Where is the tipping point?
May 20, 2009 Five Non-Negotiable Issues, Governmental Reach, Obama Administration
By now, most everyone has heard the story of the 13-year-old from Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. Daniel Hauser’s parents claim that is against their religious beliefs to undergo a chemotherapy treatment for the disease that has a relatively successful treatment. Daniel backs up his parents’ claim, and says he wishes to forego that treatment. A court has since ruled that he should receive treatment and Daniel’s mom has taken him and fled their hometown, also missing a court appearance.
This is a terribly sad situation. First off, I want to state that if I were in the place of the Hauser parents (oh, God, please forbid) I would want treatment for my child. I think medicinal remedies are a gift from God when used in truthful and moral ways. The Hausers, though, do not believe in using anything that “attacks” the body. Now, due to their fear of having government and court decisions imposed upon them and their religion, there is a widening search for them as they have gone on the run.
From a Christian’s standpoint, this is a very troubling situation. As our nation has taken a turn for the worse under the Obama Administration in terms of life issues, I have had several discussions with friends and family about the very real possibility that Christians are going to have to, as obligated by what is most important to them – Christ, fight against government in order to preserve Truth. I think there is roughly one non-violent solution, and that is what is currently being employed: make a run for it. Upon the police or FBI showing up at your doorstep, though, what would you do? At what point would you be able justify an action under the umbrella of self-defense in order to prevent government from infringing on your religious beliefs?
Government no longer has any regard for religion, and there is only such a thing as a separation of church from state (the state feels no need to keep out of the business of church). Government has been slowly but steadily picking a fight with Christians and, while many Christians have simply given way to government and pop culture, there is a large contingent of Christians who simply will not give in. These are Christians who will even go to martyrdom in order to save their own souls. These are Christians who realize that giving in to government in this life could endanger their eternal life, the life that is truly important to them.
Here’s rooting for Daniel Hauser and his family. I pray for the healing hand of God to touch Daniel, and I pray that his family’s wishes are kept at the forefront of what is important. Government only lives in this finite, earthly world. Our souls live on forever.
Tags: Daniel Hauser, Government, religion
Bork: Religious Freedom in Jeopardy
Jan 27, 2009 Five Non-Negotiable Issues
Former Supreme Court nominee, Robert Bork says that religious freedom in the United States is in danger. He cites the example of doctors who are unwilling to perform abortions and may soon be forced to. This represents an inability to exercise religion freely.
Judge Bork said he also thought that America is “now going down a path towards kind of a happy-go-lucky nihilism.”
“A lot of people are nihilists,” he continued. “They don’t think about religion. They don’t think about ultimate questions. They go along. They worry about consumer goods, comfort, and so forth.
“As a matter of fact, the abortion question is largely a question about convenience. If you look at the polls about why people have abortions, 90 percent of it has nothing to do with medical conditions. It’s convenience. And that’s I think an example of the secularization of an issue that ought to have a religious dimension.”
It’s the natural progression from the war against Christmas trees in the workplace several years ago (and there was probably something smaller before that). It is time for a major Christian rally of sorts. Time for us to end our silence while we are being asked to give, give, give without any concession from the other side. We are at a point now (if we weren’t there already) where giving further ground endangers souls. Christians who are forced into performing abortions will have to leave the medical profession. Christian hospitals will have to close (it will not be sufficient to merely sell off to a group of people who will perform them). We need to start pushing back in this war against religion; the war against Christianity.
Tags: Abortion, Bork, doctors, freedom of religion, nurses, religion
