Protecting the Unborn Does NOT Interfere with Religious Rights

It’s hard to believe these days that someone who claims to be a Christian minister could possibly think that murdering someone is a violation of religious rights.

Yet, there is at least a small fraction who seem to think that it does, starting with Senior Pastor Rachel Baughman at Oak Lawn United Methodist Church in Dallas.

Rachel Baughman

Rachel Baughman

OLUMC is a liberal, queer-affirming church, that is more about celebrating “the diverse expressions of its people” than preaching the whole counsel of God, which includes pointing out the damnable judgment already rendered against homosexuals who fail or refuse to repent of their abomination (Lev 18:22; 20:13; Rom 1:24-27; 1 Cor 6:9-10; Rev 21:8).

According to Baughman, the State of Texas, because of its recent passage of Senate Bill 8, prohibiting abortions in Texas, which includes even the counseling thereof, is interfering in her right to practice her religion as she sees fit.

After her demonization of “Christian nationalism,” whatever that is, she says, “I am really just trying to stand up and protect our rights and ability to have honest conversation and dialogue with our congregation members about things that matter.”

That’s all fine and dandy, but she never states where it is right to kill a human being, much less a defenseless baby yet to born.

In fact, I’ve asked about that very thing to other murder rights proponents, and they have not come up with an answer either.

Doctors recommended, multiple times, that this “group of cells” be aborted. The parents said, “No!”

Instead, there is the usual, “Oh, that’s not a baby. It’s a fetus” or one of a thousand other diversionary excuses to make sure a human being is murdered out of convenience.

Anyway, Baughman and a handful of her apostate ministers have decided to threaten a lawsuit against the State of Texas, which, if she and they were really the Christian clergy that they claim to be, they would find something more biblical to do, like say, defend the rights of the unborn.

In its nascent stage, she stated, “I don’t think it’s possible this won’t end up in Texas courts.”

Honestly, I think that’s where she wants this to go.

Why? Because this has nothing to do with acting the part of a Christian minister and everything to do with Leftist radicalism, which seeks to do everything contrary to what is right.

We’ll see where this goes, but my prayer is that she not only fails, miserably, in her quest to sanction the murder of the unborn, but that she will repent of her wickedness and come to a true knowledge of just what Christianity is and how only it has the absolute reason to defend those who cannot otherwise defend themselves.

About the Author

Paul Derengowski, Ph.D.
Founder of the Christian Apologetics Project PhD, Theology with Dogmatics, North-West University (2018); MA Apologetics with Honors, BIOLA University (2007); ThM, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (2003); MDiv, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (2000); BA Pastoral Ministry & Bible, Baptist Bible College (1992)