In reply to Bernie Schaeffer.

Bernie,

As I mentioned in a different post, it seems to me you are associating yourself with the wrong set of Lutherans. If you are seeking a group of Lutherans who is fine with abortion, you should join an ELCA affiliated congregation.

Your other point is deceiving. Planned Parenthood receives more than 500 million dollars from our federal taxes. Technically, these dollars might not be used to fund abortions through some accounting trickery but it doesn't take a genius to conclude that Planned Parenthood as an organization that practices abortions could not operate at the scale it does without that money. So at the very minimum those 500 million dollars allow Planned Parenthood to have a nationwide presence where it can offer abortion services even if through accounting those abortions are funded with non tax monies. Realistically, those dollars permit Planned Parenthood to fund its administrative overhead with our tax money, so we are in fact funding the very capability of Planned Parenthood to perform abortions.

In short, I have found your comments in all the threads treating the Planned Parenthood controversy not only unworthy of a God fearing Christian but also deceiving. To your mantra "the Bible doesn't mention abortion" now we have the mantra "the federal government doesn't fund the abortions performed by Planned Parenthood". It is sophistry 101.

I for one would not like to be associated with an LCMS congregation if the LCMS at some point backed away from being staunchly pro life.