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Christian Issues | Abortion |
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Denounces defence in case of baby shot while in womb Response to Important legal questions surround case of baby shot in womb Brenda Drummond has spent the last month in a psychiatric hospital accused of shooting her son in her womb. ... Drummond is accused of trying to kill her son with a pellet gun on May 28 - two days before she gave birth alone in the bathroom of her home in Carlteon Place, about 40 kilometres west of Ottawa. (by Canadian Press) "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." And people don't want to hear about this issue of the right to kill in the womb, for it reveals, as the Bible says, that "the heart is deceitful above all else, and desperately wicked." (by John Van Eyk) [Full Article/Editorial] |
Child mortality rate should include abortions Response to World Bank Finds Canadians among world's most fortunate ...Canadian average of seven deaths per 1,000 live births. (by The Canadian Press) The truth is that one out of every five children are aborted before they are considered a "live birth." (by John Van Eyk) [Full Article/Editorial] Responds to bombing at clinic He (Henry Morgentaler) speaks of our movement's moral bankruptcy. Who is he to speak about morality, about knowing what's right and wrong, especially in his line of business (aborting "fetuses"). (by John Van Eyk) [Full Article/Editorial] |
Christian Issues | Homosexuality |
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Labor leader 'out of touch' Response to Local labor leader backs gay benefits bill The head of the Elgin Labor Council says phone calls received by MPP Peter North over the gay rights bill may not represent the true feelings of the riding (700 to 4 against bill). (by Times-Journal's Wayne Newton) I believe Verne Warren, the head of the Elgin Labor Council, is out of touch with this community. (by John Van Eyk) [Full Article/Editorial] Homosexuality a sin Response to Love, commitment worthwhile There ought to be some mechanism in civil law for the solemnization of same-sex unions. (Times-Journal Editorial) God wrote that homosexual relationships are as much an abomination to Him as a man or woman who lies with a beast, both punishable by death. Will you also favour man and beast marriages if there is love and commitment. (by John Van Eyk) [Full Article/Editorial] |
Take Bible literally Response to Murder of priest a social indictment The body in the pall-covered casket was that of Rev. Warren Eling, a curate of St. James from 1964-1973. ... Police say that Elgin, unmarried, was gay and frequented bars in Montreal's west end. (by Tom Harpur) The muderered gay priest might have received the praise of men like "a gifted priest and a good person" - "a super priest" - "had a tremendous impact." But God does not judge as man does. (by John Van Eyk) [Full Article/Editorial] Critical of MP's stand supporting rights bill Response to Knutson says yes to gay rights bill Elgin MP Gar Knutson says he will vote in favor of two controversial measures to protect homosexuals. (by Times-Journal Staff) For all Christian people, the question is simple: how would God want Mr. Knutson to vote? (by John Van Eyk) [Full Article/Editorial] |
Christian Issues | Euthanasia |
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Offer to aid suicide lacks reason and care Response to Willing to aid suicide I was sitting on my bed crying about a dear friend who as Lou Gehrig's disease and wants to die. ... If I hadn't been there (by his side) when I was, he would not be here now. (by Rhonda Clarke) She says she wants to assist his (Erwin Krickhahn's) suicide, yet when she visited him, she saved his life. (by John Van Eyk) [Full Review] Blasts hunger strike promoting euthanasia Response to City woman goes on hunger strike Rhonda Clarke is willing to make herself sick if it means more people will sign a petition asking the government to develop right-to-die legislation. (by Lori Reiger/Times-Journal) Disabled persons, no matter how sick, have worked long and hard to win their rightful place in this society ... and we must encourage them to hold on to every breath that God desires to give them. (by John Van Eyk) [Full Review] Life's worth living Response to Right to die activist wants to go out with bang After a 39-day hunger strike last summer that has left lasting bowel problems and gathering 90,000 signatures from across Ontario on her petition for death with dignity, Rhonda Clarke wants to see her petition in Prime Minister Jean Chretien's hands. (by Times-Journal Staff) If only she and those like-minded could remember a lesson history has taught us: that it is but a short step that leads from assisted suicide, to homicide, to genocide and finally to moral chaos. (by John Van Eyk) [Full Review] |
Parents have no right to kill disabled children Response to Dad's sentence ridiculous The recent jail sentence handed down to a Saskatchewan dad who killed his severely disabled daughter is "ridiculous" says a right-to-die supporter. (by Lori Rieger/Times-Journal) They first promote the right to die for terminally ill people and now they enlarge their horizons to that parents should have the right to kill their severly disabled children. Who will they target next? ... It just proves that once you start looking at killing as a means to solve problems you always seem to have more problems. (by John Van Eyk) [Full Review] Fears media coverage of assisted suicide Response to Palliative care is not always the final answer and Hunger striker says CMA stand dangerous One often hears the cry ... that doctors must not "play God." But, modern medicine "plays God" every moment of every day with ever intervention conceivable. We are already playing God; the question is will we be compassionate, respectful of the individual kind of God or an authoritarian "we know better than you" kind of deity.(by Tom Harpur) A local hunger-striker who launched a petition in favour of doctor-assisted suicide says the Canadian Medical Association's stand against it could make things worse for sick people. (by Times-Journal Staff) The Bible says "there is no new thing under the sun" and history is repeating itself if we study the history of euthanasia under Hitler. Leading medical doctors were calling it "final medical assistance", an "advancement in science", and "merciful" - but the outcome was devestating. (by John Van Eyk) [Full Review] |
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