I discovered this hashtag today. Honestly, I was pretty heartbroken over it, especially after I followed it on Twitter and read a few tweets containing the hashtag. I felt the need to write a blog post about this issue. This post is not intended to be political. I am simply analyzing this issue and trying to figure out how we got to this point in our society.
Once I saw this hashtag and researched it briefly, my mind started turning. I started thinking about the fundamental issues involving abortion. Now, for those who know me know that I am very against abortion. But, there are some times when the abortion issue is not as black and white as some make it out to be. But, I will address that issue in a post tomorrow.
The fundamental issue with abortion is the question, "Who has the power to create?" According to society today, we have the power to create, which is true. We do have the power to create. We create buildings, cities, automobiles, computers, pieces of art, clothing, stories, books, blog posts, etc. We have the power to create all of these things and more. And, if we have the power to create these things, we also have the power to destroy these things. We are the creators; therefore, we are also the destroyers because nothing we create is more powerful than we are. That being said, let me ask this question, "Do we have the power to create life?" It's an important question that may appear to have an easy answer, and it does have an easy answer, but it may not be the answer that is of popular opinion. The answer to the question is simply, "No." We do not have the power to create life. Now, some may rebut this statement and say, "Farmers create life with their crops. Or, human beings create life when they have children." But, does a farmer actually create life? Do parents actually create life when they conceive a child? A farmer does get the field ready, plant the seeds, water the seeds, but the farmer does not make the seeds grow. There is nothing a farmer can do to make his crop grow. He can help create an environment that is conducive for plants to grow, but he does not actually have the power to make his crops grow from the seeds he planted.
Let's take parents conceiving a child. Two people who come together, have sexual intercourse, and fertilize an egg contribute to conception, but have no power to make a baby grow from a fertilized egg. If we did have that power, then there would never be miscarriages because we would have the power to correct any problems that might arise.
So, really we have no power to create life whatsoever. This is true whether you believe in God or not. If you believe in God (which I do wholeheartedly), then you believe God created life out of nothing (Genesis 1:1-2). If you don't believe in God, you still have to believe that we had no power in creating life on this earth. Evolutionists will even admit that because they are still trying to discover where life came from. The popular opinion is that life came from primordial ooze that formed over millions of years. Out of that ooze came life. Again, we had nothing to do with it.
When we think that we create life, we also think we have power over that life. Did your parents ever say to you, "I brought you into this world and I can take you right out of it." If our fundamental belief is that we are the creator of life, then we also have to believe that we are the destroyer of life. But, we are not the creator of life so we cannot be the destroyer of life either. Why else do you think it's wrong to murder someone?
Now, this post is not about judging those who have gone through an abortion. This post is to challenge us think deeply about this issue and not just think about the women involved. The women involved are important to this discussion and anyone who disagrees is not considerate. But, the lives of children are involved as well and we have to think about that. We have to consider that life too.
It is heartbreaking to see people celebrating abortion because to me it is a celebration of death not life. There are other options other than abortion that can at least give a child a chance. We need to think about the ramifications of this. We have to stop making this a political issue (on both sides) and start making this about life.
Tomorrow we will look at the reasons for abortion including those gray areas like protecting the life of the mother and rape. Check back tomorrow for that discussion.
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