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Nov 03
The most important issue of the election is NOT the economy, although a recent poll I just saw said the economy is just that — the #1 concern of most Americans. Below, you will find a bulletproof, factual argument, that will hopefully cause you to filter your vote through facts (not rhetoric), and what God has already said — millions of lives hang in the balance, so read carefully.
Christians have a unique responsibility in this historic election — to show faith through their actions and to stand up and show your love for those who can’t defend themselves. As election day approaches, I am afraid Christians are asleep behind the wheel and they are voting with the New York Times in one hand, and their Bible in the closet.
The Russian, Marxist, totalitarian Joseph Stalin said “One death is a tragedy, a million dead is just a statistic.”
Too many evangelicals are Stalinists on abortion since the numbers apparently mean nothing to them.
This post is directed to people who claim the Bible is the most historically correct document in all of literature. Those who are aware of the fact that there is more manuscript evidence for the Bible than any other document in antiquity. People who base their lives on the historical fact that Jesus lived and walked the earth 2000 years ago, died and rose again through the immutable fact of the resurrection. People who know that TRUE Christianity is based on historical fact, not a “good feeling” or a supernatural experience — people who are aware that science and archaeology for centuries have affirmed things that have been in the Bible for thousands of years.
The abortion issue in this election will mean life or death for millions of unborn (and born) children over the next few years. I encourage Christians that when you vote, put the economy aside and consider the acres of tiny bloody corpses that you cannot see.
If you are a Christian, and hold to the tenants I mentioned above, then the outline below is an argument that can only be dismantled if you disagree with known facts. By the way, I don’t believe “the Bible says so” is an appropriate answer to any issue, so that is why I provide answers with verifiable proof.
1. According to the Bible, abortion is considered murder and God hates the shedding of innocent blood. (Proverbs 6:17) The Bible clearly condemns murder and especially the shedding of innocent blood - in fact, the shedding of innocent blood makes the Top 6 list of things God HATES.
2. According to common sense, recent scientific discoveries, and Biblical text, life begins at conception.
- Dr. Micheline Matthew-Roth, a principal research associate at Harvard Medical School’s Department of Medicine, puts it, ” It is scientifically correct to say that an individual human life begins at conception, when egg and sperm join to form the zygote, and this developing human always is a member of our species in all stages of its life.” 10
- French geneticist Jerome L. LeJeune bore eloquent testimony to the truth of Dr. Matthew-Roth’s remarks when he gave the following testimony to a United States Senate sub-committee: ” To accept the fact that after fertilization has taken place a new human has come into being is no longer a matter of taste or opinion. The human nature of the human being from conception to old age is not a metaphysical contention, it is plain experimental evidence.”
- Dr. Hymie Gordon, professor of medical genetics and a physician at the prestigious Mayo Clinic, best summarized the perspective of science when he said, ” I think we can now also say that the question of the beginning of life - when life begins - is no longer a question for theological or philosophical dispute. It is an established scientific fact. Theologians and philosophers may go on to debate the meaning of life or purpose of life, but it is an established fact that all life, including human life, begins at the moment of conception.
- In Psalm 51:5, David confesses that he was a sinner by nature from his very conception in the womb.
- In Psalm 139, it tells us that God knit us together in our mother’s womb.
2. Christians, especially younger Christians have been under the spell of “fetus fatigue” for a very long time. This concept was introduced by Douglas Groothuis, a professor of philosophy at Denver Seminary. He says that millions of evangelicals, especially young evangelicals, are experiencing fetus fatigue. They’re tired of the abortion issue taking center stage, so they’re moving unto newer, hipper things such as AIDS in Africa and the environment (both important issues but they should not “replace’ the abortion issue). Abortion has been legal now since 1973 —before they were born — and they feel it is the “old-guard’s” responsibility to stand up for the unborn.
I would argue that “fetus fatigue” is not just a syndrome experienced by younger Christians, I would say that ALL ages are guilty of this. Partly because abortion seems to be an uphill battle — and no one ever sees dead babies from abortion on the nightly news, so it is out of sight, out of mind.
3. Barack Obama, through the legistlation he supports and proposes, will increase the amount of abortions in the US over the next 4 years. If you analyze the promises Barack Obama has made on abortion, and his previous voting record, there is little debate to whether or not abortions will increase under his administration.
