| Tuesday, January 24, 2006 |
| Why Roe Will Not Be Overturned |
I have a theory (or hypothesis) and it goes like this: If, when choosing sides, you side with the right choice but do not profess the True Reason, you are doomed to failure. Maybe that doesn't make sense, so let me elaborate.
The case for intelligent design (ID) failed in Dover, Pennsylvania. One argument that I heard throughout the whole ordeal was, "We're not necessarily saying that God created the Universe. We're just saying that there's evidence of an intelligent creator." In fact, if you visit the Intelligent Design Network's website at www.intelligentdesignnetwork.org you will find no reference to the God of Christianity or any other god. In my opinion, those at the forefront of the ID cause are not heeding Jesus' warning of Luke 12:9. Luke tells us that Jesus said, "He who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God" (RSV). Tie that statement in with John's writing that "[Jesus] was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made" (John 1:2-3, RSV). If we do not give Jesus -- or even God -- the recognition of Creation, we are denying Him. And if we are "leaning on our own understanding", the ID argument could possibly be doomed to failure.
In similar form, here, at the 33rd anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, pro-lifers are not explicitly saying that murdering an unborn child is wrong because we are "fearfully and wonderfully made" by God but are using other arguments to appeal to the opposition. One argument used is that the US Supreme Court wrongfully found the right to abort an unborn child through an implied right to privacy in the Constitution. And on the fringes, I've heard other reasons against abortion such as the Social Security shortfall due to the fact that there are 46 million fewer taxpayers. And then there is the watered down argument that it is "against my religion."
The ID evidence of a creator and the pro-life reasons mentioned above are all valid defenses in the scope of US law and common sense reasoning; but doesn't it seem like they're all missing the "elephant in the room"?
If my theory stands, then I expect the overturning of Roe to fail. Hopefully, my theory is wrong; but it could only help to acknowledge that The Only Sovereign God considers abortion wrong and, therefore, we should repent and reverse immediately.
[Afterthought: Consider church growth...] |
posted by Joe Napalm @ 10:51 AM   |
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