2008-12-04T07:11:50Z http://blog.destinationnorth.org/comments/atom.aspx Quick Blogcast tag:blog.destinationnorth.org,2008-11-01:1496610 Donna 2008-11-02T13:55:57Z 2008-11-01T21:47:55Z tag:blog.destinationnorth.org,2008-10-11:1438510 Donna 2008-10-11T22:13:24Z 2008-10-11T20:03:40Z tag:blog.destinationnorth.org,2008-10-11:1438504 Donna 2008-10-12T08:51:46Z 2008-10-11T19:59:30Z Love, Donna]]> tag:blog.destinationnorth.org,2008-10-05:1420978 Ann Baughman 2008-10-05T21:03:57Z 2008-10-05T19:44:09Z "I can not be an adequate disciple of Jesus, if I am not in community with other believers."]]> tag:blog.destinationnorth.org,2008-10-04:1419464 Scott Ott http://www.ScrappleFace.com 2008-10-04T22:01:34Z 2008-10-04T20:23:35Z tag:blog.destinationnorth.org,2008-10-03:1416183 Greg House 2008-10-03T10:20:41Z 2008-10-03T10:16:25Z tag:blog.destinationnorth.org,2008-09-24:1389361 Mike 2008-09-24T19:24:56Z 2008-09-24T10:27:25Z tag:blog.destinationnorth.org,2008-09-24:1389009 Amy Allen 2008-09-24T08:42:51Z 2008-09-24T08:42:51Z This is why I am starting to question my commitment to a pro-life stance.]]> tag:blog.destinationnorth.org,2008-09-23:1387421 Alan Cole 2008-09-23T19:14:22Z 2008-09-23T18:55:06Z Michelle Malkin says "Please don't assume that I agree with or endorse any particular comment just because I let it stand." This is a very important topic and also part of an ongoing conversation in the culture. Because of that, I feel I MUST speak up, if only to clarify. The culture dictates the topic. As the great reformer, Martin Luther once wrote: “If I profess with the loudest voice [and clearest exposition] every portion of the truth except [precisely] that little point which the world and the devil are at the moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved, and to be steady on all the battlefields besides, [sic] is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that point.”

So, here goes.....

RU-486 "works" by denying progesterone to the developing baby, therefore by my definition it is the taking of a human life. RU-486 is legal for use up to seven weeks. At this stage the baby's heart has been beating for a full month and if you could see inside the womb he or she might be seen sucking their recognizable thumb. Though only around a quarter of an inch at 6 weeks, the baby already has recognizable brain activity, fingers and toes, reflexes and nascent lungs.

                       Baby at six weeks

CLS has its own issues and may have reasons for taking the position they hold. They are correct if they assert that RU-486 causes abortion (as I argued above). The "train has left the station" if they think that Christians (evangelical or otherwise) will win the culture wars by vying for power, legal, political or otherwise. Those seeds (that caused us to "lose" the culture wars) were planted nearly 100 years ago when fundamentalists chose to reject many of the physical/social implications of the Gospel. Since that time we (evangelicals, the spiritual heirs of Fundamentalism, among whom were luminaries such as J. Gresham Machen, one of the Princeton theologians - yes, THAT Princeton). Keith Drury has a very good synopsis of the last half century of the culture wars here. It is well worth the time to read.


Machen led a conservative
revolt against modernist
theology at Princeton and
formed Westminster
Theological Seminary as a
more orthodox alternative

SUMMARY:
(1) I'm not expanding my definition of abortion, which is the taking of a human life.

(2) By this definition RU-486 causes abortion.

(3) My problem with Biden's position on this is that he claims to be Roman Catholic, yet takes a position
      contrary to the church's position, which is contradictory.

(4) For the record, I don't know the answer in every situation either (like Biden) but what I know
      (like RU-486 causing abortion) "I know real good", as my Texas friends would say.

(5) "The Pill" (birth control pill, as differentiated from RU-486) as I understand it, does NOT cause an abortion.
       I think we're in agreement on this one but I wanted to clarify.



]]> tag:blog.destinationnorth.org,2008-09-23:1386256 Amy Allen 2008-09-23T12:00:28Z 2008-09-23T11:22:57Z Now, a question for you along this same topic: WHAT IS AN ABORTION?
Pharmacists for Life and many other pro-life groups (including CLS, shamefully enough) are currently backing new HHS guidelines that would allow pharmacists to not fill prescriptions for drugs they did not agree with the use of, anything from birth control pills to RU486. They justify it by saying that these things cause abortions. They say any egg that is fertilized but denied the opportunity to implant in a uterus by the pill is an aborted baby. I strongly disagree, as the pill prevents pregnancy and thus abortion is not part of the equation.
I see pro-life groups like this gradually expanding the definition of abortion and I start to wonder, "Am I truly pro-life by their standards?" Probably not, and yet they are the voice and face of the pro-life movement. Perhaps Biden's 'commitment to pluralism' is actually a recognition that he can't know the answer in every situation because his opponents are 'refining' their definitions constantly as well.]]>