One of the foundational concepts upon which western civilisation is built is the Judeo-Christian insistence that every human being is inherently valuable.
It’s right there in the opening chapters of Genesis as God creates mankind in his own image. Later, in Psalm 139, King David famously declares that he is fearfully and wonderfully made; that God has created his inmost being, having stitched him together in his mother’s womb.
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