Aloha, Amigo!
How have you
been? Hope the day has been great so far? Right now as I type, I have a few
people complaining of cold – mostly females. Yeah, let your imaginations roam.
But I would say the temperature is perfect. Air Conditioners are perfect any
day.
Now, back to the
females complaining of cold, is it that they don’t have as much body heat as
their male counterparts. I do not know, and becoming a transgender would likely
not change that. Well, Janet Mock should better tell us about it.
On the other
hand, the whole ‘cold thing’ these days is becoming quite sexual. I should
know; I have heard that statement pointedly over the years. Well, I have
handled those situations quite well. So, go figure.
Anyway, you
would agree with me that, since time immemorial, there has been this ingenious
way of getting rid of this particular kind of ‘cold’. Yes, we both know it –
Sex. I want to believe we are all mature here, so I don’t want your teeth out
right now. Lol, I could almost see some people grinning from ear to ear right
now. Clean your mind and let us return to the topic.
Now, Sex in
itself is a beautiful thing. No, you don’t have the right to ask me how I know
that. Well, I could tell you the Holy Bible is clear about it, and I learnt it
from there; but we both know you would not believe me. So, why the pretence?
Sex has been
abused, though, and it is lugubrious to see how some people go about it today.
It mocks the whole act. We see today how many sadness and ‘mistakes’ have
exuded from its abuse. From the diseases to the Pregnancies no one really wants
– neither the Father nor the Mother.
It is on the
unwanted pregnancy that I would sub-focus, though. You know there are grades in
everything in life. Some unwanted Children today could actually walk taller
than others – that is if they were not ‘flushed’ from the womb. This is because
unwanted pregnancies basically come from two intentions:
- Mutual Initiation – where both the parties were ready for the act. Maybe one persuaded the other or they both genuinely wanted it does not matter. What matters is that they both decided to rock.
Unwanted Pregnancies from these kinds of affairs are so well off
when compared with their counterparts. Check---
- Individual Initiation – there is no reason for me to mince words. What I mean by that, in one word, is RAPE. Only one person really wanted it. The person is the one obsessed about sex enough to get it by force. It is really one of the most malevolent acts ever.
Now, I do not
even have to tell you that pregnancies from such cases are, *sighs*,
faith-shaking. Trying to keep such pregnancies takes a strong spirit, if truth
be told.
This takes me to
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of Christ Embassy. I love Pastor Chris, brethrens. I
have found so much to learn from his teachings for a long time now. I watched
his programme on NTA, on Sunday. He answered a lot of questions beautifully.
Until when
someone asked the question:
“Is it okay for
someone to abort a pregnancy as a result of Rape?” Pastor Chris chuckled as he
read out the question – That is a question one really wants to be careful about
answering.
When Pastor
Chris answered, he said it is Okay to do so. Whatttt???!!! You mean it is very
alright to flush some while leaving another? Before I give my opinion, let me
rewind to the question Pastor Chris answered just before then.
Pastor Chris had
answered a question just before that, of when a foetus becomes a human being.
The sender was probably thinking of abortion too, and Pastor Chris had answered
that the foetus becomes human immediately it was formed. So why could you say a
foetus as a result of rape could be aborted.
- According to Pastor Chris, they were children conceived in an act of sin (By that, he was referring to the Rape incident).
- It is a traumatic experience for the woman who was the victim of rape.
- The pain and shame can not be understood by someone who was not involved in such a situation
- The child would not face judgement – in essence, the woman is doing the unborn child a ‘favour’.
- We should not judge.
Those were
Pastor Chris’ point of view, anyway. It necessarily isn’t mine or yours. We all
have right to our views, right? Now, many writers would end the article here,
to protect his image and avoid a major issue.
Lol, by now you
would have known I would speak. It matters not if the whole world is shying
away. And I would be as objective as I can. So below are my answers to Pastor
Chris’ opinions above. Then, I would put the finishing touches to it by sharing
my views on the subject. Let’s do this:
- CONCEIVED IN SIN
I find this part of Pastor Chris’ views the most absurd. How could
you even conceive such thought as your form of alibi? Children conceived as a
result of rape are born through sin, so what? What about the rest of us? Were
we conceived in holiness? Last I learnt, David, Former King of Israel,
wisely concluded that we were conceived in the sin.
