/1 Here's the first part of the master thread for @iamlewisu and I's latest podcast with @DustyDeevers
https://twitter.com/IamLewisU/status/1620208925340741633?s=20&t=aO9ISemSyQxfRWXN3-iMeg
/2 Pastor Deevers is our first return guest! He graciously gave us an interview last year talking about Southern Baptists
/3 This week; Abortion Abolition. I mentioned that I had recently viewed a documentary explaining the movement, how it differs from Pro Life movements.
/4 According to Deevers; Abortion Abolition seeks to afford the same rights that we enjoy to our unborn neighbors. The Bible says, "Do Not Kill". If we believe that babies in the womb our humans, then we should seek to protect them. Anything less is compromising w/ evil
/5 The obvious ramifications of codifying such laws and protections is the criminalization of everyone who participates in the abortion. The doctors, healthcare staff, and the mothers themselves would be criminally charged for engaging in an abortion.
/6 With this in mind, big #ProLife has sought to make sure legislators do not consider such legislation by signing this open letter. nrlc.org/uploads/commun…
/7 Why does Prolife oppose Abolition? Because the mother and the baby are both victims. They'll rob women of their agency and say that they don't know what they're doing. catholicnewsagency.com/news/251217/ca…
/8 For those who think that women who engage in abortion don't think it's murder, or don't understand what they're doing, you should go to an abortion clinic and ask, or go to this site. notavictim.org/category/video…
/9 Pastor Deevers gives a great analogy from the story of Moses and Pharaoh. After a few plagues, Pharaoh starts offering compromises. "Take your men, but leave your children and livestock". No, not a hoof will stay in Egypt! We must not compromise on abortion.
/10 The solution to our culture of death is the gospel. We must stop shirking the God of the Scriptures. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. To that end, Deevers takes us through many modern contraceptive solutions that are dangerous and actually murder babies
/11 In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is where an egg is removed from the woman's ovaries and fertilised with sperm in a laboratory. Right now it takes 30 embryos for every successful birth. about 8 million children have been born through IVF. That's a lot of embryos.
/12 Is this ethical? Can Christians engage in IVF? There's actually Christians who engage in Snowflake adoptions, rescuing children stuck in freezers who wouldn't reach life otherwise. nightlight.org/snowflakes-emb…
/13 Pastor Deevers points out that this industry is hardly regulated. Who knows what's happening behind closed doors? Embryos dying because of mistakes, freezer malfunctions, as a society are we OK with this? npr.org/sections/thetw…
/14 For Christians who are considering ethical IVF, taking 1 egg at a time and working to fertilize that 1 egg, isn't that OK? We don't want to be luddites? But if we continue investing in an industry that seeks to create humans in vats, what sort of Pandora's box are we opening?
/15 Pastor Deevers also speaks to the biblical argument against ethical IVF. When you engage in IVF, you're bringing in another party into the creation of life, which is between Husband, Wife and God. Infertility sucks, but is inviting science into the process ethical?
/16 I'll make another thread later where we go through all the details that Pastor Deevers gives us in this episode. Stay tuned!
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