Life begins at conception

To the Editor:

In response to opinions by Crispin Hollinshead March 3, and E. J. Dionne March 6, concerning abortion, social justice, and a biblical response, I submit the following.

Concerning abortion and conception of life. Biblically, God made man and woman to unite to form a baby — a lifeand a family. God, not man, created the egg and the sperm. Life begins at conception when the egg is coupled with the sperm and life then begins to develop. All this life, every baby, will die to this world. God has provided both this life and death process to enable us to be reconciled with Him due to our rejection of Him in Eden (see book Eden to Evil concerning the two creation — Eden, and the 7 day — and why we must all die).

For mankind to kill human life is murder. Killing of animals for food and clothing is permitted by God. Today, mankind has developed a process outside of God's design when life is to be conceived within the woman, and this process is called In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). This is not God's design for life and death — this is man's way of intervening in God's plan to try and help women have a baby. At first glance this seems like a good thing for women. But, if thought out more fully, now we have developed a problem of how to murder the unused fertilized eggs.

Under God's design, God determines whether a conceived life will develop, and be born, and then die, or whether a conceived life will die within the womb — God decides. Under mans design, man creates life using God's egg and sperm, and then man must decide which conceived life forms must be murdered. But, man is not God. Now, it must be said that we are all sinners at conception. Only be surrendering to God and God's ways — not man'swill we be restored back to God and Eden. We are all going to die, but only those who change — those who become “born again” as Jesus said (John 3:1-7) — those who develop a personal relationship with God, will live forever in the new Eden to come. We must change our “human” ways to God's ways and seek forgiveness.

Concerning social justice and caring for the poor, the ill, the stranger, and the biblical position, I submit the following:

What has developed over the years here in America is the Democratic view where the government is needed to somehow biblically provide housing, health care, food, education, etc., with no requirements to work, or limits on years anyone can be dependent upon the government and the taxpayer. The result of this Democratic view is that these programs from the government have led to ever increasing and expanding needs to be resolved by government programs, and increasing taxes upon the citizens. People within these government programs become dependent upon the government and taxpayers, and they will lose their benefits if they get a job. The Republican view tries and hold to the principles of the nations founding where biblically we as individuals are to care for our neighbor, the poor, the ill, and the stranger, but in a way which encourages them to be restored to a productive life.

Individuals, both Jew and Christian, are to reach out and help people on an individual basis. When needs become great, that is when the synagogue, or church, which is a larger body, is to help out. The result is those in need learn to do what ever they can to provide for themselves, understanding that their neighbors are there to help. People, not government, helps — this is biblical.

God did not require any government to provide for others, but God did require individual people to be responsible. As our nation grew, and things like national emergencies occurred, our elected representatives responded with taxpayer dollars to deal with national emergencies. Unfortunately, over the years, everything has been turned over to the government, even education, and we today have a country in tremendous debt, a bureaucratic nightmare, and a need for higher taxes. I suggest we all begin attending a church of your choice, and restrict government to national emergencies like wars from other nations, hurricanes, earthquakes, and that train derailment which destroyed an entire town and the government is too broke and disorganized to help them.

— Gerry Burney, Ukiah