Samson's Jawbone

In this election year abortion is on the ballot. One side supports a woman's right to choose without restriction. Abortion should be legal they claim until birth, which goes beyond the recently overturned Roe v. Wade decision. Some favor abortion until the time of birth and even allow for a period of time after birth when infanticide is permitted. The other side the believes that a child's life should be protected except for rare occasions.  For Cristians the issue of abortion is particularly significant because it has to do with how we view both God and man. It is a fundamental theological issue. How does God view life, and what is our obligation to the unborn? The original Roe v. Wade decision was argued as a civil rights decision. The basis of the argument was that a woman is free to make her own private decision about her own body. The justices found that there was an "implied right to privacy within the language of the 4th Amendment of the U.S Constitution, and since ...

  On January 24, 2022 the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) announced it's decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization. Their  announcement follows: “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled. The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision, including the one on which the defenders of Roe and Casey now chiefly rely—the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.” This decision ended, probably permanently, federal protection of the right of a woman to have an abortion without limits or restriction. It left abortion to the discretion of the states in accord with the 9th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This decision came down even though the brief of the decision had been leaked to the media more than a month earlier.  The leak which had come from someone in one of the justices' offices gave a prelude to how polarizing this decision would be. The justices' homes were picketed in an a...

by David L. Miner. -- You probably believe that God created all people equal. Yet you most likely believe in spending tax dollars to help the less fortunate in their homes, schools, college or the job market, indicating that there really are some who are less equal than others. You probably believe in free speech, yet there are some beliefs that you don’t want expressed in our schools, suggesting you believe that free speech should be limited. Most likely you subscribe to the oft-stated claim “You can’t legislate morality.” On the other hand, laws that allow or require us to treat homosexuals as “normal,” which are inescapably and clearly based on some sort of morality, probably have your support. Even those who believe in the right to defend themselves against violence are often uncomfortable with the thought that the person sitting next to them in a restaurant or standing next to them in a line is carrying a concealed weapon. There are all sorts of inconsistencies in your...