Bible vs Pro-life  Continuing on with yesterday’s theme, I’d
like to look a little more closely at the contrast between the
values and principles of the pro-life movement versus those of
historic Christianity. The big question here, of course, is
whether God Himself would be a pro-lifer. That is, if we imagine
a scene outside an abortion clinic, with security guards
escorting women into the clinic, and pro-life protesters trying
to stop them, which side would God join if He were to show up in
person? Would He pick up a protest sign and stand with the pro-
lifers?  Based on the Old and New Testaments, the answer is an
unmistakable “NO!” God may be a lot of things, but “pro-life”
isn’t one of them, by a long shot.  Before we start our survey
of the actual texts, there’s one thing we need to be clear
about. Which kind of life are pro-lifers supposed to be “pro”
about? In Christian theology, a person actually has two lives:
their physical, mortal life which ends when the body dies, and
the everlasting life of thei