Liberal

My mother and I had a liberal discussion during the dinner. Today, she wanted to share with me her experience today in church, when there was a woman speaking for her witnessing of God. She said:

"I was a believer but was not firm enough a few years before. I got pregnant five years ago but my faith was not strong enough. It turned out to be a miscarriage. I saw my weakness to God. It must be I was far away from God that my kid got aborted. Because of that, I turned to my God more firmly.

And then I got pregnant again last year. My doctor told me that I need to have some screening test done since I was a advanced aged mother. I thought of God and I knew that if strong faith, I did not need to care about the health of the kid. Whether or not he will have serious genetic disease, I know the God will be with me. I did not do any antenatal screening and follow-up at all with strong faith. Finally, the baby was born and he was healthy. Hallelujah!"

I told my mother. "This is the extreme of religion."

My mother was so shocked. "Why do you think like that? This was a miracle!"

"Yes, having a healthy baby born was a miracle." I thought those babies in the Paediatric wards and the teaching from Prof. Yuen. " And yet, she was such a irresponsible mother. She should know that it is not just the burden of mother to take care of a sick child. But whenever you use the facilities and medications from hospitals, the whole society needs to pay. Of course, there is nothing that human being can completely control and God will eventually play his role. But then, Why do we still need to promote our health care and prenatal diagnosis of genetic diseases? Can she think of other people in our community (especially doctors and nurses) who work so hard?"

I could not stop thinking of those fundamentalists in the world.