One More Thing About CHILDREN OF MEN…
When I re-read what I wrote about CHILDREN OF MEN, I was suddenly reminded of something imparted to me by Stanley Hauerwas, my professor of theological ethics during my seminary years. When addressing the issue of abortion in his lectures, Hauerwas would frequently give expression to words such as these:
“The church has framed the abortion debate in entirely the wrong way. A Christian can’t believe in ‘right to life,’ since, for the Christian, life is a gracious gift and not a right. And a Christian can’t believe in ‘right to choose,’ since, in the Christian worldview, our bodies do not ultimately belong to us. The real question is one that not enough Christians are asking: What does the church have to do to become a community that welcomes children into the world? When we start asking that question, we might just teeter on the brink of being the kind of church in which children always have a place and in which things like abortion are no longer looked upon as necessary or viable options.” (quote taken from my 1990 seminary notebook!)
Good stuff, I think. I’m always impressed when a major motion picture (such as CHILDREN OF MEN) inspires me to think back to my seminary experience.
Which reminds me of ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY…
Uh….er……ummm…I think I’ll save that one for another post.