Comments on: The “Fetal Hand Grasp” Child is Now 9 Years Old . . . And Surprise! He’s Adamantly Pro-Life http://www.redstate.com/mailloux/2009/05/06/the-%e2%80%9cfetal-hand-grasp%e2%80%9d-child-is-now-9-years-old-and-surprise-he%e2%80%99s-adamantly-pro-life/ Tue, 23 Nov 2010 22:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mailloux http://www.redstate.com/mailloux/2009/05/06/the-%e2%80%9cfetal-hand-grasp%e2%80%9d-child-is-now-9-years-old-and-surprise-he%e2%80%99s-adamantly-pro-life/#comment-1215 mailloux Fri, 08 May 2009 20:18:12 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/mailloux/?p=344#comment-1215 the change of heart experience by that photographer. God really does work miracles under the least expected circumstances . . . and there are many Saul to Paul conversions that still occur. Clancy appears to be one of them. Thanks for pointing this out! I appreciate you reading, commenting, and the reco too. Take Care, mailloux the change of heart experience by that photographer. God really does work miracles under the least expected circumstances . . . and there are many Saul to Paul conversions that still occur. Clancy appears to be one of them.

Thanks for pointing this out!

I appreciate you reading, commenting, and the reco too.

Take Care, mailloux

]]> By: mailloux http://www.redstate.com/mailloux/2009/05/06/the-%e2%80%9cfetal-hand-grasp%e2%80%9d-child-is-now-9-years-old-and-surprise-he%e2%80%99s-adamantly-pro-life/#comment-1214 mailloux Fri, 08 May 2009 20:14:10 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/mailloux/?p=344#comment-1214 It's a hardened heart that's not touched by the original fetal grasp picture or the follow-up pictures, 9 years later, of a smiling Samuel. Your reaction is a good, normal, human one. Take Care, mailloux It’s a hardened heart that’s not touched by the original fetal grasp picture or the follow-up pictures, 9 years later, of a smiling Samuel. Your reaction is a good, normal, human one.

Take Care, mailloux

]]> By: mailloux http://www.redstate.com/mailloux/2009/05/06/the-%e2%80%9cfetal-hand-grasp%e2%80%9d-child-is-now-9-years-old-and-surprise-he%e2%80%99s-adamantly-pro-life/#comment-1213 mailloux Fri, 08 May 2009 20:11:35 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/mailloux/?p=344#comment-1213 It was well worth reading. I too am perplexed how anyone can view the obvious humanity of the unborn and still support abortion. There is a disconnect there and evidence of a disabled conscience . . . and no one epitomizes this more than Barack Obama, the only president to have ever voted for infanticide. I appreciate you reading, commenting, and the reco too. Take Care, mailloux It was well worth reading.

I too am perplexed how anyone can view the obvious humanity of the unborn and still support abortion. There is a disconnect there and evidence of a disabled conscience . . . and no one epitomizes this more than Barack Obama, the only president to have ever voted for infanticide.

I appreciate you reading, commenting, and the reco too.

Take Care, mailloux

]]> By: mailloux http://www.redstate.com/mailloux/2009/05/06/the-%e2%80%9cfetal-hand-grasp%e2%80%9d-child-is-now-9-years-old-and-surprise-he%e2%80%99s-adamantly-pro-life/#comment-1212 mailloux Fri, 08 May 2009 20:06:11 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/mailloux/?p=344#comment-1212 It is a modern day holocaust that's dwarfing Hitler's diabolical body count and yet, many people respond with a yawn. Thanks for reading, commenting, and the reco too! Take Care, mailloux It is a modern day holocaust that’s dwarfing Hitler’s diabolical body count and yet, many people respond with a yawn.

Thanks for reading, commenting, and the reco too!

Take Care, mailloux

]]> By: Mike_D_in_SC http://www.redstate.com/mailloux/2009/05/06/the-%e2%80%9cfetal-hand-grasp%e2%80%9d-child-is-now-9-years-old-and-surprise-he%e2%80%99s-adamantly-pro-life/#comment-1211 Mike_D_in_SC Fri, 08 May 2009 14:51:22 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/mailloux/?p=344#comment-1211 Clancy, who was a freelancer for USA Today when he photographed Samuel's fully-formed hand, now works as a motivational speaker at pro-life events. Prior to the picture, Clancy said, he was pro-choice. Clancy, who was a freelancer for USA Today when he photographed Samuel’s fully-formed hand, now works as a motivational speaker at pro-life events. Prior to the picture, Clancy said, he was pro-choice.

]]> By: antisocial http://www.redstate.com/mailloux/2009/05/06/the-%e2%80%9cfetal-hand-grasp%e2%80%9d-child-is-now-9-years-old-and-surprise-he%e2%80%99s-adamantly-pro-life/#comment-1210 antisocial Fri, 08 May 2009 04:28:30 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/mailloux/?p=344#comment-1210 I keep coming back to this story and picture for the nth time. I never heard about this before. Brings tears to eyes. I have never been so proud to be pro-Life. Thank you again. I keep coming back to this story and picture for the nth time. I never heard about this before.

Brings tears to eyes. I have never been so proud to be pro-Life.

Thank you again.