- Obama promised Planned Parenthood in 2007 (see video below) that the FIRST thing he would do as president is sign the Freedom of Choice Act, which would effectively lift the ban on partial-birth abortion. Think about it, Planned Parenthood makes BILLIONS aborting babies every year. Would they support a candidate who wants to restrict abortion? Of course not.
- For those of you who think the Freedom of Choice Act will not lift the partial abortion ban, you are mistaken. Just read Sen. Barbara Boxer’s (she introduced the bill so she should know) press release on what the FOCA will do “The FOCA also supersedes any law, regulation, or local ordinance that impinges on a woman’s right to choose.” (read Barbara Boxer’s Press Release on FOCA)
- Another main supporter of FOCA, Congressman Nadler issued a statement harshly attacking the Supreme Court ruling that backed the 2004 ban of partial-birth abortion enacted by the US Congress. “Overturning a decision only a few years old, the Court has, for the first time since Roe v. Wade, allowed an abortion procedure to be criminalized,” Nadler said. The FOCA, he noted, “would bar government at any level from interfering with a woman’s fundamental right to choose to bear a child, or to terminate a pregnancy.”
- “The Health Of The Mother” argument: President Clinton first used this excuse to veto the partial-birth abortion ban TWO times in the 1990s. His reasoning (which is the same reasoning Obama uses for saying the 2004 ban is unconstitutional), is that there is no clause for the “health of the mother.” This was left out because an inclusion would nullify the law — the “health” of the mother is established by the potential abortionist and it could mean that the mother has a migraine, or is depressed, so the ban could be avoided with this clause which is why it was not put in. Dr. Pamela Smith, Director of Medical Education in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Chicago, said, “There are absolutely no obstetrical situations encountered in this country which require a partially delivered human fetus to be destroyed to preserve the life of the mother.” When Clinton vetoed the partial-birth ban in 1995, the incredibly grotesque procedure called partial-birth abortion was allowed for another 10 YEARS — allowing the painful, despicable, deaths of untold amount of babies in this manner. If you would like to see illustrations of how partial-birth abortion works go here.
- The Born Alive Infant Protection Act: This Act simply requires that when a baby survives an attempted abortion, further attempts to abort the baby must immediately cease. Sounds like common sense right? While serving in the Illinois state senate, Obama led the fight against a state version of Born Alive that was substantively identical to the federal BAIPA. In 2002, BAIPA passed the U.S. Senate with unanimous, bipartisan support; yet, Obama vehemently opposed its Illinois twin. In 2004 Obama was criticized for his complicity in facilitating infanticide. Obama denied it, but recently the National Right To Life Committee uncovered the truth and Obama was forced to admit that they had lied and tried to cover it up. (see the documentary evidence here). Listen to the video below that has Obama arguing before the Ilinois legislature in April 2002 complaining that providing care to these accidentally born infants would place an undue burden on the woman and her abortionist.
To see the summary of what he said without the video go here.
- Taxpayer Funding of Abortion (do you believe as a Christian your tax money should go towards paying for abortion? Well, it does): Obama voted against legislation in the Illinois Senate that prohibited taxpayer dollars from being used to pay for abortion. His campaign said they do NOT support the Hyde Amendment that prohibits taxpayer funding of abortion through Medicaid.
- Parental Notification Law: Obama voted to block a bill that would have required an abortionist to notify at least one parent before performing an abortion on a minor girl from another state.
- Obama told a Pennsylvania audience that if his own daughters experienced an unexpected teen pregnancy, he wouldn’t want them “punished with a baby.” (see video below)
- Michelle Obama, in a letter from 2004, called partial birth abortion a “legitimate procedure”, and that the ban (although confirmed by the Supreme Court) was unconstitutional.
- Obama could potentially appoint three Supreme Court justices during his term, which will obviously be pro-choice. These new justices will take Roe v Wade to the next level. Remember, the partial-birth abortion ban signed by Congress and supported by President Bush in 2004 was the biggest step against Roe v Wade in 34 years. When the Supreme Court affirmed the law shortly after, it gained serious traction. Most people don’t know that one of the reasons why it was affirmed in the Supreme Court was because of the recent Bush appointment of Samuel A. Alito. In another 5-to-4 decision seven years ago, his predecessor, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, voted to strike down a similar state law. So if you don’t think Supreme Court appointments will affect abortion, you are wrong.
