Pastor Uses Parable To Defend Abortion

Pastor Uses Jesus Parable To Defend Abortion | Blogs | NCRegister.com: In an article reflecting on Easter, Reverend Matthew Westfox of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice took one of Jesus’ parables out of context to force a pro-abortion defense. He did so in an article on his reflections on Easter. He wrote:

A pro-life stance cannot concern itself only with the life of the woman. In the parable of the sower, Jesus reminds us that seed alone does not bring about new life — that all aspects of the conditions into which the seed are cast must be suitable to sustain life. If there is not enough light or too many weeds or other circumstances that make the ground unfit, the seed will not grow. The story reminds us that respecting and honoring life means doing all we can to create the conditions that will allow life to flourish — while at the same time respecting and accepting that some conditions are not suitable to sustaining life. We do no service by trying to force life into places where the ground is not right.

Editor: The parable is, of course, not talking about unborn human life at all. Jesus tells his disciples in Luke 8:11 that the seed is the word of God, and the point of the parable is new life in Christ resulting from the sowing of the word in good soil.