Friday, February 03, 2006
The Difference Between Freedom and Duty
It has since the beginning been a tenant of life in America that the right to freedom includes the right to do things that some might find reprehensible. Traditionally, we drew a distinction between the merely reprehensible and the immoral, but in recent years the line between the two has been shifting radically. That is something that left many of us uncomfortable, but we knew the battle had to be fought on other than legal grounds.
Al Mohler posted yesterday on something, that he has, and I have, posted on before - the fact that much of the medical profession now presents the former "option" of abortion for a genetically abnormal fetus as a duty.
I almost lack the capability to respond cogently because that fact is so utterly abhorent. The fact that people choose to do so is disquieting and probably evil, but the fact that a physician, sworn to uphold life would recommend it? I refer you to yesterday's Illuminated Scripture.
I have argued previously that the best way for much of Christian viewpoint to take hold in the nation was through evangelism, not political action, but this gives me pause. Physcians carry an enormous amount of authority in this nation. Their recommendations are terribly important to people. I can't help but wonder if the church should not be struggling to regain its position as at least a competing authority?
Related Tags: abortion, Down Syndrome, genetic abnormalities, physcians
Al Mohler posted yesterday on something, that he has, and I have, posted on before - the fact that much of the medical profession now presents the former "option" of abortion for a genetically abnormal fetus as a duty.
I almost lack the capability to respond cogently because that fact is so utterly abhorent. The fact that people choose to do so is disquieting and probably evil, but the fact that a physician, sworn to uphold life would recommend it? I refer you to yesterday's Illuminated Scripture.
I have argued previously that the best way for much of Christian viewpoint to take hold in the nation was through evangelism, not political action, but this gives me pause. Physcians carry an enormous amount of authority in this nation. Their recommendations are terribly important to people. I can't help but wonder if the church should not be struggling to regain its position as at least a competing authority?
Related Tags: abortion, Down Syndrome, genetic abnormalities, physcians
