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Introduction:
In the United States of America there are a handful of people who openly profess that a full human being exists from the instant of conception and is entitled to the same protection as is any adult regardless of race, sex or status in life. While many will call procured abortion an act of murder including such note worthies as Pope John Paul II, few will carry the dogmatic statement of the Catholic Church to its logical conclusion. Unfortunately many will defend the murderers of the innocent rather than the innocent persons themselves.
Strange as it may seem there are those of the pro abortion mindset that fully recognize the validity of the position of Fr. Trosch and others. The following are excerpts from a document written by a contemporary atheist in December of 1998. It seems quite possible that this man –who for the moment at least is denying the existence of God– will fair better on judgement day than the many who fall into the category of hypocrites that Jesus often referred to in the Gospels.
The Gospel Spin Doctors
by Cliff Walker
. . . From the standpoint of historical and scriptural Christianity, the positions of Fr. Trosch and Rev. Phelps can be very compelling to the mind of someone who uses religion as his or her only authority. Both men's cases are virtually airtight when seen from this perspective. Dogma is held above any other authority, and obedience to dogma becomes the greatest virtue.
Fortunately for us, most theists in America today use a combination of faith and reason to make their everyday decisions. More and more, reason overrides difficult dogma; in many cases, reason reinterprets faith, or ignores it, or explains it away.
Political leaders of the Christian right use this to their advantage. Anti-gay forces who are most serious about winning their cause will dissociate from Phelps, and anti-abortion groups denounce Trosch -- even if it means publicly compromising what they privately teach is revealed dogma.
. . . There it is: It's the tactics that the others oppose, not the sympathies behind the acts. Why? Because the tactics of Trosch and Phelps, though rooted in the same dogma, bring down the wrath of public opinion, thereby frustrating the common goals of both the mainstream and the radicals.
The difference is that Fr. Trosch and Rev. Phelps are self-consistent: as reprehensible as their deeds are, their actions correspond with their dogma; they are not hypocrites.
It is dogma itself that is reprehensible. Those who distance themselves from Phelps and Trosch are more devious than are Phelps and Trosch, because they try to hide their true motives from the public. Neither Phelps nor Trosch is sophisticated or dishonest enough to do this.
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