What Will Become of the Middle East’s Christians?
Andrew Doran, First Things
Across the Middle East, affiliated Islamist movements have undertaken the systematic eradication of religious minorities, especially Christians. From Mali to Egypt, and from Syria and Iraq to Pakistan, millions of Christians find themselves threatened daily with humiliation, extortion, displacement, and murder.
Why Your Friends Are ‘Pro-Choice’ (And What to Do About It)
Scott Klusendorf, The Gospel Coalition
If abortion doesn’t unjustly kill an innocent human being, why oppose it at all?
Only a free market in religion will save Anglicanism
Ed West, The Telegraph
The problem with the Church of England is not just that it’s a broad church, encompassing some very, very liberal Christians and some very, very conservative ones, or that it’s led by people so open-minded that their brains have fallen out.
Reforming the Church
Gene Veith, Cranach
Some people have been criticizing Lutherans and others who celebrate this day. Why should we celebrate the shattering of the universal church?
Regarding Scott Klusenberg’s article, almost everyone is anti-abortion. Most people don’t see a 9-week-old fetus as a fully ensouled human being, but nobody “likes” the idea of abortion, especially when it is used merely as retro-active contraception. Would overturning Roe v. Wade help? Probably not very much. It would just kick the issue back to the states. Estimates are that this would result in a 10% reduction in abortions. The biggest murderers of the unborn are those who oppose the Ryan-DeLauro bill and the provisions within Obamacare that duplicate that bill. It was estimated — by the Bush CDC — that this bill would reduce abortion rates by 50%. This means FIVE times as many fetuses would be saved as by the GOP approach of overturning Roe v. Wade. The biggest murderers of the unborn are those that oppose the HHS mandate. Studies have shown a clear correlation between free contraception and significantly reduced abortion rates and teen birth rates.
What is 10% of 1.21 million? Is this number worth it or not? Don’t try to justify one form of murder (which has had a lengthy reign in our culture) by saying it takes the lives of less unborn babies than legislation that has yet to be in effect…
BCody, What is 50% of 1.21 million? Is this number worth it or not? And we’re only talking about the unborn here! We’re not even getting into the number of post-born children who die from lack of healthcare, which is 10 times the number killed from late-term abortion. The Bush CDC estimated that the Ryan-DeLauro bill, much of which is included in Obamacare, would reduce abortion rates by 50% by addressing root causes of abortion. How can anyone claim to be prolife and be against universal healthcare? How can anyone be naive enough to believe hollow claims of being prolife that always turn out to have no basis in reality? If you want unborn babies to die in droves, Romney is your man. If you actually want to DO something about abortion rates, it’s very obvious that Obama is the more candid and more effective candidate.
Oh, in that case, keep killing the unborn. (Please note the sarcasm.)
You missed my point. It was not that I rejected Obama’s healthcare. It was that any loss of life is tragic.