atheism and children

[Exian]

This article is interesting, and I think it might throw the whole "childbirth is sacred" thing into a tailspin. I will say its amazing any of us get born, when the mother and fetus are constantly attacking each other.

http://aeon.co/magazine/science/pregnanc...-and-baby/

The cells of the human endometrium are tightly aligned, creating a fortress-like wall around the inside of the uterus. That barrier is packed with lethal immune cells. As far back as 1903, researchers observed embryos ‘invading’ and ‘digesting’ their way into the uterine lining. In 1914, R W Johnstone described the implantation zone as ‘the fighting line where the conflict between the maternal cells and the invading trophoderm takes place’. It was a battlefield ‘strewn with... the dead on both sides’.

I was always under the impression that the uterus was some sort of perfect fit for bringing life into the world, but in reality it's just there to prevent the death of the mother.