Foreword:
Hmm... I've reread this and edited it several times to be sure I'm not getting carried away with my emotions on this topic, as it's a very hot topic. I tried my best to keep this somewhat balanced, even though I'm very much a pro life person. Even so I tried my best to see a possible perspective of pro-abortionists.
So I’m going to throw my hat into this hot ring. The issue of abortion has been huge in the country for something like 30 years now? A hot point of contention and division. One side claims “right to life” while the other claims “right of choice” and both sides are extremely passionate about their stances. Sometimes I wonder if either side really understands what their fighting for, or are they simply fighting just to fight? Are the right to lifer's really fighting for the rights of the unborn children or are they simply fighting for their beliefs? Are the right to choose folks really so noble as to truly care about the rights of women to be able to choose or are they simply fighting for their own way of life? Are people really this noble? Do we really care about each others lives or rights so much that we feel we have to hold signs, get in each others faces and blow up buildings? I simply believe people are far too selfish and wicked for such nobility.
I’m betting if we could travel back in time we would’ve found a very similar type of point of contention between the abolitionists and the anti-abolitionists just prior to the civil war. The abolitionists passionately believed they were right. While the slave owners and supporters passionately believed they were right. Does passionately believing in something and having a significant number of followers mean you’re on the side of right? Does might make right? WWII Germany passionately believed they were right and as a consequence millions of defenseless human beings were put to death. Well what difference is there between these issues and abortion? The answer is there is no difference. Each of the above sides would’ve given us what they felt were solid reasons for their perspectives and opinions. The pro-slave folks of the south would’ve said their economy and their very lives depended on slavery. The Germans claimed the right of superiority.
There is one big difference between the above issues and abortion and that is unlike these two issues abortion could easily be avoided.
A woman could choose to practice abstinence.
The man or woman could choose to use birth control
The man or woman could choose to be snipped. (I feel if anything is going to be government sponsored it should be this option, rather than abortions.)
The woman could give up the baby for adoption
How about the right to choose before the abortion? You want to use your right to choose, well choose one of these.
Now I’m sure there are several folks on the right to life side who really do care about the lives of unborn children, but I somehow doubt this describes all of them. Now the right to choice folks, I have to admit I don’t see them as really having any kind of moral foot to stand on. The only folks who could claim any kind of nobility in this group are the truly misguided, misinformed or ignorant. All the rest are truly wicked, whether through pride, selfishness or rebellion. The personal choice to abort a life is never one made from any form of nobility. To kill or hurt the weak or helpless is never noble or good, it’s always wicked. There are no what ifs, it’s always wrong. Still a choice has to be made, self over another life. It really is just that simple.
Still I feel there’s a better way the right to lifers could handle the other side. What would Jesus do? Would He use violence or would He try to win over the misguided? Would He stretch out His hand to beat them or hand them a glass of water? Being on the side of morality and Christ is lost when you stoop to the same level as the opposing viewpoint.
Ok that’s my 2 cents on that specific aspect of this topic. Now to focus on the real issue for Christians: false idolatry or more specifically, false worship.
As we well know the relationship God had with the ancient Israelites is somewhat of a mirror of our relationship with Him, especially here in America. The real issue here for us is selfishness and false idolatry.
If we accept that God knows the hearts of men Proverbs 15:11 then we accept there is no hiding place from God. No matter what we say with our mouths, God looks directly into our hearts. We can’t hide from our evil ways. Genesis 4:10 Then why do men still bend towards evil works and justifying these evil works (like abortion)? Ecclesiastes 9:3 speaks of the evil and insanity inside men. The truth of our creation can’t coexist, in the realm of sanity, in the hearts of men without losing a grip on reality. So men forfeit the reality of God for a lie. 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
Here are a few passages from the Bible which describe the type of false idolatry many in America ascribe to: Deuteronomy 12:31 2 Kings 17:17 Psalm 106:37-38 Jeremiah 32:35. So the ancient Israelites sacrificed their sons and daughters to the flame for Molech. We sacrifice our children to the doctor for selfish ambition or selfish convenience. Abortion doctors have become nothing more then high priests to a false god and the women who go to them bow down before their alter to worship this false god and make their sacrifices, many times side by side with the father, a parent, friend, etc...
In conclusion:
This was a comparison of abortion to slavery and Nazi Germany. Why? Because all 3 of these perspectives are, or were, shared by everyday folks who believed they were absolutely right. Also all 3 of these perspectives involve(d) the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness of other folks. All 3 of these perspectives also involved dehumanizing the people who were(are) oppressed or killed. Many doctors state that life only exists post birth and call the life inside of a woman a fetus and treat this life as something lower then excrement. Something fit for a sacrifice. The Nazi’s and the pro-slave owners viewed their victims as something lower then animals, as they didn’t treat animals as badly as they treated their fellow man.
My point will be lost on anyone who is diluted and doesn’t except the inherit evil inside of men. If you believe humans are inherently good then everything I’ve written will sound wacky or harsh or outdated. Yet if you believe humans are inherently good, then you’d have to forget our past. Forget the Nazi’s, forget every human empire which has ever existed (British, Roman, Greek, Assyrians, Ottoman, Babylonian, Egyptian, Aztec, etc…). There was nothing inherently good about any of these empires, nor the majority of their subjects. Only Jesus Christ’s rule will be good and just!
One last thought. As this is such a volatile subject I wish to make it perfectly clear that it is not our role to be the Holy Spirit or God’s righteous arm of judgment/punishment. As sinners we are incapable of such tasks. Hebrews 10:30. Leave the avenging and judgment to our Holy God. Our role is to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ to an unbelieving world and encourage fellow believers to live their lives to Christ.
God bless and please never forget these are the opinions of a wicked man. A sinner saved by the precious blood of Jesus Christ.
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