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Polish to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Polish term or phrase:wynoszenie
Tekst dotyczy przyjmowania chrześcijaństwa w Skandynawii w X w.
Autor wskazuje na poważny, aktywny udział w konwersji Normanów kobiet, "dla których idee nowej religii wydawały się szczególnie atrakcyjne, z powodu głoszonego przez duchownych w fazie misyjnej egalitaryzmu i np. zakazu wynoszenia dzieci" i które z tego powodu "spełniały wielokrotnie rolę pierwszych misjonarzy w skali rodu"
O jakie wynoszenie dzieci tu chodzi? Nie bardzo rozumiem co autor miał na myśli. Pomóżcie :)
Explanation: John Boswell believed that in ancient Germanic tribes unwanted children were exposed, usually in the forest. "It was the custom of the [Teutonic] pagans, that if they wanted to kill a son or daughter, they would be killed before they had been given any food." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infanticide
The nearest approximation to euthanasia in Christian literature before the mid-third century is the ancient practice of "exposing" infants. If weak, sickly, deformed, or handicapped, a baby would be abandoned in a remote unpopulated place to be devoured by wild animals or die from neglect. The "lucky" victims were rescued by strangers who raised them as slaves. This was perfectly acceptable practice under secular law and provided the social advantages of improving the gene pool and reducing the proportion of the population that takes but does not contribute to the economy, as well as sparing the children themselves a lifetime of disadvantages.
But early Christians believed we are not wiser than God. Justin, who was martyred for the Faith around AD 165, wrote in describing Christian teachings and practices: "we have been taught that to expose newly-born children is the part of wicked men" because some are rescued and brought up to become prostitutes,13 and "[we fear to expose children], lest some of them be not picked up, but die, and we become murderers." http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/bra/bra_04euthanasia.html
przypuszczam, że chodzi o wynoszenie do lasu źle rokujących czy po prostu gorzej wyglądających noworodków, co jak się zdaje praktykowali Wikingowie
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Explanation: John Boswell believed that in ancient Germanic tribes unwanted children were exposed, usually in the forest. "It was the custom of the [Teutonic] pagans, that if they wanted to kill a son or daughter, they would be killed before they had been given any food." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infanticide
The nearest approximation to euthanasia in Christian literature before the mid-third century is the ancient practice of "exposing" infants. If weak, sickly, deformed, or handicapped, a baby would be abandoned in a remote unpopulated place to be devoured by wild animals or die from neglect. The "lucky" victims were rescued by strangers who raised them as slaves. This was perfectly acceptable practice under secular law and provided the social advantages of improving the gene pool and reducing the proportion of the population that takes but does not contribute to the economy, as well as sparing the children themselves a lifetime of disadvantages.
But early Christians believed we are not wiser than God. Justin, who was martyred for the Faith around AD 165, wrote in describing Christian teachings and practices: "we have been taught that to expose newly-born children is the part of wicked men" because some are rescued and brought up to become prostitutes,13 and "[we fear to expose children], lest some of them be not picked up, but die, and we become murderers." http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/bra/bra_04euthanasia.html
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Reference information: The custom of exposing children was so deeply rooted in the minds of the people - The viking age: the early history, manners, and customs of the ancestors of ... By Paul Belloni Du Chaillu - http://goo.gl/UI1Oi
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