Today's Anniversary -- Jan 22 2013

Hi Folks, haven't posted here in a while, but today I went a bit gonzo on one of our local politicians Facebook page after he posted something negative regarding Roe V. Wade.

Here is what he wrote:
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade supreme court decision. Since that decision has been made, over 55 million babies have been killed. To put that in perpsective, Mao Tse Tong is responsible for the death of 30 million people during his communist cultural revolution. Adolf Hitler is responsible for the death of over 12 million people at the hands of his National Socialist (i.e. Nazi) party. Josef Stalin is responsible for the death of over 22 million people as he climbed to power as the communist leader of the Soviet Union. America, we need to recommit ourselves to the truths that we hold to be "self evident" namely that we "are endowed by (our) Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness".

Well, I am sick, sick, sick of so called Conservative Christians shoving this vitriol down peoples throats.  So, here is what I posted in response:

I'd like to personally thank Justices Burger, Douglas, Brennen, Stewart, Marshal, Blackmun, and Powell. They have saved millions from being born into a world that did not welcome them, saved them from hunger, starvation, and poverty. Saved them from the conservatives that would deny them social support and services. Saved them from a life filled with sorrow and disappointment. Saved them from drug addicted parents. Saved them from a very cruel world. I am so tired of conservatives preaching that life begins at conception, but then refuse to provide for the health, education, and care of those same lives once they are outside the womb. Once you prove that you can care for the babies that are born, maybe then you can consider alternatives to abortion.

If you think that God believes life begins at conception, then you should read Genesis 2:7, Job 33:4, Ezekiel 37:5&6. All reference life given with breath. Fetuses don't breath. In Exodus 21:22, it states that if a man causes a miscarriage, then he is to be fined, however if the woman dies, the man should be put to death. Does this not show that a fetus is not afforded the same rights as a living person? 

In Numbers 5:22 the Lord actually orders an abortion (read Numbers 5:11-22 for context). Numbers 5:20-22 states: 20 But if you have gone astray while married to your husband and you have made yourself impure by having sexual relations with a man other than your husband”— 21 here the priest is to put the woman under this curse—“may the LORD cause you to become a curse[d] among your people when he makes your womb miscarry and your abdomen swell. 22 May this water that brings a curse enter your body so that your abdomen swells or your womb miscarries.”

If you don't like abortion, don't have one. But don't judge others who may be in terrible circumstances that you can't possibly understand. Especially when your judgements are based on a politically motivated and questionable interpretation of the Bible (at best).

Those who say, "If you're a Christian, you have to be against abortion, and therefore you must vote republican," are simply reciting talking points from false teachers.

In the end, if abortion was such a grievous sin Jesus would have mentioned it. He said nothing.

I know many of my friends don't agree with me, but at least know that I do my research, too.  

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