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Alito's "Open Mind" on Abortion is Lunacy
By: Reed R. Heustis, Jr.
January 11, AD 2006

Before a sky diver jumps out of an aircraft, he makes sure that his parachute is in perfect working order. He's not going to keep an "open mind" and trust an unchecked parachute out of blind faith. Such a decision can result in him plunging to his death.

When it comes to truth, there is only one road. All others lead to falsehood, and therefore destruction.

For example, in mathematics the sum of One plus One is Two. It would be totally against the law of mathematics to keep an "open mind" in the belief that One plus One equals Three.

In geometry, a circle is the set of all points at a fixed distance from a fixed point, the center; while a square is a polygon with four equal sides and equal angles. It would be totally against the law of geometry to keep an "open mind" in the belief that a square can ever be a circle.

In chemistry, potassium cyanide is a deadly poison that disrupts the cell's respiration in humans, resulting in coma and death. It would be totally against the law of chemistry to keep an "open mind" in the belief that one can survive a cyanide gas chamber.

When it comes to truth, an open mind can be a very dangerous thing. Life literally hangs in the balance.

Ironically, while millions of pro-life Christians have thrown their support behind Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, mainly because of their unfounded faith that Alito will somehow vote to overturn the pro-abortion monstrosity called Roe v. Wade, Alito himself proclaimed that he would consider the question of abortion with - you guessed it - an "open mind".

On Tuesday, January 10, 2006, Alito was asked whether he still agreed with his 1985 statement about the Constitution not providing a basis for a woman's right to an abortion.

Alito dodged the question and offered this answer instead: "I would approach the question with an open mind and I would listen to the arguments that were made."

Did pro-life Christians notice this?

Perhaps it should be repeated:

"I would approach the question with an open mind and I would listen to the arguments that were made."

If pro-life Christians are really of the understanding that abortion is murder, then why won't they give a second thought as to the lunacy of Alito's comment?

Logic dictates that if Alito is going to keep an "open mind" when approaching the issue of abortion, then he must logically also keep an "open mind" when approaching murder itself.

Surely the Constitution does not protect any right to murder. In fact, the opposite is true: the Constitution protects the right to life from being deprived without due process of law. The Constitution therefore prohibits murder, whether by abortion or otherwise.

Christians should already know that the Bible does not reveal any right to murder. They should already be very familiar with God's prohibition of murder in the Ten Commandments.

When it comes to precious life, there is no room for the keeping of an "open mind" in the belief of falsehood. It is exactly this kind of deception that Satan, the father of lies, cherishes. When it comes to truth, lies should never be entertained.

In the Bible, the Psalmist is revealed to have been conceived in his mother's womb (Ps. 51:5); and in biology, the life of a human being begins at conception when the father's sperm fertilizes the mother's egg.

These truths can never be compromised, no matter how militant the pro-abort.

If Alito is to keep an open mind, then he should only keep it open to the truth. When considering the issue of murder by abortion, the truth has already been revealed.

America needs a Supreme Court justice who will reject falsehood, and keep his mind open only to the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

So help him God.

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