Animals, children, and women are for use, and therefor have no say in what happens, how it happens, and when.
Children should not speak unless spoken to.
I am a Lutheran myself, and write non-religious books. Of course, Lutherans tend to be a bit more relaxed than Christians, but we still are partially the same. I totally agree with what you said about this writing will come back and "bite us in the butt". And looking at some of the work in that...