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The Mama Grizzly was quite\u00a0patient on her Facebook page<\/a> with the irascible atheist biology professor who yesterday\u00a0said of those with her son’s condition<\/a>, “[a]bort it\u00a0and try again. It would be immoral to bring it into the world if you have a choice.”<\/p>\n

\"Sarah<\/p>\n

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Mr. Dawkins, I’d let you meet my son if you promised to open your mind, your eyes, and your heart to a unique kind of absolute beauty. But, in my request for you to be tolerant, I\u2019d have to warn Trig he must be tolerant, too, because he may superficially look at you as kind of awkward. I’ll make sure he’s polite, though!<\/p>\n

Love,
\nSarah Palin & family<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Dawkins

Dawkins says his morality is based on increasing happiness and reducing suffering. Read the happy story of Kate Owens, a bride with Down syndrome<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

Dawkins’ Twitter tirade was not uncharacteristic of his tendency to get into trouble with the public online. From drawing accusations of misogyny<\/a> to saying\u00a0that “mild pedophilia<\/a>” is not worthy of condemnation, to now making the case that abortion is not just indifferent to morality but actually serves a moral purpose, Dawkins is a challenge for new atheist PR.<\/p>\n

But the diehard Darwinist is simply expressing the consequences of a worldview void of an\u00a0absolute standard of morality that values human life. Our life is thereby\u00a0valued merely by our utilitarian capabilities for the collective and our supposed capacity for suffering (“fetuses, diagnosed before they have human feelings” says Dawkins<\/a>\u00a0of the unborn with Down syndrome). Oh, and perhaps by how wanted<\/em><\/a>\u00a0we are.<\/p>\n

Thankfully there are strong\u00a0mothers out there like Palin who see the God-given value and “absolute beauty”\u00a0of\u00a0every individual. If the value of human life is left to the vicissitudes of academia and government, eventually we run the risk of being expendable at every stage of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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