I occasionally see a bumper sticker that says “God is pro-life.” I find this slogan disturbing, and not only because I happen to be pro-choice.
A God whose central act was sending his son to die on the cross doesn’t strike me as terribly pro-life.
If you want a pro-life god, you might consider a fertility god such as Baal. In ancient Baal worship, Ashtoroth was daughter of the mother-goddess Asherah. Baal worship so influenced Hebrew culture, the Holman Bible Dictionary says Astoroth became the Hebrew word for “womb” or “fruit of the womb.”
In modern usage, Ashtoroth means fetus.
Fertility cults revered the act of procreation, the womb and the human fetus. Such over-reverance for life led to highly sexualized cultures such as those confronted by the prophets Elijah and Hosea, as well the Apostle Paul.
Cultures pretty much like modern-day America.
I hate to think of the burden to Colorado law enforcement agencies if we define personhood as beginning at conception. My sister is a criminal prosecutor in Denver. Ann already has her hands full with rapists, drug dealers and murderers, and even one 9/11 terrorism suspect. Imagine her case load if miscarriages became involuntary manslaughter, if frozen embryos demanded due process, if prenatal ultrasounds became child pornography.
Fertility cults belong in history books, not in Colorado law.
A God whose central act was sending his son to die on the cross doesn’t strike me as terribly pro-life.
If you want a pro-life god, you might consider a fertility god such as Baal. In ancient Baal worship, Ashtoroth was daughter of the mother-goddess Asherah. Baal worship so influenced Hebrew culture, the Holman Bible Dictionary says Astoroth became the Hebrew word for “womb” or “fruit of the womb.”
In modern usage, Ashtoroth means fetus.
Fertility cults revered the act of procreation, the womb and the human fetus. Such over-reverance for life led to highly sexualized cultures such as those confronted by the prophets Elijah and Hosea, as well the Apostle Paul.
Cultures pretty much like modern-day America.
I hate to think of the burden to Colorado law enforcement agencies if we define personhood as beginning at conception. My sister is a criminal prosecutor in Denver. Ann already has her hands full with rapists, drug dealers and murderers, and even one 9/11 terrorism suspect. Imagine her case load if miscarriages became involuntary manslaughter, if frozen embryos demanded due process, if prenatal ultrasounds became child pornography.
Fertility cults belong in history books, not in Colorado law.
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