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LETIERS TO THE EDITOR
Art of Grandparenting
In the April edition of your
problems- which, if only man
this, and THAT is the problcm:
1 have just received my (or
magazine you wrote of sex
will accept, can lead to the
the fetus is alive, it is human,
rathcr my husband's) second
befare marriage as if it is a
bctter world we al! wish for
it is viable, and THEREFORE it
copy of
The Plain Truth
and
terrible sin. What does it
and seek.
will 1) cost $100,000 (U.S.
again, everything else bad to
matter if you're married or
But jusi how can man be
government figures) to raise to
wait while 1 hada "quick"
not as long as you like or !ove
taughl to believe and be led to
maturity and social usefulness,
glance through it. One of the
the person. 1 am not agai nst
this better way? How can the
2) require 24-hour-a-day care,
articles that particularly
marriage, but 1 certainly
man in the st reet be
much of it unshared, hard
interested me was " Tbe Art of
wouldn't advisc any one to
approached? How can the
physical labor, 3) cause
Grandparenting" by Ronald
wait until they are married
church-goer abandon sorne of
embarrassment to its mother
Kelly, especially as l ama 47
befare having sex if they
the smugness deriving from
and father if tbey aren't
year old grandmother of six.
happen to ... like someone but the fal se satisfaction of ' 1 go
married, and more so if they
Also, in the theme of Ronald
not enough lo get married.
to church every week-that 's
are married-bul not to each
Kell y's article, my 80 year old
You use most of your
my bit done'? When will such
other, 4) endanger the health
father is currently writing his
magazine to tcll of propbecies
people realjze that with their
of its mother while gestating,
life story whicb l am typing for
and what the Lord God likes
knowledge of tbe ' Book of
S)
provide a work load for its
him, an enjoyable task as 1 am
and doesn't like yet never
Rules' they can be the leaders
mother wbicb may not, by
learning all sorts of family
seem to try to make sensible
and show the example towards
both law and custom, be
history and facts about my
suggestions as to bow various
this better future?
compensated for monetarily,
parents in the years before 1
world problems can be solved.
These are but a few
6) etc, etc, etc.
was born.
Howeve r, l would still like to
thoughts implanted by your
Your article provided few
1 should be most grateful if
receivc a copy of you r
magazine. They are but an
answers for these very real
you could let me bave a copy of magazine because as well as
unintentional preliminary to
concerns. Abortion is
the free booklet mentioned in
being informative and useful
my very simple request lo be
convenient? Yes, it is. So is
Mr . Kelly's article,
The Early
for my studies at school 1 like
put on your mailing list.
the refusal of men lo wear
Years ofHerbert W. Armstrong.
lo read what God tbinks is
Looking forward to a very
condoms.
ll
is inconvenienl for
L.L. Slingsby right and wrong. l really think simple education in this so
them to spend a few dollars,
Cbelmsford, Essex it is quite comical that people
very unnecessarily complex
or a few minutes. For their
act ually believe and do as ' He' world of Christianity.
inconvenience of a few dollars
Sex Wlthout Marriage
says without even trying to
Ernest R. Self and a few minutes, a woman is
1 was terribly distressed by
find out
WHY
tbey are doing
S tockport, Cheshire expected lo pay $100,000 and
the startling revelations of
what ' He' says.
Abortion
12 to 21 years- yes,
author Schroeder when he
T. Malcolm
YEARS-of hard labor.
says, "The central Harlem
Edinburgh
Your article on abortion
Your article of five pages
health district reports 80
published in the May, 1985 ·
railing agai nst the horrors of
percent of babies are born out
•
We do not make
suggestions
issue (written by Ronald
abortion spent three sentences
of wcd lock." And, according
as to how world problems wi/1
Toth) was interesting.
suggesting that "the decision
to Mrs. Eleanor Holmes
be so/ved. We
announce
how
Obviously it was written by a
of whcther or not to havc
Norton, former New York
rhey wi/1 be so/ved- by rhe
man.
children should be made
City Human Rights
restorarion of the spiritual
J ust to share a few
before
conception, not after."
Commissioner, these fatherless
laws of God under rhe
observations: Women do not
How true! So next month, 1
children "are virtua!Jy
governmenr of Jesus Christ. lt
debate endlessly on whether a
will expect an article of five
guaranteed to grow up with
is rhe breaking of these laws
fetus is alive, or human, or
pages on birth control, and
problems of the most severe
rhat is the cause of world
viable, or whatever. Women
three sentences on abortion as
kind.... They are the ones
problems. The devastating
KNOW these things. No
an alternative to that if the
most likely to become truants
disease AIDS, for example.
woman expects a fetus to grow
man refuses to equip himself.
and jobless, to be engaged in
would not be spreading
if
into anything NONbuman!
Judith A. Kowalski
violent crime."
premarital sex and
Also, they do not expect a
Associate Director for Studies
How could there be peace
homosexual and extramarital
fetus not to be a living
The American Lutheran
and tranquility in this world
sex ceased.
entity- if there was any doubt
Church,
when such a staggering
about its living nature, more
Minneapolis, Minnesota
proliferation of human beings
A colleague recently lent
women would take a chance
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Queries on family planning
born out of wedlock are not
me your magazine. 1 am
that it wasn't a living
reared properly because of the
amazed to find and understand organism, and would not pay
receive response by personal
lack of appropriate guidance
just how foolish man can and
to have an abortion. Women
letter.
from loving, responsible
has become.
KNOW this is human, that it is
1 found your anicle on
fathcrs?
Your articles explain and
alive, and that it is or will be
"The Plain Truth about
Angel G. Florentino provide the answers to most of viable. Tbat is
WHY
they have
Abortion" in the May issue
Long Beach, California the world's present day
abortions. Because they KNOW
very informative. The startling
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The PLAIN TRUTH