Perhaps artists and authors did not intend a pro-life message, but
sometimes what comes out in their works addresses such themes.
I remember hearing the late theologian Francis Schaefer speaking and
saying that a magazine stated that life began at conception. But then
this magazine added the question: �Is it a person?� Apparently
someone was looking for a loophole to allow for abortion.
In his own way Dr. Seuss answered the question in his picture book
HORTON HEARS A WHO by stating the a person is a person not matter what
size. And yes Embryo�s may be small and not visible to the human eye,
but that does not deny their personhood and humanity. Dr. Seuss may
not have been pro-life, but he may have unwittingly affirmed the
personhood of the unborn by stating that a person is a person no
matter what size.
Another work, which to me, addresses life issue and Embryonic Stem
Cell �Research� in a round about way is the Japanese manga (graphic
novel or comic) BUSO RENKIN. This is about alchemy. On the one side
is a sickly schoolboy, Koshaku, whose ultimate end is to become
superhuman. But once he becomes superhuman, he has to eat people to
survive. On the other side are alchemist warrior Tokiko and her
accidental recruit Kazuki.. Tokiko and Kazuki try to stop him. In
the big confrontation, Kazuki fights Koshaku to save Tokiko who is
bedridden and facing extinction some distance away. If memory serves
me correctly., Tokiko addresses Kosahku by cell phone telling him that
no one wants to die, but that taking the lives of other people is
wrong. I recently talked to a physician, who said he would do
whatever it takes to save a life, within the bounds of morality. In
other words killing other people to save a patients life is out of the
question. Perhaps society has chosen to deny the humanity of the
unborn.
But if you think about it , Embryonic Stem Cell �Research� and Fetal
tissue �Research� really boil down to killing persons to prolong the
life of another. For a person is still a person even if we cannot see
them fully formed. A person is still a person even if they are old or
disabled.
Guy
# posted by GuyTak @ 9:33 PM
