Barack on Abortion: Children as a Punishment

(I don’t think that this will display the videos when it is imported into Facebook, so I’ll provide a link to YouTube below each of them.)

Children are a Punishment

Video can be found on YouTube here.

Punished with children? Obviously Barack is not saying that all children are a punishment. But those that are unwanted, those that were not intended by their parents are a punishment! Consider Psalm 127:3-5 :

Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD,
   the fruit of the womb a reward.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
   are the children of one’s youth.
Blessed is the man
   who fills his quiver with them!
He shall not be put to shame
   when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.

Even if children were a punishment, what Barack is saying is a horrendous idea!

At this point, one might bring up those who have been raped. While that is a tragedy that needs discussion, that is not what Barack was addressing. He was addressing a scenario in which a girl sleeps around and becomes pregnant, does not want a child that would burden her and decides to kill the child. Oh, wouldn’t the world love to sleep around and freely have sex without any consequences or responsibility!

Two Children; Two Mentalities: Life and Death

Video can be found on YouTube here.

As I watched this, I couldn’t help but think of an adopted child at my church, Trinity Baptist, who could be considered a ‘failed abortion.’ How such an atrocity can occur is beyond me! To take a child, yes a child, in a situation where even the pitiful excuse that it is not a person cannot be used and kill it!

Abortion is sickening! We are often lectured not to have tunnel vision, or to be a single-issue voters. I find this to be a clever way of downplaying the immensity of vile act of abortion. Could you justify voting for a pro-slavery candidate because you liked his economic policies, or his oratory skills, or his healthcare plan? I urge you to look at all of the issues and where each candidate stands (both in words and record), but to make sure to prioritize the issues and to give them due weight - lives depend on it.

McCain, Romney, and Huckabee

McCain - I’m not going to go into detail about why you shouldn’t vote for McCain. I think this is obvious to many conservatives. If you want reasons why McCain shouldn’t be supported listen to talk radio. You can also read Michael Bates’ series on Why “Stop McCain”? (Pt 2, Pt 3).Romney -  One of the reasons I am not going to vote for Romney is that he is a mormon. Now, before anyone gets upset, I want to make it clear that I don’t think that his mormonism makes him unfit for office. However, if a mormon were to become the President of the United States, it would most likely give Mormonism the ability to become mainstream. It would at the very least lend it some credibility. And I most certainly do not want this little henotheistic, non-Trinitarian, proselytizing , frightening cult to grow.

Huckabee -  His record as governor doesn’t lend itself to demonstrating him to be a conservative. Also, I do not want evangelicals to give him a pass on his politics and notice only that he is an evangelical Christian. However, I would much prefer him to McCain. And, at least for those in Oklahoma, he is the most strategic to vote for. Again, I think Michael Bates explains it well.

I encourage all Oklahomans to vote for Huckabee. I’ll leave you with this video: