Religion or
Science?
I was on YouTube
like always, watching a video on natural birth in the United States. The video
asked these three pivotal questions: Why is natural birth in the United States
so low? Why does more babies die every year in the United States than in any
other developed country in the West? And what can we do to increase natural birth and
decrease caesarean sections, force labor and the use of medication to ease pain
during child birth? Want to watch the video about natural childbirth in the
United States? Here's the link! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9F7BMoI3bE
In this post I
will like to focus on two main topics. Natural childbirth vs conventional
childbirth and religious views vs science beliefs. Down in the comment section
I saw this guy/lady post a sentiment very near to mine. It was like the golden
light amidst anarchy. People was discrediting the documentary and the film
makers left to right. These people didn't believe in natural birth and thought nothing was
wrong with artificial, useless procedures where a woman opt for a caesarean even
when she didn't need it or when a doctor or nurses stock a woman up with horrid
drugs to “ease pain”.
You can quite
clearly see where I stand in the debate. The heaven sent commentator wasn't
speaking about childbirth directly but more so from the angle of religion. A
lot of people were discussing God vs Science down in the comment section. The insufferable bible
thumpers were saying how God wouldn't want this or that or that or this. And
the Science freaks were saying how God didn't exist and that science was the
only god.
This is when the
“angel” commentator swoop down to say the day. At least in my opinion. He/she
said, “The problem with people, is this foolish idea that one must choose
between God and science. Guess what? You don't.” Yea! What a “saint” isn't he?
Here was my response to his genius words of wisdom.
“I agree, I look
around and see the beautiful trees, flowers and animals and say to myself, wow
it's a beautiful day. I believe some God made this or that. I believe a lot of
what science says. I do not have to choose between science and God, subtract organized
religion all I need is those two.”
Now this was a
prolific time for me since I had never utter those kind of words before in my
life. Sure I thought it but the thought had never left my mouth. The way I am
connected to writing allows me to say things even when I haven't said them
literally. So there they were, my words I had truly began to believe since I've
taken this self-reflection journey. I use to be so cynical of religion that I
was afraid I just might be turning into an atheist.
So being a good
Christian girl I decided to put those thoughts quietly away in a neat little
corner. Now that I am a bit more liberated I can say. Hey, religion sucks I do
not like it, it’s just not for me! But at least I still believe in God! Haha.
No, but really. I am so critical of religious practices that I have all but
completely shun religion altogether.
As I said before I
believe in God(s) and science not religion. I have seen how people bastardised
religion to the point where I want no part of it. I know some of the religious
and holy hell science nerds will decry my opinion and try to force me to pick a side but I won't. I believe what I believe.
Now let's go back
to childbirth in the United States, as you can see in the video with the link
provided above, childbirth in the United States is a dire situation. Much like
it is for health care, education and civil liberties. What we must understand
is that the United States of America is a really young country. Us living in
the U.S still have a long ways to go in building a stable society that sustain
all members. We shouldn't be so cocky to declare that the good ole U. S of A is the best
nation on Earth with the best civil liberties when we have a failing school
system, citizens not getting adequate healthcare coverage and our rights are
deemed retractable.
That's not an
almighty society exempt from all wrong doing that is a country in need of huge
social reform changes. What I gathered up in my young life is that what worked
in the past might not work in the future. We need fresher ideas and newer, more
efficient methods if we're going to be able to give greater benefits to citizens. I hold the belief that natural birth is ninety nine percent better than other methods of birth dearly. What is natural birth?
According to Merriam Webster, natural birth is a system of managing childbirth in which the mother receives preparatory education in order to remain conscious during and assist in the delivery with minimal or no use of drugs or anesthetics. This form of childbirth is what I advocate for fully. With all the extended amount of research I've done for this very subject I can confidently say natural birth is better. There are too many less than ideal factors that come up when a mother uses drugs during the labor and delivery process.
All in all the
video was a good eye opener to these very important social issues, yes even
the off base, out of no where God vs Science spiel down in the comments section. I hope more women become more educated on the many options they have when choosing safe birthing procedures for themselves, but more importantly for their little ones. _KM
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