My apologies for not posting Part 2 of my analysis of the Deace/Minnery interview for a week instead of a day. I was blessedly busy with revival this week and the Lord Jesus Christ was greatly exalted and I am renewed glory to God! And that makes the work and focus of this blog to be more committed to the Truth regardless of political pragmatism or cultural convenience.
Tom Minnery makes the point that because a politician is 99% on the side of life, then it is okay to allow 1% of the babies to be killed, kinda of like saving 99 of the 100 people in a burning house knowing you can’t save the one. That is a ridiculous notion, one which I ashamedly admit to once holding, and Steve calls him on it. Steve turns the tables and says it is actually giving someone permission to kill 100 babies as long as I can take 99 of them.
That ridiculous and evil thought pattern would have allowed over half a million babies to be killed since Roe v Wade. Do you really believe God is okay with that type of political pragmatism and ask yourself this; how has that worked out for the last 35 years? Nearly 50 million dead babies is what has happened.
Now I want you to really listen because at about the 3:38 – 3:45 mark my young brother Steve Deace asks a question of Tm Minnery that sends him reeling. Here’s the question:
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“Is there a biblical mandate or biblical precedent that you can find for defining the lesser of two evilsâ€
Because Mr. Minnery knows he is had, he goes on the offensive and challenges Steve as though Steve considers himself superior. Now they somewhat talk over each other and Steve regrets this, but I think it only shows where the generational and ideological gaps exist within the pro-family/life movement specifically and with the conservative movement in general.
Steve goes on to wonderfully assess what the Word calls us to be; righteous people. Now Mr. Minnery’s response to Steve’s proposal is to overlook the biblical mandate and advance that being an American citizen is at least as important as being a citizen of heaven. He calls out the political pragmatist’s Romans 13 trump card as though that is a compromising Christian’s get out of jail card. I seriously doubt that the Apostle Paul would be saying after hearing this exchange, “Steve you’re wrong, Tom has it right.†I may be wrong; you decide.
The interview ends with Tom Minnery asking Steve a question and we will hear Steve’s answer in Part 3 on Monday. In light of Resurrection Sunday tomorrow I ask you to ponder Mr. Minnery’s question because American Christendom has already answered in favor of Mr. Minnery’s position.
And look where it has brought us to today.
Part 2 of Steve’s interview with Tom Minnery
Also be sure to read Steve’s latest article at World Net Daily about the same-sex marriage fiasco in his home state of Iowa. This is a must read and please make sure you send it to everyone, especially your pastors, family, friends, and all levels of elected officials.
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The only time when it would be unselfish to abort is when it is certain that the mother could not survive the delivery, meaning the mother and/or the child would die in birthing. However, I think it’s hardly ever a “certain” matter that a mother will die in childbirth, and fears of that certainly did not stop our forbears from procreating. As much as for any other reason, the pro-abortion (“pro-choice” sounds more politically correct) argument has its roots in the Satanic “Zero Population Growth”, the policy that compelled the US Health Department to push contraceptives on communities starting in the 60s.
If really only 1% of abortions happen because of rape, incest, and to save the mother’s life, then that should be the 1% Minnery would allow to be unprotected. But Minnery and everyone else know that not remotely 99% of the unborn are protected, and would not be under any kind of compromise like embryonic stem cell research.
Actually, what I meant is not that those 1% SHOULD be aborted, but that Minnery would have made a stronger case if he had mentioned that as being the 1%.