From a Christian view point, the state has its power from death. Remember the temptations in the wilderness the kingdoms of the world are satan's to give as they are principalities and powers who are creatures of the fall. Look at the Gospel reading of the raising of Lazurus and see that it was Our Lord raising Lazarus from the dead that sent shock waves through the powers that be. Not only did they need to kill Our Lord, but Lazarus as well. John 12:10-11 So the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus too, for on account of him many of the Jewish people from Jerusalem were going away and believing in Jesus.
I wish I still had it, an open letter that William Stringfellow wrote to Jimmy Carter back in 1976. Stringfellow basically said it did not matter who won, because the power behind the state is death itself, and it has nothing to do with the goodness or evil of an individual office holder.
It is the society itself, the values that is preached in the media and everything that smacks of nilhilism that causes abortion. If we want to stop abortion, then we have to look at the cause of it, because it is just a symptom of a more major sickness. Just a thought to think about, when meeting someone the first time, the question that will come up is what do you do? Now that is to ask what do you have, if you got a job a good job and so forth, not who are you what do you stand for, but what do you have. If we reduce life to having, then we are all dead.
As Orthodox Christians we need to challenge the root of the problem with the proclaimation of the Gospel, that Our Lord defeated death once and for all. We need also not fear death, or poverty but take our bearings from the saints such as the fools for Christ.
Jeff the Finn
