I saw a bumper sticker stating “God is Pro-life.” Still, I hate to consider the burden on Colorado law enforcement agencies of defining personhood as beginning at conception.
My sister is a criminal prosecutor in Denver. She has her hands full with rapists, murderers, drug dealers, even one 9/11 terrorism suspect. Imagine her case load if miscarriages became involuntary manslaughter, frozen embryos demanded due process and prenatal ultrasounds became child pornography.
About that bumper sticker. Are we talking about the same God, the one who so loved the world he sent his only begotten son to die? Is this really the pro-life God?
My bumper sticker would say, “God is Love.” If I wanted a pro-life god, I’d choose a fertility god like Baal. Baal worship taught that the mother-goddess Asherah gave birth to a daughter named Ashtoroth. The Holman Bible Dictionary says Astoroth became the Hebrew word for “womb” or “fruit of the womb,” an ancient term for fetus.
By every definition, Baal was pro-life. Yet he caused all kinds of grief for Old Testament prophets like Elijah. This isn’t a problem in America. Not because we have no fertility gods, but because we have no prophets.
My sister is a criminal prosecutor in Denver. She has her hands full with rapists, murderers, drug dealers, even one 9/11 terrorism suspect. Imagine her case load if miscarriages became involuntary manslaughter, frozen embryos demanded due process and prenatal ultrasounds became child pornography.
About that bumper sticker. Are we talking about the same God, the one who so loved the world he sent his only begotten son to die? Is this really the pro-life God?
My bumper sticker would say, “God is Love.” If I wanted a pro-life god, I’d choose a fertility god like Baal. Baal worship taught that the mother-goddess Asherah gave birth to a daughter named Ashtoroth. The Holman Bible Dictionary says Astoroth became the Hebrew word for “womb” or “fruit of the womb,” an ancient term for fetus.
By every definition, Baal was pro-life. Yet he caused all kinds of grief for Old Testament prophets like Elijah. This isn’t a problem in America. Not because we have no fertility gods, but because we have no prophets.
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