]]> By: TNJim http://www.redstate.com/mailloux/2009/05/06/the-%e2%80%9cfetal-hand-grasp%e2%80%9d-child-is-now-9-years-old-and-surprise-he%e2%80%99s-adamantly-pro-life/#comment-1208 TNJim Thu, 07 May 2009 04:47:47 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/mailloux/?p=344#comment-1208 so I googled it and came up with <a href="http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/abortion/ab0092.html">this link</a>. I now remember the picture but had forgotten about it until I read this diary. The accompanying article starts out with a discussion on Michelangelo's famous Sistine Chapel painting. From the article: "His various frescoes represent episodes from the Book of Genesis. In the centre of the ceiling, Michelangelo depicts God the Creator vigorously thrusting the index finger of his right hand toward a reclining Adam, whose own hand withdraws just enough that a gap appears separating the author of life from his somewhat indecisive recipient. This gap symbolizes the drama of God and man, the divine and the human, the source of life and our hesitation in welcoming it." This paragraph then really ties it in with Samuel's story: It may be that we sometimes want to derive more from what is symbolic than what is warranted. It is tempting to contrast the grateful finger of Samuel with the reluctant finger of Adam, and draw the conclusion that a child shall lead us. Yet, in this case, the symbols are not mere creations of the imagination. They are firmly grounded in fact. We adults, stricken as we are by a thousand anxieties, often allow our enthusiasm for life to wane. We slide, however slowly and imperceptibly, from being pro-life to being pro-life-without-too-many-inconveniences. The tiny child in the womb knows no such anxieties. He is entirely for life, since life is all he knows. He represents life uncompromised. He is our pro-life role model." How anyone can see that picture and read your diary and the article from catholiceducation.org and still be pro-abortion is beyond me. But a lot of things libs are for are beyond me. so I googled it and came up with this link. I now remember the picture but had forgotten about it until I read this diary.

The accompanying article starts out with a discussion on Michelangelo’s famous Sistine Chapel painting. From the article:

“His various frescoes represent episodes from the Book of Genesis. In the centre of the ceiling, Michelangelo depicts God the Creator vigorously thrusting the index finger of his right hand toward a reclining Adam, whose own hand withdraws just enough that a gap appears separating the author of life from his somewhat indecisive recipient. This gap symbolizes the drama of God and man, the divine and the human, the source of life and our hesitation in welcoming it.”

This paragraph then really ties it in with Samuel’s story:

It may be that we sometimes want to derive more from what is symbolic than what is warranted. It is tempting to contrast the grateful finger of Samuel with the reluctant finger of Adam, and draw the conclusion that a child shall lead us. Yet, in this case, the symbols are not mere creations of the imagination. They are firmly grounded in fact. We adults, stricken as we are by a thousand anxieties, often allow our enthusiasm for life to wane. We slide, however slowly and imperceptibly, from being pro-life to being pro-life-without-too-many-inconveniences. The tiny child in the womb knows no such anxieties. He is entirely for life, since life is all he knows. He represents life uncompromised. He is our pro-life role model.”

How anyone can see that picture and read your diary and the article from catholiceducation.org and still be pro-abortion is beyond me.

But a lot of things libs are for are beyond me.

]]> By: EvanWeeks http://www.redstate.com/mailloux/2009/05/06/the-%e2%80%9cfetal-hand-grasp%e2%80%9d-child-is-now-9-years-old-and-surprise-he%e2%80%99s-adamantly-pro-life/#comment-1207 EvanWeeks Wed, 06 May 2009 21:10:18 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/mailloux/?p=344#comment-1207 It just evokes too many strong emotions that threaten to overwhelm my ability to control them. I'm a father of two little girls, and the very idea of abortion can take me from zero to white-hot rage in an instant. It just evokes too many strong emotions that threaten to overwhelm my ability to control them. I’m a father of two little girls, and the very idea of abortion can take me from zero to white-hot rage in an instant.

]]> By: mailloux http://www.redstate.com/mailloux/2009/05/06/the-%e2%80%9cfetal-hand-grasp%e2%80%9d-child-is-now-9-years-old-and-surprise-he%e2%80%99s-adamantly-pro-life/#comment-1206 mailloux Wed, 06 May 2009 20:50:40 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/mailloux/?p=344#comment-1206 And thanks for the reco too . . . I hope many people get exposed to this wonderful story. Take Care, mailloux And thanks for the reco too . . . I hope many people get exposed to this wonderful story.

Take Care, mailloux

]]> By: mailloux http://www.redstate.com/mailloux/2009/05/06/the-%e2%80%9cfetal-hand-grasp%e2%80%9d-child-is-now-9-years-old-and-surprise-he%e2%80%99s-adamantly-pro-life/#comment-1205 mailloux Wed, 06 May 2009 20:49:05 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/mailloux/?p=344#comment-1205 This particular Foxnews story really made may day, and probably my whole week. I have a feeling Samuel will influence a lot of people in great ways. I will certainly be praying for him. Thanks for the reco and for putting this wonderful story in RedHot. Take Care, mailloux This particular Foxnews story really made may day, and probably my whole week. I have a feeling Samuel will influence a lot of people in great ways. I will certainly be praying for him.

Thanks for the reco and for putting this wonderful story in RedHot.

Take Care, mailloux

]]> By: mom2oneson http://www.redstate.com/mailloux/2009/05/06/the-%e2%80%9cfetal-hand-grasp%e2%80%9d-child-is-now-9-years-old-and-surprise-he%e2%80%99s-adamantly-pro-life/#comment-1204 mom2oneson Wed, 06 May 2009 20:41:42 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/mailloux/?p=344#comment-1204 By: JadedByPolitics http://www.redstate.com/mailloux/2009/05/06/the-%e2%80%9cfetal-hand-grasp%e2%80%9d-child-is-now-9-years-old-and-surprise-he%e2%80%99s-adamantly-pro-life/#comment-1203 JadedByPolitics Wed, 06 May 2009 20:41:31 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/mailloux/?p=344#comment-1203 I threw this in RedHot and then in the open thread because I didn't have time to do a diary and lo and behold you have done one...THANKS! The most obvious PROOF that there is a God! I threw this in RedHot and then in the open thread because I didn’t have time to do a diary and lo and behold you have done one…THANKS!

The most obvious PROOF that there is a God!

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