 A Child is a precious Beautiful Gift from God .
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Becoming a parent is transforming.
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The Responsibility is staggering.
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A Child can become the center of a parent`s life.
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But who does the Child belong to?
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The answer to this question depends on your WorldView .
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An animalistic WorldView ( one which is oblivious to past and future only responding to what Is ) results in parents seeing the Child as their property .
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A SecularHumanist WorldView would See the Child as the property of Society .
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But a Christian WorldView would See the Child as the property of God .
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What difference does it make which WorldView the parent has?
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All the difference!
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If, as the animalistic WorldView implies, the Child belongs to the parent then there are no limits on the abuse that could be inflicted on the Child . Slavery and sexual abuse are within the scope of property ownership.
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What then is the parent`s goal?  
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If, as the SecularHumanist WorldView implies, the Child belongs to Society or the ~state~, then there is the Responsibility of the parent to act Only as an agent of the State . All aspects of the child`s development ( or Not ) would be managed by the State using parent resources . 
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What then is the state`s goal?
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In the Christian WorldView the Child belongs to God and the parent would be operating as an agent of God .
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What then is God`s goal?
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Let`s answer the ~goal~ question for each WorldView .
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For the animalistic parent the goal could be as multifold as the number of children. There is no norm for how different people manage and use their own property .
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For the Secularhumanist parent the goal is to be a functioning member of and to support the State - the State being a small group of Humans that manage the bulk of humanity.
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For the Christian parent the goal is to act as an agent of God to accomplish His goal. God`s goal is that each Human Child become His Eternal Spiritual child.
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An animalistic parent would likely do what was necessary and sufficient to Enable the Child to repeat the cycle of Life . That is what Animals do.
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A Secularhumanist parent would likely fall in line behind the current thinking of the State regarding Child rearing including Education and Health . Since the State is run by Humans the parent and Child would be vulnerable to the inherent flaws in Human hearts, thinking and intents.
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A Christian parent would have a consistent set of rules for rearing the Child with a guaranteed outcome ( within the constraint of the child`s Will ). That guaranteed outcome is Abundant , Eternal Life .
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For an animalistic parent there are no Moral implications for their treatment of their Child .
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For a Secularhumanist parent there are Only State defined ethical guidelines to be followed with no Moral Responsibility .
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For a Christian parent everything about the rearing of the Child has Moral implications for themselves and the Child . There is Responsibility , accountability and Eternity .
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Are these Worldviews equally valid? 
 Proverbs 14:12 
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No! There is a God and He ain`t Me . There is a God and He ain`t mankind ( Society ). There is a God who Created all things for His Purpose and Pleasure . Revelation 4:11 
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His Purpose is to bear children. His Pleasure is for His children to Inherit All that He is and has.  Galatians 3:26 Ephesians 1:18 
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A Child is a Gift from God , entrusted to parents to raise them in the nurture and admonition of God so they Will make the Personal decision to be Born of God`s Spirit and become His Child . Ephesians 6:4 John 3:5,6 