March 25, 2009

Just One Issue

Have you ever heard someone call the pro-choice/pro-life debate as "one issue," meaning that a voter should not cast their vote based on this "one issue"?  Besides arousing anger in my bones of the righteous kind, I would like to challenge them for a brief moment.  The Washington Post published a very brief article about a fisherman who noticed a trash bag in a lake and, in an attempt to clean up the environment, picked it up only to find a dead baby.  Besides the extremely wicked nature of such an act, the brevity of the article catches my attention.

It seems as though the author knows that an argument would otherwise ensue.  People would read this article adamantly crying out for justice against this murderer.  And those same people who might vehemently desire justice are also pro-choice.  My question: what's the difference?  You may have some, like Peter Singer at Harvard University, who would not care either way - born or unborn, that baby girl had no human dignity.  Logically thinking, an abortion was probably unaffordable and the child was treated like it had been "terminated" even after a full-term pregnancy, labor and birth.  It just makes me so angry that wickedness like this persists and is ignored.

Besides that, Moriah will be 16 months old tomorrow, the 26th.  The world says that she should not exist.  After a couple gets married, they should wait a couple of years before having children, just in case the marriage ends in divorce, or other self-centered reasons.  When we got pregnant on our honeymoon, instead of rejoicing, many considered that we didn't wait until our wedding night before the act of consummation.  We should have done the "responsible" thing and waited before placing this burden on ourselves and society.  Having children, many children, supports the nation's economy.  Children are a blessing.  Old people are a heritage.  The disabled equally have talents and skills they contribute.  Over population is actually projected not to be the current or future case, see the article on Mohler's blog.  Obedience to Scripture in general (murder included) and specifically in reference to marriage and bearing children will always have a positive outcome on society, why else would God command it if it were not for our good?!

Isn't Moriah just a beautiful little lady?!

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