Pro-Truth

I know. You're thinking for someone who claims not to really be into blogging, he's got two posts in one night. But this was something that I had to get in while it was relatively fresh in my mind. Today there was a special event in Houston, and I'm not talking about the MLK march. There was a silent prayer march to Planned Parenthood's new location out on the Gulf Freeway.

First a little background on this facility. It's a six story building that should open sometime in the spring and it is the largest Planned Parenthood location in the United States and the second largest in the world (the largest is in China). This facility will be a full service Planned Parenthood facility, which means that it will perform abortions up to the 19th week (that's half way through pregnancy).

There were hundreds, if not thousands, that participated in the march. Some were there that were silently and vocally praying for the potential and future users of this yet-to-open facility. And of course there were some there actively protesting the facility. This would be the Pro-Life side. And of course there were some there protesting the protesters. This would be the Pro-Choice side. Now I'm not going to get into the discussion of what each group is because we all know it.

It's important that my stance on the subject of abortion is known before we go further. I'm Pro-Truth. You may be asking "What is Pro-Truth?" Pro-Truth is what I believe God teaches us about the sanctity of human life. I believe that each child is a blessing from God, even those conceived by accident or violence. And it is a child at the moment of conception. And I believe that the issue of abortion is a theological issue and not a political or civil rights issue. I also believe that a child's value is not determined by its ability, meaning that a child should not be aborted just because it will or may have a birth defect such as Down Syndrome or may not live after it is born. There are several options to abortion and that's something for another post. What are my biblical references for my beliefs? Psalm 139:13-16, Job 10:11-12, Jeremiah 1:5, Isaiah 44:2 & 24

What concerned me most about this silent prayer march is not so much about the march itself, but some comments I read concerning the march that appeared in reaction to the Houston Chronicle's on-line article covering the march. And you might be surprised by what comments concerned me most. Of course like most comments that are concerned with abortion, you had a bunch of pro-choice denouncing the march and it's supporters as a bunch of right wing religious fanatics (which that probably did describe a small majority of the supporters and commenters). And of course you did have some comments from religious zealots. Then you had some comments from some Christians with a true heart concerning abortion - people who were not being demeaning or hurtful - but who were responding with a Christian attitude. But the group of commenters that scared me the most were those that said that they were pro-choice and also claimed to be Christians. How can this be? How can a TRUE Christian be for the killing by anyone of a defenseless child, born or unborn?

I pray for all these people. I pray that Christians will understand God's heart concerning His children, all His children, born and unborn. I pray that in time that we will not have a pro-choice or a pro-life movement, but that all people will unite in a pro-truth movement.