The Power of a Portrait
I was looking over the Stand to Reason Blog, in particular, an article called Mass of Tissue.
That simple curiosity led to some photos that are spectacular, yet sad. Even though taken as a result of a sad set of circumstances, these two pictures speak volumes. Me being a man, I cannot fathom what it must feel like to be pregnant. But being a human, I understand things that are common to humanity. Things like life, liberty and dignity, these come to us as a part of being human.
One of the most human things, is that we are all unique persons. Even identical twins, who share DNA, are different, unique persons! We are made of something other than material… since DNA does not only uniquely identify a person.
What strikes me about these photos, is the completeness of the person, and the tininess. This person is only ten weeks past conception and fits inside the palm of an adult’s hand! We are truly unique, and plainly human at that size. Thank God that He knows every single one of us, even in our mother’s womb (Psalm 139:13.)
Sadly because of a cancer of the womb, the mother thought best to “terminate” the pregnancy. Her entire uterus was removed with the pre-born baby intact.
The photos speak for themselves…
Humanity does not begin at birth. We are conceived as unique humans with the right to life and liberty. And the right to live that life in dignity.
Here’s why unborn human beings are as valuable as adult human beings.
You may read the article here: The Power of a Portrait | Live Action Blog – Human Rights, Abortion, and Life
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Emotional Hippies – Crying Over Dead Trees
Something to laugh about, if it were not for the fact that these people are deluded and have believed the big lie (Genesis 3:4.) Trees may appear to be alive, but really are not, because they have no blood (Deuteronomy 12:23.)
Hey don’t take my word for it, take the word of the Maker, He does know!
But later in the video some woman motions and declares a rock has incredible life! C’mon! A rock is NOT alive.
But I do understand, she has been taught that man is descended from rocks!
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No men OR women needed: artificial sperm and eggs created for first time | Mail Online
This is an interesting read to say the least. I marvel at how far we advance in science… yet how little we truly understand it.
Yes, we can do great and wonderful things, even manipulate existing DNA. We are at the forefront of a brave new world.
But… do we really know what we are doing? Science says that up to 95% percent of the human genome is made of “junk DNA.” Some say it is junk, left over from evolution others say it may have new uses. Regardless, we don;t really know!
Yet, they can manipulate this and create different kinds of cells from stem cells. This is great and may lead to new therapies.
But the tell… comes in the comments:
Don’t keep publishing stories like this ! It upsets the ‘Creationists’ – we aren’t supposed to be able to create life, you see, it is all down to the great master in the sky !
I have to really laugh at stuff like this! The commenter has failed in critical thought. Here’s how:
First… I am a “creationist” and am not upset about a story like this… unless, the stem cells were removed from an aborted baby.
Second… “we” (I read that as human beings) have NOT created life… “we” have only manipulated a few stem cells to make sperm and eggs. This is a natural existing process.
Third… He is the Great Master, but does not reside in the sky. That is language you use to make sense of God to yourself.
What I would really like for science to achieve is this… to create their own dust from nothing, merge this dust into their own elements, create their own error-correcting genetic code, create a living cell with that code, and then have that living cell replicate and evolve into a higher life form. These are some of the simpler tasks… but an already existing single cell organism is so vastly complex that science cannot create one, from nothing.
This commenter does not understand that these scientists are using Someone else’s dust and His patterns. That does not really impressive me or scare me at all.
Romans 1:18-22 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
Look really hard at those single cells… explain how the genetic code came into existence without a sender and receiver who have agreed in advance to the code, otherwise it would be gibberish. Explain your way out of irreducible complexity. Or try something easy how does biochemical protein folding EVOLVE into being?
No men OR women needed: artificial sperm and eggs created for first time | Mail Online
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