Rob,
Doesn't the Bible teach that life begins at the first breath? Isn't
part of the mythology that Mary had to decide whether or not to end
her pregnancy? Or at least whether Joseph would stay with Mary until
the child was born?
If it is against the Western tradition to "kill babies" or (my
addition) allow them to be killed, why don't our laws require that all
children receive free health care paid for by the community from the
moment of conception to the moment of natural death? Why aren't we do
everything in our power to prevent abortions by teaching our teenagers
about birth control along side the "just say no" concept that is
failing us so badly?
I'll tell you why. Because the Catholic Church teaches that we will
pay for our sins in some future eternity, and that any suffering that
we have to endure in this life is insignificant. The same mentality
teaches radical Muslims that their reward in a future life will be
beyond their imagination if they create suffering for their enemies in
this life.
It's a lie. It's a tool used to encourage the domination of the many
under the hand of the few. It's a justification used to force people
to tolerate the intolerable, to allow the inexcusable and to
accomplish the unthinkable.
We have one world. This one. We have one life to have an influence
over. This one. The Bible tells us to be "fruitful and multiply".
It does not tell us to be fruitful and multiply to the point that our
population numbers make life unbearable and unsustainable. G-d set
the rules of the game, and has granted us with free will to play the
game. If we destroy the game board, G-d is not going to save us. He
will wait a few million years and try again with a new species. He
has all the time in the Universe. We don't.
I will agree to a 100% ban on abortions when we have completely
eliminated unwanted pregnancy from the earth. If we could work
together, we could do both. Big "IF", isn't it.
Chad Lupkes
Volunteer Admin - Campaigns Wikia
On 10/19/06, CH Rob J King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jennifer,
When I first read your Wiki-campaign e-mail, I thought what a wonderful idea
to seek multi-partisanship! Indeed, issues such as the Environment, a
Living Wage and the War in Iraq are obviously not just Republican or
Democrat or Independent issues because they affect everyone (no clean water
in the Desert SouthWest = Environmental catastrophe!).
Concerning the killing of babies, however, a practice condemned throughout
the history of the Western legal tradition (from the 4th century under the
Roman Emperor Constantine, throughout the history of Europe and N. America
and well into the 20th century prior to 1972), this is an issue where no
common ground can be found.
For example, the Catholic Church, an organization that has 1 billion members
firmly condemns this practice as an intrinsically evil act. Similarly,
Pentecostal Christianity, a type of religious expression with 500 million+
members, also firmly condemns this practice as murder. In that the United
States with a population of only 300 million, and by a vote of only 5-4 in
Roe v. Wade has wrongly determined that babies deserve no legal protection
to live, the burden of proof now lies with the United States of America in
demonstrating why the lives of babies should not be protected. Indeed, even
Islam and Buddhism, two other major world religions have similar
prohibitions against taking the lives of babies.
Sincerely,
Rob J. King, Republican
cc: Randall Terry, Pro-Life Activist
Ken Mehlman, Chair of the Republican National Committee
Dave Plummer, Coalition of Spirit-Filled Churches
Sr. Jacinta Krecek, OSF, Diocese of South Bend/Ft. Wayne
CH Rob J. King, M.Div., Th.M., Ph.D. (ABD*)
Chaplain, 345th, AR-MEDCOM
Professor of Bible and Christian Ministry Grand Canyon University-Online
Abiding Life Christian Ministries--Phoenix
http://abidinglifephoenix.com/default.aspx
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Jennifer M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Campaigns-l] Help a good cause and get a look at a wiki
drivenletter writing campaign.
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:34:06 -0700
Hi guys,
I know this isn't totally on topic for this list, but you guys are totally
tapped into wikis and it seemed like you might be interested. I've been
working on a letter writing campaign for the last 40 hours and a wiki turned
out to be the most useful part of it... and it's taught me that it maybe
would be good to have some templates laying around a wiki to make something
like this easier to throw together. You might be curious even if you're not
interested in the political cause itself just because this might become a
standard part of campaigns wikia as it grows and evolves. Anyway, I'll cut
to the political blurb now :-)
...
Harry Welty is a Congressional Candidate running to represent Duluth,
Minnesota. He's also affiliated himself with Unity08 and the Unity Movement,
a multipartisan movement with the goal of getting national attention off
divisive issues like abortion and onto issues that will seriously affect the
welfare of Americans for generations to come, like the massive National Debt
that threatens to fiscally cripple the U.S. just in time for our young
people to inherit it.
If this is the first time you've heard about Harry Welty you can get a quick
one page summary with links to his blog and his campaign website at this
website:
http://unitysupporters.com/wiki/index.php?title=Harry_Welty
Harry was been told by the Duluth News Tribune and the local public
television station WDSE PBS-8 that he can't debate because he doesn't belong
to a political party that fielded a candidate who won at least 5% of the
vote in the previous election. 14 years ago Harry Welty ran as an *unknown*
independent against Oberstar and took 7% of the vote. Since then he's served
on the Duluth School Board and been a columnist for The Reader Weekly. *So
far* that doesn't matter to the people in charge of the debates (but we're
trying to change that).
The decision makers seem to care about political machinery instead of
people, parties instead of candidates. It's not right. Harry deserves a
chance in the debates. Please forward this email to everyone you know who
might be interested. Then go to the link below and learn about emails and
phone calls you can make to try to help Harry get chance in the debates:
http://unitysupporters.com/wiki/index.php?title=Letter_Campaign_For_Harry_Welty
Thanks for taking the time to read this, thanks for taking the time to pass
this on, and thanks for visiting the link above and doing something to help
Harry. Please do it fast. The debates are on Friday, October 20, 2006 and
after that point forwarding this or sending email won't be very useful.
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