- If that wasn’t enough proof for you, read this article by Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University — and you will see that I haven’t even touched the surface exposing Obama’s extreme abortion views. Also, here is another article that shows how Obama distorted his view on abortion in the third debate.
Obama goes beyond even what most liberals are comfortable with when it comes to abortion. However, that it is not the message that comes out in the media — Obama, in his eloquence, easily pushed this issue to the side and no one ever made him clarify anything during the campaign.
Professor Groothius concludes, “For God’s sake evangelicals wake up; remember the least, the last, the lost, the millions of unborn human beings whose lives hang in the balance. This is not the only issue of moral significance, but it is a titanic issue that cannot be ignored. Rouse yourself to recover from fetus fatigue. God is watching and waiting even as the blood of the innocent unborn cries out from the ground.”
Many of you know my passion for unborn babies. On our crisis pregnancy site that helps people with unplanned pregnancies, I got an email from a 16 year old girl today and she said she found out she was pregnant and that her mom said she was going to force her to get an abortion — I get these types of emails all the time and it is proof that Roe v Wade has gone FAR beyond women’s rights, if abortion was illegal, this mother could not force her child to get an abortion — and I believe it would cause people to be more careful about having unprotected sex, because the ‘easy way out” would not be available.
If abortion is about “women’s rights” then who is protecting the rights of this 16 year old young woman mentioned above? Who is protecting the rights of the unborn females whose lives are terminated before they even have a chance to live. Or who was protecting Gianna Jessen’s rights, when she survived an abortion? If you haven’t heard her story, watch this Youtube video.
For those of you who think I am judgmental of Barack Obama, you are wrong. In fact, I am probably worse than him when it comes to abortion. 14 years ago, I convinced my wife (then girlfriend) to abort our first child. Through that despicable act, I realized the reality of the amazing grace shown to us by God through the historical Jesus Christ. Since then I have made it my mission to protect the unborn and to make people aware that abortion is not a “quick fix” to anything. It is like throwing gas on a fire, and it will effect you until the day you die. You can see our story on our unplanned pregnancy site.
So Christians, wake up — your vote for Barack Obama will seal the fate of millions of babies over the next several years — and now you are aware of this. You can try to justify it, make excuses, or do whatever you want to conceal the truth, but the bottom line is that everyone, believer or not, will face God one day and have to justify their actions to Him. What will you say to Him on your choice in this historic election? Will you tell Him, “Yeah but I needed a job and and our economy was in shambles, so we needed a major change.”?
I hope Christians stand up for those little ones that are so precious to God, I hope the people who proclaim the truth of the Bible defend the defenseless on November 4th. I truly hope that Christians will cast their vote with the Bible in one hand and the Holy Spirit in their ear.
RESOURCES:
- For a PDF on the comparison of records on abortion, see the NRLC document here.
- Complete Partial-Birth Abortion Information
- The Born Alive truth documentation
- Team Obama acknowledges infanticide lie
- Obama Camp: He only voted against that born-alive abortion bill because it might actually have an effect.
- Obama: Born Alive Bill unnecessarily burdened doctors with … babies.
- Obama ad lies about his infanticide vote
- The moral failing of Obama on infanticide
- Presidential Records on Life
Oct 27
This is a great video of actor/skater Stephen Baldwin:
Aug 02
My web development company is called IntelligentDesignMarketing.com — and sometimes I get heat from the “techie” community because of that name since a good percentage of that industry are atheistic darwinists/naturalists.
I just had a really nice guy (he really was), tell me that he would do his website through me if I changed the name of the company. He said, “I wouldn’t trust anyone who named their company Intelligent Design.”
I asked him if my company was called “Evolutionary Design” if that would be better, and he said yes. He said that Intelligent Design (or ID) is the name given to a failed attempt by religious groups to teach myth in science classes. This, of course is nonsense, and I put excerpts of my researched response below.
However, he was right about one thing, he said from a marketing perspective — since I am targeting people from the tech industry, who are widely known as naturalistic and atheistic, my name would turn most people off and that it wasn’t smart marketing. He is absolutely right, there are probably a lot of people who see that name and are turned off.
