Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Dear Mr. President

15 Comments:

didymus said...

and we killed them,
and you would have it
remain legal.
I think it needs to be said that, first, the president honestly doesn’t have much power over the decision of Roe vs. Wade. He doesn’t have the power to make it illegal. True, he gets to pick a Supreme Court Justice here soon who will likely be pro-abortion, but congress will be to blame for approving him. And it’s true he has said he would pass certain legislation once he came into office, but I am not the only one who has noticed that he has so far been a bit shy on fulfilling certain campaign promises. The Vatican, in L'Osservatore Romano had an article a few weeks ago also noting with surprise the Pregnant Women Support Act, which would help women overcome problems that often cause them to have abortions, sponsored by pro-life Democrats. And the National Catholic Reporter has also noticed that Obama has not been as pro-abortion as previously advertised.

Second, as noted in the John Piper quote above, it is not president Obama who killed them, it is we who killed them. Even if abortion was made illegal that doesn’t stop the “we killed them” part. And voting for a Republican president isn’t the answer as evidenced by all the years we’ve had Republican presidents in office since 1973, and abortion has remained legal.

Why continue to just rail against Obama? Why not work with him instead, hold him to the promise of reducing the actual number of abortions that would be done by rooting out and finding solutions to the reasons for why “we killed them”?

Andy said...

Didymus,

Always a lively conversation with you.. sorry for the delay I have been busy.

Obama is responsible for his votes while in Illinois, and for the Supreme Court Justices that he appoints, but he is also responsible for being the humane in thought action and deed as the leader of our country. He does set precedence and he does have an affect, so I will partner with him only to stop the murder of innocent babies not reduce them.

If he was so interested in reducing them then he would have passed the legislation that has been in front of him while he was in Illinois, but as you have seen the guy talks out of both sides of his mouth. Sorry I know you put a lot of faith in him.......

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didymus said...

...so I will partner with him only to stop the murder of innocent babies not reduce them.

This says a lot Andy. It says you're more interested in the politics than in actually saving lives.

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Andy said...

Didymus,

Dont get me wrong I want to reduce them to the point that they are no more, but my issue with Obama is he says nothing is wrong with abortion, if that is the case then why is he trying to reduce them? Doesn't that imply that there is something wrong with abortion? Do you believe he thinks it is murder? I just want him to hold to principals, not waning political agendas, that was my point.

didymus said...

I think his POV is a little more than just 'there's nothing wrong with it'. Did you listen to his speech at Notre Dame this week? The door is opening for people to do some practical work there.

Leonard said...

Andy is right, didymus. The only acceptable solution is the complete and total elimination of abortion. Yes, people will still get their back alley surgeries but that is as it should be.

Murder is done in the dark and in disgrace. The murder of the unborn should be no different.

John Wayne Gacey did not get to lay in a sterile room with MUZACK piped in to keep him calm while he destroyed life and neither should our modern day, politically correct killers.

Abortion is murder of the highest degree and until it is made illegal and punishable as what it is, I for one will not be satisfied and no amount of fluffy meet in the middle political floundering will appease me.

didymus said...

Well, okay Leonard, don't work to save lives then.

Leonard said...

you know, didymus, it is that kind of attitude that is the problem.

Let's not kill 100, let's only kill 60. No, let's go for zero.

I know you are emergent and that lends itself well to the middle ground of stand for nothing, but I am not going to pander.

Like the whole election. I for one don't feel that voting for the "lesser of two evils" was the best choice. Better to go for the one who is 100 percent and trust God then to weaken moral standings.

So while you and your liberal buddies are cooing for the lies of such as barack, hillary, and biden, and believing the drivel of making abortion safe, legal, and rare, I will sift through the deciept, stand for what God says in His Word and oppose all who are not in line with it.

Abortion is murder of the highest degree and even one baby being slaughtered is too many.

didymus said...

So you're going to let 40 extra die because you didn't get your way. Way to go for being "pro-life" there buddy.

Leonard said...

It figures you would say such a thing. So you would jump into bed with satan so you could save a few?

Kinda scary. or would you just have a "conversation" about it all?

No, I will fight until ALL babies are protected. I will not pander to someone who wants to only kill some.

Your pragmatism is disturbing.

didymus said...

By any chance Leonard, do you go to Lifeline Community Church with Andy?

L. said...

I do not, but have been there. I personally am part of a church plant in West Jordan.

Reason?