How Much Are We Worth?
October 27th, 2010 § Leave a Comment
I’m pro-life. Period. I believe in keeping human beings alive. Endangered animals are nice, but I believe that while God cares about creation, he wants to save mankind. Furthermore, dead people, unfortunately, do not get to take advantage of the gospel. As far as I understand, souls are not saved post-mortum. That being said, human life (blood rushing, heart-pumping, air-breathing life) is of the ultimate value.
So, I have a question.
Can you consider yourself “pro-life” and put a dollar value on saving a man’s life? Healthcare is such a huge debate, and people keep talking about how, in order for everyone to get care, there has to be a limit to how much taxpayers will pay per person. But if you consider yourself pro-life, does it stand to reason that you are more than willing to pay whatever tax dollar amount necessary to provide care for as many humans as possible? Can you consider yourself pro-life and protest being asked to pay for healthcare?
And as a side note, I wonder how many super-conservative groups would protest abortion if they ever thought of how much it would cost in tax dollars to support all those saved children who would more than likely end up in foster care and/or on state health benefits? I personally would gladly offer my entire paycheck in taxess for the preservation of but one of those children. But I’m pretty sure I’m an extremely small minority.
