Free-for-All Friday

EVOLUTION

It is absurd for the Evolutionist to complain that it is unthinkable for an admittedly unthinkable God to make everything out of nothing, and then pretend that it is more thinkable that nothing should turn itself into everything.  --G.K. Chesterton, Slice of Infinity

PRECEDENTS

I worry the precedents that are being set by Democrats in order to assassinate Trump's character will redefine our political landscape. Open debate is American. Having your own opinion is fine. However, debasing our system of checks and balances by pursuing any and all means to distract the public and embarrass and attack our president are patently un-American. --Armstrong Williams, Townhall

KIDS

Think back to when you were 16 and believed you knew it all. At 18, an adult called me "precocious" (he didn't mean it as a compliment). I had to look up the meaning in a dictionary. It was a humbling experience. As their adolescent brains continue to develop, most teenagers know only what their teachers and textbooks tell them and maybe their parents, if they still listen to them. Science textbooks mostly embrace the climate change scenario, so why wouldn't kids believe what they read and what they're taught?  --Cal Thomas, Townhall

American kids shouldn’t be filled with despair over secular, fake news when they should instead be filled with hope and joyful expectancy of the Good News. --Chris Stigall, Townhall

HUMAN DIGNITY

The Christian faith presents a holistic, pro-life ethic that upholds the dignity and personhood of all people. This is seen in the Bible’s first chapter where it explains that everyone is made in the image of God (Gen 1:26-27). Although theologians debate the exact meaning of this term, at the very least it means that man represents God to the rest of creation in a unique way. Whether through our relational, rational, or volitional abilities (or a combination of the three), we image God to the rest of the world; when the world looks at a human being, they get a glimpse of what God looks like. Obviously, bearing the image of God confers incredible value and dignity on humanity. And this dignity is present in every human being, born and unborn, regardless of perceived utility.

Humanity’s capacity for a personal relationship with God is another indicator of our dignity. Incredibly, this personal relationship begins in utero. The Bible says both Jeremiah and Isaiah are formed and called by God to serve Him as prophets while in their mother’s wombs (Jeremiah 1:4-5 and Isaiah 41:9a). In Psalm 22:10, David says, "On you was I cast from my birth, and from my mother’s womb you have been my God.” And in Job 31:15, Job defends the way he has treated his servants by noting: “Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb.” Job understands that unborn life—his own and his servants’—has great value to God.

Contrary to the recent suggestion made by Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, Mayor of South Bend, Indiana where Klopfer performed abortions, the Bible does not teach that life “begins with breath.” Instead, the Bible teaches that unborn children have dignity equal to all other humans and for the same reason—they are created by God in his image. The Bible is clear that life begins in the womb and that unborn children possess intrinsic value by virtue of their creation in God’s image (Psalm 139:13-16).

The Christian worldview teaches that God created each person to reflect him, regardless of sex, race, ethnicity, religion, or national origin. The Bible asserts that the orphan, the widow, and the sojourner all possess the same human dignity as anyone else (Deut. 10:17-19). God is the maker of “both the rich and poor”( Prov 22:2). --David Clossen, Townhall