Remember that thou hast made me of clay; and wilt thou turn me to dust again?
- Job 10:9

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

She was with Fetus?

"Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit." (Matt. 1:18)

A thought struck me the other day that by my assumption has never struck any "pro-choice" Christians. Am I correct that pro-choice Catholics and Christians in general have never read or heard the birth narrative of the very person they claim as their creator and savior? The words of Sacred Scripture that we hold to be one of the most sacred things in our lives state very simply and clearly (and repeatedly) that Jesus Christ was a CHILD while in Mary's womb. If the passage quoted above doesn't say it clearly enough, then how about Luke 2:5.

"And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child." (Luke 2:4-5)

These passages don't say Mary was with fetus (though fetus is a scientifically correct term for the developing child, abortion advocates use the word to devalue the life of the child in womb). And they don't say she was with tissue. No, she was carrying a child. Well, isn't that different because Jesus is God? You can interpret the passages as many ways as you want in your own mind, but it still says child. It amazes me to what lengths people will go to justify sin. They will omit scripture verses like they never existed or rewrite them to say what they want.  Well, if you are going to do that, then why not write your own Bible?! God is God, and Truth is Truth, as much we one may not like it.

How can any person who claims to believe in Jesus ignore the very words that tell them who he is? Or maybe they aren't ignoring the fact that Jesus was a child in womb. After all, Planned Parenthood now acknowledges that it is a child in the womb, but it is the mother's choice what to do with it. Okay, that makes a lot more sense. Pro-choice Christians must just be advocating for women's free choice when they condone the murder of a CHILD. Oh that makes a lot of sense...not. I mean if I'm not mistaken, didn't Jesus say one of the greatest commandments was to love your neighbor? Or did he mean the murdering kind of love?

Now I'm totally confused. Can anyone help clarify how a person claiming to be a CHRISTian can be "Pro-Choice" (also known as pro-abortion or whatever you want it to be)?

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