But isn’t that being close minded? Isn’t that exactly what they would accuse people who believe in God of? In an age of scientific enlightenment, shouldn’t you drop all preconveived notions and just figure out what the facts are? If the truth really matters, then you should do exactly that — however, I am convinced that a lot of people don’t want the truth if it affects their current lifestyle or beliefs.
Here are some excerpts of my response, this was written fairly quickly so if the grammar and language isn’t totally correct then you know why. Also, please realize that my purpose of writing these emails is not to be combative or to argue, but if someone talks nonsense without providing concrete evidence, then I think it is necessary to explain what you believe and why you believe it.
“However, you are dead wrong about saying intelligent design is a “failed attempt” and that it is related to schools. You are misinformed. Darwin’s theory has never been proven, in fact it has been refuted on many levels by scientists around the world who used to be strong promoters. In an age of scientific enlightenment, Darwin’s theory doesn’t hold up. For example, for his theory of evolution to be validated we would have had to of found transitional forms in the fossil record — none have ever been found and none ever will be found. Of course, micro evolution is true (evolution within species), but to say that certain species evolved from others (a fish turned into a bird) is absurd and has no basis in reality or science.
I don’t know what schools you went to but Intelligent Design was never taught in any school I went to — even today with all of the scientific proof out there which squashes Darwinism, it is still taught as a proven fact. Darwin’s flawed theory is taught as 100% truth as if there were no other possibilities.
The thing that all atheists and Darwinists need to be honest about is that both atheism and Darwinism are forms of religion. These beliefs are held to with religious fervor even though the scientific proof is very far fetched. It takes more faith to be a Darwinist than it does to believe that a Creator designed the heavens. I used to be an atheist, but I took the time to do years of investigation and realized that there is so much evidence for creation it is overwhelming. I also realized that the “theory” I was taught as truth in school was severely lacking any true scientific validation — and I can’t believe it was and still is being taught as truth.
Even Darwin himself admitted that if transitional forms were not found in the record, then his theory would not work. So why is it still being taught as 100% truth with no alternatives? Doesn’t sound like objective science to me.”
The person then responded (very politely) with “I’ve found most people who follow things on blind faith aren’t easily convinced otherwise.”
Here is my response:
“First, I want to thank you for being pleasant about this subject, most people I talk to about this get so irate and out of control it is crazy.
However, what I believe is the farthest thing from blind-faith as you can get. I would argue that atheism and darwinism are “blind-faiths” because there is nothing in nature or science that would confirm them. Atheism is a logically fallacy - to be certain that there is no God you would require perfect knowledge of all things (omniscience) and you would have to possess Godlike characteristics which we don’t have. However, these theories are vehemently defended with very little proof — which is why I classify them as a religion. Anthony Flew, the most famous atheist of our time, has recently changed his view (although he does not believe in a Christian God) because he says that with today’s scientific evidence, naturalism is an inadequate explanation for how life began.
If you study Darwin’s writings, you will find that it is not a science — Darwin superimposed an atheistic/materialistic worldview on nature, then searched for the facts to support his theory. Read his published private notebooks and personal communication and it reveals that Darwin was an atheist and his theory of natural selection was formulated to replace a Creator with naturalistic processes. To take a preconceived notion and then make a theory out of it is not science — just like it is not a science to start out with a Creator and then trying to build a case around that premise.
Remember, I was once a full, hard core atheist and I was open minded enough to look for actual evidence and that is how I formed my beliefs — not by faith, but by actual scientific empirical evidence. That is what I would encourage you to do. It is not as if the truth isn’t easily accessible — most people don’t want to believe in a Creator because it affects their current lifestyle. However, this search can and will determine your eternal destiny. As you know, belief in something doesn’t make it true. A lot of people believed David Koresh and followed him to their death, but that doesn’t make what he taught true, in fact, it was 100% false.
So it doesn’t matter what you and I believe to be true, the only thing that matters is what is actually true — and I sincerely hope you spend the time like I did to search for that.
Thanks again, hope to talk again someday.”
Apr 22
This is from the movie Amazing Grace, this song says it all and Tomlin does a great job!
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