When Life Begins
Written by Ed Howes   
Thursday, 03 May 2007
Word Count: 526

I recall this process in the early chapters of Genesis when God created a man. When God breathed into his nostrils he became a living soul. Astrology confirms you become the person you are at the precise time and place of your birth. In the resurrection chapter of Ezekiel (37), people are re created from the dust of the ground with flesh upon bone – statues until the wind inspires them. Inspiration seems to be the key to life. Who would have guessed?

In the biblical books of the law we are commanded to drain the blood of slaughtered animals and not to eat blood. We are told the life is in the blood. Those with a little knowledge of biology know red blood cells carry both oxygen and nutrients to every cell in the body and the oxygen comes from inspiration. We also know that mother and child have a common blood supply until the umbilical cord is cut. It is the time when the cord is cut and the first breath taken that you become you and I become me.

We need not look far to see human life is one of the most disposable commodities on earth. Plenty more where we came from. What say we turn the whole world on its head, so to speak? Let’s call the dissection of human embryos collateral damage and call willfully slaughtered people pre meditated murder. Your collateral damage crap doesn’t wash. When you know in advance innocent people will die and you proceed, it is no different than driving your car down a crowded sidewalk at fifty miles an hour. You are clearly saying deliberately killing people is in the national interest and harvesting embryos is not. What in God’s name qualifies you to judge such a matter in the first place? Has God made you the decider of all things? Is there anything beyond your authority? The weather? I’m inclined to agree with Osama you are an unrepentant sinner and a law unto yourself. Maybe the genuine axis of evil is in the White House. Maybe you are just the Burger King having it all your way. A man no longer needs honor to be President of the United States. He only needs connections and secret fraternities.

I digress. Ask a knowing believer when life begins and she will tell you when the Creator intends it. If this is so, no miscarriage, spontaneous or induced, will prevent the fulfillment of divine will. The intended soul will be born at the time and place of the Creator’s choosing. Scripture tells us children are fruit unto the Lord and we were commanded to be fruitful in the beginning. Jesus curses the unfruitful tree. There are ways I can bring curses upon myself you know nothing about. It is one thing for me to grieve the Lord and risk the consequences or seek forgiveness. It is quite another for you to forbid me or punish me when I do. It is only your ego that allows you to believe God needs you to keep anybody holy.