Have you ever wondered how Hitler’s government was able to conduct a massive holocaust murdering 10 million people?
Many Germans claimed they knew nothing about the extermination program.
I suspect their “blindness” was related to their pocketbook. Economic prosperity has a way of averting eyes from inconvenient truths.
I believe many Americans are similar in regard to abortion.
When our generation faces God in the judgment, will we be asked, why did you turn blind eyes toward the murder of 63+ million unborn children?
We know it is happening, but some of us won’t stand against it. Are we similar to Germans who saw nothing?
Maybe abortion is overlooked because many Americans are godless materialists. Materialists largely deny the personhood of the unborn prior to a certain point of development.
Maybe abortion is overlooked because some fear militant Democrats, like the woke mob.
It is true they exercise demonic wrath upon their opponents.
Antifa and woke members are well-represented amongst deathscorts ushering women into abortion clinics. They are not shy about employing threats and violence against opponents, including protesters, judges and politicians.
Maybe it is because some Americans hold unmerited historical loyalties toward the Democrat party.
I am very disappointed with some professing Christians from my own Appalachian background. Older Appalachians sometimes turn blind eyes to the Democrat party promotion of abortion, unbiblical sexual ethics and indoctrination of schoolchildren into the woke worldview, including gender ideology.
Democrat politicians position themselves as defenders of the poor. Maybe that is why some Appalachians are loyal to them. Are they willing to support a party approving of these abominable practices, in hope that a bone will be tossed to the poor?
Shouldn’t faith be reflected in voting practices?
Are they aware the ordinary taxpayer funds these social programs, either directly or indirectly, through increased taxation, inflation and accumulation of national debt?
These programs include funding and promoting abortion, both nationally and internationally.
The national debt is already $30.5 trillion. This is $91,000 per citizen, $242,000 per taxpayer (see usdebtclock.org for a running total).
Appalachians should realize for every dollar the Democrat places in the right hand of the poor, he snatches nine dollars from the left hand. The difference goes to their political allies, funding wasteful partisan programs.
Many Appalachians are already red-pilled, and realize Democrats are no longer the party of the poor. They vote accordingly. However, a sizeable block turns a blind eye to Democrat wickedness.
Maybe abortion is overlooked because murdering the unborn is expedient for national economic reasons. US Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, claims abortion is good for the economy. Mothers raising children interrupts the labor supply in the short term.
I urge biblical believers to vote in light of their faith profession. Don’t support the Biden administration and the woke agenda.
I strongly disagree with a recent letter in my local newspaper indicating Christian government authorities should not reason from a Christian worldview and should keep their faith private, due to separation of church and state.
Secular woke authorities employ their worldview, based on unprovable presuppositions. Previous legal arguments regarding abortion center upon unprovable secular, materialist measures of personhood based on stages of development.
It is a double standard to expect Christian government authorities to refrain from expressing their worldview, while secularists employ their own faulty worldview.
Separation of church and state means there can be no specific state church. It does not mean that Christian governmental authorities are prohibited from reasoning based on a biblical worldview. It was not the intention of the founders to exclude Christians from expressing the biblical worldview in classrooms, legislatures or courts.
See the related content video below for a great interview on this topic. Shane Morris of Upstream interviews Ryan Anderson and Alexandria DeSanctis, co-authors of a book called “How Abortion Tears Us Apart”.
Also, see the Choice42 videos below. These animations depict the horrifying realities surrounding abortion.
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Robert Sparkman
This post is a more detailed version of a letter to the editor that I submitted to the local newspaper. The letter to the editor is referenced in the Related Content section.
Concerning the Related Content section, I encourage evaluating the content with discernment. Some sources of information may reflect a libertarian or non-Christian perspective and I would not agree with all of their values, but in general I think they offer some worthwhile comments and criticisms. I do not necessarily agree with every comment by every person, but in general, I find them to be valuable or I would not include them.
Unlike most mainstream media outlets, I am interested in truth rather than mere partisan propaganda. This blog post reflects my well-considered convictions on the related issues, and provides support for my assertions. I acknowledge the possibility that my understanding of events and information may need refinement and welcome legitimate criticism. Respectful comments and questions without expletives and personal attacks will be posted and I will respond to them.
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Note: This is a modified version of a letter to the editor that I submitted to the local newspaper. Some or all of the content is applicable to a general audience. The article was written under the constraints of 600 words, which is generous for a letter to the editor, but insufficient to address every nuance or facet of complex topics.