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The Importance of Human Life Sep 02 2010
"Know that the LORD Himself is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves..." - Psalm 100:3a
The American Constitution - normally a bastion for the dignity of mankind and protector of liberty - originally declared that some members of our society only counted as three-fifths of a human being. What evil this label generated, as America justified slavery for another eighty years! Think about what happened in World War II. The fascist philosophy of the Nazis said that Jewish people were less than fully human. So, there was a justification for the slaughter and the murder of six million innocent Jews? Throughout history, declaring any human life as less than fully human has always led to grotesque evil.
And it continues today. Beginning in the late 1960's, we began referring to an unborn child as merely a "fetus." This clinical word dehumanized the child, turning it from a person into a blob of tissue, thus making it easier to destroy. And since the horrific Supreme Court decision in 1973, estimates show that over fifty-one million unborn children have been murdered. Add that to the estimated fifty-four million killed in the rest of the world every single year. Compare those numbers to the Holocaust and you will realize that when it comes to the scope of eternal history, abortion is one of the most grotesque evils of all time.
These are the consequences whenever man declares a human life as being less than a human. After all, we were all made by the same Creator. And God doesn't make mistakes. So, let's respect the sanctity of human life - from conception through old age.
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Yes, report it NevermindThe "Three-Fifths" Clause was added to the Constitution to prevent slave holding states from having more representation in congress. Slave owners held slaves as property but then wanted to count their slaves as people when it came time for congressional appointments. So instead of 300,000 people counting for one representative the congress said slaves could count BUT they had to count 500,000 to warrant a representative. This does not mean that our founding fathers considered them only three-fifths of a person. Our founding fathers wanted slavery to end by 1807. Frederick Douglass even proclaimed that the Constitution is not about slavery but about freedoms for ALL men. Read the book "Setting the Record Straight: American History in Black and White" by David Barton and you'll realize that the "civil rights" movement started long before the 1960's.
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Yes, report it NevermindYep. What MBC said.
Our society, any society for that matter, that allows the murder of innocent unborn children is simply not a God fearing society. We are quite deserving of His wrath.
Also, as much progress we think we have made as a society, be it technological, educational, or political, if we can't protect the innocent - then we've made no actual progress. We are a pagan society, complete with human sacrifice.
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Yes, report it NevermindWe make sanctity of life situational. If life really is sacred then killing cannot be justified under any circumstance.
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Yes, report it NevermindWhat MBC is talking about is described in a very readable book, "Founding Brothers".
Sadly, "life is cheap" in much of the world today. Genocide continues in every corner of the world (odd phrase since the earth is round).
In the U.S.A. we have murdered 50 million babies by abortion, and now seek a "solution" to a growing number of dependent elderly people. God help us.
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Yes, report it NevermindAmen to every one of the comments.
Abortion is just legal murder and anyone who votes to keep it around is just as guilty as the Dr who holds the knife.
Slavery is wrong on all levels. The blacks were not the only ones who was slaves in America. Share croppers were actually slaves also. My ancestors were share croppers and I have heard some awful stories about how the land owners treated them.