I admit to being a lowly sinner, saved only by Grace through the death of our Savior, Jesus. Thus I must include myself in this message as I have had thoughts, sometimes actions, that I regret.
The best summary of research findings I have seen indicates that approximately half or more of fertilized human eggs do not develop into actual human beings without intentional “abortion,” and the mother has no knowledge of these. Another 10% or 20% or so are miscarriages known to the mother but over which she has no control. Since humans don’t do it, I suppose God does.
Some of us have decided that a fertilized egg is a person and therefore has the same rights as anyone else (voting, too?), and any interference with that fertilized egg is murder. Do we hold God responsible for the murder of over half the human race before they are even born?
Do we need to get our hands on Him and prosecute? We did when He came to earth in human form. While we’re all guilty, it was directly the work of the “religious” leaders of the time.
“Religious” leaders continue to do the same or similar things. We got rid of some of the heretics with the Spanish Inquisition. Got rid of 50,000 or 100,000 or so witches in Europe, got some more in the colonies. Knights Templar were murdered with the Pope’s complicity.
We had the Temperance Movement, resulting in the Volstead Act prohibiting the manufacture, transportation, sale and consumption of ethyl alcohol in the U.S.
Never mind that Jesus’ first miracle was to turn water into wine. Temperance was billed as creating a Heaven on Earth, no more drunkeness, gambling, beating nor neglect of families.
Actual result? Finally repealed because it didn’t achieve the stated ends, corrupted law enforcement and elected officials, made criminals rich and killed a lot of people with contaminated drinks.
Isn’t that what prohibiting the legal, clean opportunity for abortions is also very likely to do? And doesn’t the legal corollary follow that a government that can force you not to have an abortion can also force you to have one? Should we try to enforce our own ideas through the power of making laws that would persecute anyone who has an abortion, anyone performing an abortion, anyone aiding, abetting, transporting, advising? What should be their penalties?
It seems to me to be all about control, not abortion. Terrorizing medical personnel. Butting into other people’s business. Making trouble where we have no business or standing.
Perhaps making education and contraception universally available and cheap might be a more productive start.
— Leonard H. Blanton Sr., Florence, Miss.
