Truth is on the side of conservatives in matters concerning abortion and the absurd transgender movement.
Abortion is, indeed, the dismemberment of a tiny human being, and not the extirpation of a "clump of cells" as the Left so cavalierly describes the act. The fury raised by the Left over states passing bills that would require sonograms prior to abortion is because women would be presented visual evidence of the fetus' humanity, and less likely to have it torn to shreds in the womb.
As disappointing as it is to see the Republicans' milquetoast response to these issues, it has been more discouraging to see Christian churches' silence and, in some cases, embrace of the Leftist position. Where I live, Protestant churches proudly fly gay flags and BLM banners. When "Cuties" came out, one local pastor engaged in a heated discussion with critics of the program. That same church invited Reza Aslan, who wrote a book claiming Jesus was just another run-of-the-mill zealot, to speak to the congregation before Christmas. Except for my RCC's pastor criticizing the practice of abortion earlier this year (a month before he was leaving for another church), I cannot remember the last time this important subject was brought up in the homily.
We are losing the battle because those tasked with defending truth and reality are not up for the fight.
Got another flyer in the mail today... there is an effort to add an amendment to the Michigan Constitution to include a right to abortion in the constitution. Opponents to this effort have settled on the slogan, "too confusing, too extreme". And again I have to say... that's pitiful. Is anyone in the state going to vote against this amendment because they find it "confusing"? What sad committee decided we should be putting our political efforts behind that "argument"? Even if you happen to win a battle with such weak language you're setting yourself up to lose the war.
Yeah, that wasn't exactly a vigorous defense of the unborn.
Despite 5 decades of propaganda on TV, and the MSM placing its thumb on the scale for the "pro-choice" position, support for the pro-life cause has remained remarkably stable at roughly half the country. Such is the power of the fundamental truth that life begins at conception, and the horror over the gruesome act that ends that life.
Science supports the Christian position on life and sexuality. We need to employ it vigorously to counter the lies of the Left.
Great article, David. I think there is a reason why this is so. The Democrats are the party of the Progressive Leftist Neo-pagan religion, and they understand very well the nature of reality: that it is one's god who defines what is good and true and who makes the law. They are promoting their religion zealously at every level of society.
The Republicans are the party of...foolish naïve losers. They think laws are made as the result of rational gentlemanly discourse and that the civil realm is neutral and non-religious. Even though most Christians are Republicans, the American Church has been preaching some variation of Two Kingdom theology for so long that there is no longer any belief that the civil magistrate owes submission and worship to King Jesus and certainly no expectation that the state will uphold the righteousness of God. It is from Christians that one will hear some of the loudest objections to the notion that the Magistrate should be upholding the Law/Word of God.
So, a Republican party that is unable to make moral arguments against the vile, wicked abominations being promoted by the Satanic Democratic party is no surprise at all. The church has pulled out of the civil sphere, is not preaching boldly against its evil, and is not exhorting and teaching the magistrates to obey everything that the Lord has commanded. It is not teaching its people to demand the same from them.
This will not change until the church abandons its false Two Kingdom theology and starts reading Matthew 28:18-20 correctly.
I did indeed almost say that... the Democrats spent twenty years saying "you can't legislate morality!" and, perhaps illustrative of the fact that Republicans today are what Democrats were yesterday, it is only Republicans today who seem to still believe that.
A lot of people got very passionate in response to lockdowns, and are bewildered (to put it one way) by how few politicians bothered to even mildly criticize what was happening. Was that true in Michigan?
Truth is on the side of conservatives in matters concerning abortion and the absurd transgender movement.
Abortion is, indeed, the dismemberment of a tiny human being, and not the extirpation of a "clump of cells" as the Left so cavalierly describes the act. The fury raised by the Left over states passing bills that would require sonograms prior to abortion is because women would be presented visual evidence of the fetus' humanity, and less likely to have it torn to shreds in the womb.
As disappointing as it is to see the Republicans' milquetoast response to these issues, it has been more discouraging to see Christian churches' silence and, in some cases, embrace of the Leftist position. Where I live, Protestant churches proudly fly gay flags and BLM banners. When "Cuties" came out, one local pastor engaged in a heated discussion with critics of the program. That same church invited Reza Aslan, who wrote a book claiming Jesus was just another run-of-the-mill zealot, to speak to the congregation before Christmas. Except for my RCC's pastor criticizing the practice of abortion earlier this year (a month before he was leaving for another church), I cannot remember the last time this important subject was brought up in the homily.
We are losing the battle because those tasked with defending truth and reality are not up for the fight.
Got another flyer in the mail today... there is an effort to add an amendment to the Michigan Constitution to include a right to abortion in the constitution. Opponents to this effort have settled on the slogan, "too confusing, too extreme". And again I have to say... that's pitiful. Is anyone in the state going to vote against this amendment because they find it "confusing"? What sad committee decided we should be putting our political efforts behind that "argument"? Even if you happen to win a battle with such weak language you're setting yourself up to lose the war.
Yeah, that wasn't exactly a vigorous defense of the unborn.
Despite 5 decades of propaganda on TV, and the MSM placing its thumb on the scale for the "pro-choice" position, support for the pro-life cause has remained remarkably stable at roughly half the country. Such is the power of the fundamental truth that life begins at conception, and the horror over the gruesome act that ends that life.
Science supports the Christian position on life and sexuality. We need to employ it vigorously to counter the lies of the Left.
Great article, David. I think there is a reason why this is so. The Democrats are the party of the Progressive Leftist Neo-pagan religion, and they understand very well the nature of reality: that it is one's god who defines what is good and true and who makes the law. They are promoting their religion zealously at every level of society.
The Republicans are the party of...foolish naïve losers. They think laws are made as the result of rational gentlemanly discourse and that the civil realm is neutral and non-religious. Even though most Christians are Republicans, the American Church has been preaching some variation of Two Kingdom theology for so long that there is no longer any belief that the civil magistrate owes submission and worship to King Jesus and certainly no expectation that the state will uphold the righteousness of God. It is from Christians that one will hear some of the loudest objections to the notion that the Magistrate should be upholding the Law/Word of God.
So, a Republican party that is unable to make moral arguments against the vile, wicked abominations being promoted by the Satanic Democratic party is no surprise at all. The church has pulled out of the civil sphere, is not preaching boldly against its evil, and is not exhorting and teaching the magistrates to obey everything that the Lord has commanded. It is not teaching its people to demand the same from them.
This will not change until the church abandons its false Two Kingdom theology and starts reading Matthew 28:18-20 correctly.
I did indeed almost say that... the Democrats spent twenty years saying "you can't legislate morality!" and, perhaps illustrative of the fact that Republicans today are what Democrats were yesterday, it is only Republicans today who seem to still believe that.
A lot of people got very passionate in response to lockdowns, and are bewildered (to put it one way) by how few politicians bothered to even mildly criticize what was happening. Was that true in Michigan?