are called to reach out to the lost and find them all no matter what their background might be. I am far too often judgemental of others, making assumptions based on the appearance of someone, who they associate with or seeing a glimpse of how they act. We (and especially me) need to give grace to everyone as we live under grace everyday, cause like you said Sarah, they are born into a situation which while it did not specifically determine their destiny, it sure did help to shape it.
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