Why are more Americans Pro-Life today?

More Americans are statistically pro-life today than in previous decades as studies have shown. The ultrasound is a huge factor as people can now see in the womb with tremendous detail. Not only do parents and grandparents celebrate the unborn child with ultrasound pictures at work and at home, but their older children see those pictures. See http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/01/24/abortion-debate-returns-now-pro-life-nation

Just like a lot of other parents, we put up ultrasound pictures on the refrigerator and the internet for all the world to see and enjoy. Our little ones also see those pictures, and those images become embedded into them from a young age. This then lessens the likelihood that they will be pro-abortion as the grow up.

The other factor that is beginning to show itself a bit more with each passing year and decade is that of population growth amongst pro-life advocates. Those who are pro-abortion tend to have less children or no children at all. Therefore, by default, when pro-abortion advocates die, they are ironically being replaced by children who grew up in pro-life families that tend to be larger.

Like all false worldview positions, abortion advocacy self-destructs over a period of time, and this, by God's grace, is a built in check against such evil.

Naturalism and the Lack of Justice

In the midst of the horror that has recently occurred in Arizona, justice is demanded. However, our judicial system has significantly drifted away from its Biblical basis for justice. In man's humanistic attempts to take God out of every facet of life, man left his only foundation for dignity as well. Man created in the image of God has value, but man evolved from pond scum is valueless. Man is then no better or worse than the pond scum from which he came.



In a naturalistic worldview, there are no absolutes because there is no God from which to contain those absolutes. It then becomes the will of the mob, a powerful elite, or some dictator. This is the condition of America.



The practical naturalistic elites have created a situation in which the perpetrator has become the victim. How did this happen?



If we're just a product of a genetically predisposed biochemical mass, then we have no reason to be accountable. Actually, the very words I'm writing right now would be just a mere chain reaction of chemical sequences. Utlimately, this is just a convenient way to justify anything you want to say or do.



In this particular case, the philosophic behaviorists will tend to make a strong case about a tough childhood while the neurologists will tend to make a case involving a biochemical disorder (a general theory of which I am of convinced is inconclusive at best). Either way, the murderer is made to be the victim, while the real victims are denied justice.



Therefore, we should not be surprised if justice is denied depending on what foundation of justice is used.

Tragedy in Arizona: Grieving for the Young Girl

The great tragedy in Arizona reminds us of the fallen world we live in, and the murder of that beautiful young girl elevates this heinous crime. Because I have three daughters, it hit home for me as I am sure it did for most of you. I cannot imagine the grief her family is going through right now. The fact that she was born on 9-11 (from what I have heard) only magnifies what this child has lived through in her short life.

Let us pray for the family of this young girl that the God of all Peace may comfort them.
Let us pray for the Congresswoman who is still in critical condition that the Great Physician heal her.
Let us pray for the other victims and all others who have personal connections with them that the glory of God may shine through in the midst of this horror.
Let us pray for the proper implementation of justice upon the murderer that the righteousness of God might prevail.
Let us pray for the murderer's repentance lest we become haughty ourselves, for any of us are capable of such sins against our neighbor.

Chronology Wars

Answers In Genesis had a great article in their latest quarterly edition of Answers Magazine regarding ancient chronological history. Though most people do not realize it, the vast majority of ancient history is not nearly as explicit in its chronology as the Bible.

When the Bible makes a multitude of explicit claims on years and dates, we take that for granted. In comparison to other ancient writings, the Bible is much easier to understand chronologically. On the contrary, other cultures were rampant in age inflation and often times did not include the sinful characteristics of a various monarchies and governments. Because of these two problems, it can be difficult to ascertain an accurate chronology and explanation of events in ancient history, especially epochs preceding those of the Greeks before the time of the 1st Olympiad, which was when the Greeks began to be more meticulous historians.

Ultimately, this shows us that we should not pigeon hole ourselves into thinking that we must 'fit' the Bible into pagan history because their respective timelines collapse down pretty signficantly when analyzed in more depth. The Egyptians and Babylonians were notorious for this, not to mention the reality of regimes in Egypt that once appeared to occur in different eras but have now been shown to have existed concurrently in different regions of Egypt.

Therefore, it is pagan history that must fit into a reliable Biblical history and not the other way around.