(cont'd from yesterday's post)
Historic Christian thought occupies a fraction of the space it used to in America's public life. Imagine how unlikely it would be today that public schools would excuse students two hours/week to attend catechism class at their church, as some of you remember from your childhood.
Take this article which I cited last week as a small example. It's a report by a reputable public resource (WebMd) on a study done by the University of Washington School of Medicine which predicts the peak of world population.
The study doesn't just report on world population. It issues warnings and recommends policies that come from secular values.
Historic Christian thought and policy tends to be based on the inherent sacred value of human life (Genesis 1:27) and therefore opposes abortion on demand. The UW study supports abortion on demand, with the warning "women's reproductive rights must not be compromised."
The study also warns that U.S. immigration rates may fall dangerously low, when the actual number of foreign-born persons living in the U.S. last year had climbed to 13.7%, almost triple the percentage that lived in the U.S. in 1970. It's a non-fact and a claim based on . . what, a political agenda or an ideological narrative?
(cont'd tomorrow)
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