My Letter to Adventist Today
Regarding Slavery
After reading the article recently published by Adventist Today dealing with the issue of slavery, I could not resist the temptation of writing my personal reaction to this topic. Here is a copy of my submission, which I doubt they will take the trouble to publish. We are more inclined to be concerned about the evils of the past than the sins of the present.
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"Slavery is unfair, cruel, and inhumane, and I want to congratulate you for supporting legislation aimed at stopping this detestable crime against humanity.There is, though, a much worse crisis in our society: the practice of abortion. Slavery deprives a human beings of their freedom. Abortion deprives them of life. The harm done by enslavement can be alleviated by the hope of eventual freedom. The harm done by abortion is irreversible.
Adventists have always been in opposition to slavery. We cannot say the same about abortion. Our early pioneers condemned the practice of abortion in the strongest terms. Modern-day Adventists have departed from this fine tradition which served Christianity for two millennia.
We justify the shedding of innocent blood in the name of therapy and compassion. Since when killing has become a therapy treatment? Would the defenders of abortion accept said therapy for themselves? How come they prescribe it for the most innocent group of human beings?
Slavery deprives innocent children and adults of their God-given freedom. We justify the execution of innocent unborn babies in the name of freedom of choice. Our official Guidelines on Abortion state that Jesus died to make us free. If this is true, then perhaps he also died to grant us the freedom to rape, steal, and sexually abuse little children.
I wonder how otherwise intelligent theologians managed to concoct such perverse religious statements to justify what our early pioneers described as murder. We should remember that King Pharaoh, the one who ordered the drowning of Jewish boys, perished by drowning; and King Herod, who sent his soldiers to kill the children in Bethlehem, was eventually eaten by worms.
We tend to forget that Jesus stated that our eternal destiny will be determined by the way we treat "the least of these," and if the unborn do not qualify as the "least of these," then who will? Jesus stated: "Let the children come to me." How can they come to Jesus, if we slaughter them before they have a chance to take their first breath?
I don't think you will publish this, because we have developed a blind spot in our moral vision regarding this life and death issue because our leaders have failed to avoid this moral detour. In 1970, two years before the legalization of abortion, Neal Wilson stated that the SDA Church was leaning towards abortion because there was too much hunger and overpopulation in the world. What a shame! We led the way in this genocide!
We have condemned the Catholic Church for persecuting the innocent in the past. We persecute the innocent in the present and generously label ourselves as the "Remnant" who keep God's Commandments! Recently the German and Austrian SDA leadership issued an apology for our cooperation with Hitler while innocent human beings were being slaughtered. We justify the killing of the unborn today and pray for god's blessing.
The Jews killed the Author of life two thousand years ago and rushed to keep the Sabbath holy. Many of our hospitals butcher the unborn, but we make sure to preach about the sanctity of the Sabbath. How can the Sabbath be holy if we desecrate the sanctity of human life? If you have taken the time to read this, please have the courage to do something for the unborn!
Nic Samojluk, Ph.D.
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