atheism and children

[KevinM1]

3. "Techniques involving only the married couple (homologous artificial insemination and fertilization) are perhaps less reprehensible, yet remain morally unacceptable. They dissociate the sexual act from the procreative act. The act which brings the child into existence is no longer an act by which two persons give themselves to one another, but one that "entrusts the life and identity of the embryo into the power of doctors and biologists and establishes the domination of technology over the origin and destiny of the human person." -CCC

I really hate that quote.

I was born via C-section, Is that not placing the power of doctors and the domination of technology over my origin and destiny?

When I was born, I was literally shaped like a pretzel. My hands were touching my own forearms, and my legs were entwined with themselves. Are not the 43 or so surgeries I've had to give me what function and mobility I have, in addition to all of the adaptive technology I need to use to have some semblance of a life, relying on the power of doctors and domination of technology over my origin and destiny?

IMO, there's a danger in fetishizing the 'normal' human body, especially when it's done at the expense of technology that helps people who weren't so lucky, whether they're infertile or have a disability. The reasoning you gave may be limited to IVF, but that in itself is a form of cherry picking. If the church has no problem with my existence, it really shouldn't have an issue with IVF. That it does only highlights how inconsistent they are when it comes to trying to regulate what people do with their own bodies.

I sincerely hope you think about this beyond "Well, the church and/or bible tells me this, so it must be so."