Tuesday’s Artful Response: Ethic of Life
I am not sure today's response is "artful" in that I have not done an art project, but it is in response to what my friend James wrote on Thursday. So first, I'll start with a haiku:
the first seed dropsconstitutes, forms, lives, and diesbeginning again
It was very tempting to put "beguine-ing again".
However, I want to respond to this:
"Conclusion: a religiously grounded anti-abortion ideology is a dead letter." James Cowles
I totally agree. You can't get to anti-abortion ideology without disregarding God's own abortion plan. In Numbers 5:11-22, "The Test for an Unfaithful Wife," verses 16-18 are about the "water of bitterness" that brings on "the curse." And, the priests, no less, were the people who prescribed the abortion. Socially, I bet it was a lot easier to cause...