God, Aliens, and Other Stuff

There is no topic that arouses more emotion and conflict that abortion. I find that I am at conflict with myself over the issue.  Theologically I am prolife, and I’ll tell you why in a bit. But politically, I’m pro-choice . I’ll explain later.  Here’s why I, and every Christian I’ve ever known, am prolife.  Three stories reveal the child before conception First story: In the 70’s I had a friend named Mary. She was short, blonde, and cute in a unique gnomish way. There was only one Mary. No one else came close to looking like her. She married and had a daughter. One day they had a Pentecostal prayer meeting in their home. A man who had been an alcoholic, but had converted and been delivered, had a vision. Their daughter was an infant at the time. He saw a new baby, and saw the little girl riding a tricycle in the house. He said, “Mary, the baby looks just like you.” Mary and I were living in different locations at that time, so I never heard about that prediction. Well...