Now, were some of us born holier than others? Yes, one actually was
– Our Lord Jesus Christ. And we all know he came to be without the biology of
sex and all that. Dude, Mary, the mother of Jesus, was a virgin!
He had to be born without sex, to make him clean from the original
sin that our Big Daddy, Adam, so graciously bequeathed to us for FREE! No man
born through sex is conceived sinless. So, go figure.
- TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE
When Pastor Chris was trying to capture that traumatic experience in
words, I could feel the emotion behind it. Personally, I have always voted
against rape; no matter the situation.
Anyway, because someone was a victim of rape should she decide to
get rid of the pregnancy? I say No. Rape is a murder, for Pete’s sake. Would
murdering an innocent child suddenly make everything right? Never; can two
wrongs make a right?
Even, killing the man guilty of the rape offence is considered a
sin, unless maybe right in the act – that is self-defence and that is perfectly
understandable if you could prove it so in the court of law. If not, one faces
sentence.
Why then should we give it a thought towards an innocent child
coming into the world to fulfil a mission? The next point smoothly serves as
the alibi:
- PAINFUL AND SHAMEFUL
Such a victim would be expected to go through a lot of pain. Forget
physical; I am talking about emotional pain here. Physical pain is nothing when
you think about the kind of pain such people go through emotionally, you would
begin to understand how big of a deal the thing is.
Pastor Chris knows this, and so does everybody else. Heck, I want to
believe even the rapists know this (Only God knows how heartless some people
could be!).
Now, add it to the shame one would have to carry about when one
discovers that the whole unpleasant incident has resulted in a pregnancy. Talk
about adding insult to injury!
However, I know people who took that measure. They might be able to
avoid the initial pain and shame. But their pasts still haunt them, and there
are other pains and shame that would materialise over time. Just ask around.
- NO JUDGEMENT, BIG FAVOUR
According to Pastor Chris, aborting a pregnancy means the kid does
not enter the world. He reinforced it by claiming the Baby hasn’t dragged in
Air ‘from the world’. In essence, the child has not had any encounter with life
on earth. OK… What are you driving at,
sir?
Pastor Chris went on saying,
since the child has not been born, such a child would not face judgement. Lol!
Joke of the century. The Bible was clear; we were all sinners from the womb.
I would not go as far as saying who and who would be judged and who
would not. However, God never segregated a group from His ‘all’. The book of
revelations talked about Everyone, Young
and Old, before the Seat of Judgement.
Apart from the judgement part, how would you consider taking
someone’s life on the plausible pretence that you are helping such a person
escape judgement? Does it occur to the world that you are also stopping him
from fulfilling his destiny?
But then, if Pastor Chris were here right now, he probably would
tell me that…
- “DO NOT JUDGE”
The Bible talks about this many times. No one should judge anyone,
as none of us is perfect. We are forever wanting and our best behaviours are
forever falling short of God’s standards. In case you do not know, His
Standards are very High.
So, I am a sinner. And I can not imagine myself judging anyone;
because, as The Holy Bible rightly said, I should avoid judging if I “do not
want to be judged”. Sinners judging sinners should rightly be regarded as the
height of hypocrisy – A case of the pot calling the kettle black.
So, all I would share is my opinion, my view, which of course is
entirely mine. To each man his own… so, here we go.
MY OPINION, MY VIEW
Rape is a very horrible thing that I can not describe. Let us face
it; I have never been raped. But then, I am a male. How could I call any case
of mine rape? I believe the attack is aimed more at the more delicate vessels –
the daughters of Eve.
I cannot simulate the kind of thoughts that go through the mind of
the victim. I have heard a few recounts – none of them is good. These people go
through traumas that some never got over with. Much is the pity!
NO, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND
HOW IT FEELS, OR WHAT YOU GO THROUGH, MILADY.
However, I know that abortion is never a solution. It could make you
sigh of relief for a moment. But trust, it would return to you. The sigh would
turn to that of despair. I still know people who cry today.
I have seen someone who had to be prayed for before getting relief
from the aftermath. Do not let a situation turn to your excuse. Excuses never
save. Not now, not ever.
I would not judge. I would advise, rather. You have the right to do
what you like. It is your choice. But if my two pennies count, please do not
abort.
God bless you forever.
Aloha!
