Clergy are Blessing Abortion Clinics


In spite of some Christians saying "This is impossible" there are clergy willing to go inside clinics and offer Christian blessings. These are not Satanists, but credentialed Christian clergy. 

While this seems unusual today, it is not unusual when considered over time. We have discussed here many times that nearly the entire Protestant faith endorsed abortion rights before the Roe v Wade decision. Anti-abortion was considered a Catholic thing, not part of traditional Protestsm. A study of the effectiveness of propaganda would have to rank the broad conversion within Protestantism to anti-abortion as an astounding success. Theologically, however, there is nothing there.

God finds a way to bless just about everything. I was raised in a no alcohol church. It was the only church in our town and there was no tavern. Beer was at the top of the sin list like trans is today. I did not drink in college because it stuck with me the any alcohol was a really terrible thing. Eventually, I felt I was over this.

But years later I found myself being a Mayor and invited to all kinds of events. One was an opening ceremony of new bar built by the Catholic Veterans Association. I was astounded that the local Bishop was there and sprinkled holy water on the beer dispenser and offered prayers about the fellowship that would take place there. That was an eyeroll to me, just as is a blessing of an abortion clinic is to religious anti-abortion zealots.

It's fortunate Christianity casts a wide net and Christians can bless an abortion clinic. Any Christian that scoffs at a brand in the faith that approves abortion needs to remember Paul said it was OK to skip the sacred practice of circumcision. "How could such a thing be allowed?" was asked. The reply "times change" applied then as it does today.  

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