Hoo Boy!
Posted on 12/12/2011 1:51:17 PM PST by thesaleboat
The sign might as well read, “Buy a Bible and support abortion!”
In the latest twist of commercialism invading Christianity, now breast cancer pink has merged with the Word of God. The Susan G. Komen Foundation, who as recently as last week was handing out cash to the nation’s number one abortion provider, makes the latest thematic Bible stand out on retailers’ shelves across the nation. WalMart.com describes it this way: "The Here's Hope Breast Cancer Bible is a reminder that God has not forgotten you, a friend, or loved one who has been impacted by breast cancer. Not only will you find encouragement and inspiration through testimonies from breast cancer survivors but more importantly you'll encounter God's life-sustaining words for you." Of course there’s a big problem with this Bible. While the text of the original canon inside is true, approximately 5% the purchase will go to Komen who, last year manages to give over half a million dollars to the abortion provider Planned Parenthood.
What’s more disturbing about this Bible is who publishes it. Bible publisher B&H Publishing is known for the Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB), a relatively new and solid Bible translation. B&H is a division of Lifeway Resources. You probably do a lot of your Christmas shopping at Lifeway, a favorite among American Christian bookstores. It’s baffling to me how such a large company could have missed the memo about Komen, which has been published from sea to shining sea.
Lifeway is a resource from the Southern Baptist Convention, generally a strong supporter of the right to life. While I would have to guess that the acquisition of this project was a matter of ignorance of the connection rather than ill-intent, I’m left with only two responses. First, obviously, we can’t support this Bible. While it may be a tempting purchase as an inspirational gift for breast cancer sufferers, especially at the Christmas season, it’s a donation to death.
Second, my response is to ask Lifeway and its affiliate company B&H to do whatever they need to to stop this project. Is that a lofty thing to suggest? Sure. As a writer I’m aware of the issues with contracts, publication, legal matters. Will it be easy? Of course not. Will it cost? Yes, probably a lot. Is it the right thing to do to pull out of funding death? That should be a question we don’t need to ask.
A reminder if you’ve missed the background on Komen: Komen, a longtime supporter of Planned Parenthood, continues to argue that it only gives money for breast cancer screenings. One cannot donate money for one good cause to a place that makes its profit off abortion and expect to not have the money mix. Funds are fungible—what Planned Parenthood gets for breast screenings only frees up its other mass monies for more abortions. It’s like the woman who keeps dating an abusive guy because he’s really a good guy when he’s not hitting her.
The American Life League reported in August that in the 2009-2010 funding year, Komen affiliates have over a half a million dollars ($569,000) to Planned Parenthood. This Bible was released in October, known for being breast cancer awareness month. How much might profits off this Bible go to help Komen give more money to Planned Parenthood?
The bottom line here is that all Bibles are a reminder God has not forgotten you. God loves breast cancer survivors and He loves the unborn. He loves them all, and it’s not likely He’s encouraging anyone to fund death to support breast cancer. All Bibles hold God’s life-sustaining words, but the Here's Hope Breast Cancer Bible sucks hope from the womb and helps fund the robbery of hope from the unborn.
If you want to give hope to a person with breast cancer, buy her a Bible, buy her a book of inspirational stories to go along with it, but don’t buy her the Komen version of the Bible. The text might be the same, but the funding isn’t.
Ping
“You probably do a lot of your Christmas shopping at Lifeway, a favorite among American Christian bookstores.”
Not anymore if Lifeway is playing the middle man in funneling cash to the Planned Parenthood Abortion mill.
I wonder if is one of the ‘gender neutral’ bibles.
>>It’s baffling to me how such a large company could have missed the memo about Komen
They didn’t miss the memo. Komen is a shake-down operation. When they come to your business with “an offer you can’t refuse”, you put on the pink and do what they tell you or they rally their army of women (womyn??)to denounce you as being in favor of mothers, wives, and sisters dying of breast cancer. Even Lifeway can’t stand up to millions of unreasonable, over-emotional women. No one dares stand in the way of the Komen Machine.
“The Here’s Hope Breast Cancer Bible is a reminder that God has not forgotten you....”
Nor has he forgotten the unborn or those who kill them.
The new god. More tolerant, culturally diverse, and he doesn’t care what you do as long as you’re not a Republican.
Great way to curse yourself with breast cancer and defile the Word of God at the same time, yes?
Even though I have relatives who suffer from breast cancer, and some who have died from it, I never gave money to this organization. I always had a bad feeling about them, like I always had a bad feeling about Sesame Street, even when I was a liberal. I never liked it. Ever. But I could never tell you why, just that it gave me the creeps.
This breast cancer organization always gave me the creeps.
Now I know why.
On the bright side...
Maybe this will be move that finally shines the spotlight on SBK and their Planned Parenthood connection.
Lifeway is connected with the Southern Baptist Convention (or was at one time). How many Souther Baptists are going to sit by while their money goes to support abortion?
On the bright side...
Maybe this will be move that finally shines the spotlight on SBK and their Planned Parenthood connection.
Lifeway is connected with the Southern Baptist Convention (or was at one time). How many Souther Baptists are going to sit by while their money goes to support abortion?
How many breast cancer screenings does Planned Parenthood provide with the money from Komen? If memory serves, that number is zero.
There are other organizations that collect money for breast cancer research and treatment. I haven’t researched them, but I’d like to see some recommendations from other FReepers. There are also cancer treatment centers and hospitals that you can donate to directly.
It wouldn’t matter if PP did a million.
The point is, when you give money to PP for non-abortion services (in this case, breast cancer awareness) it frees up money that can be used for abortion services (PP’s primary mission).
It’s the old story that all money is fungable. This is why you should never give money to an organization that does things you disagree with, even if the money you give is targeted to a “good cause”.
I agree. I think that point was made in the original article. I thought it was important to add that the money Komen gives to Planned Parenthood does not go toward breast cancer research, diagnosis or treatment. The entire donation goes straight to abortions. I think that makes the whole situation that much worse. It would be bad enough if Komen was giving money to PP for breast cancer prevention, diagnosis or treatment; but it’s even worse that they’re donating money exclusively for abortions.
Four tweets I just sent:
18 affiliates of the Komen for the Cure [of breast cancer] foundation gave >$569,000 to the abortionists Planned Parenthood in 2010.
In 2009, it was 20 (of their 122) affiliates and $731,303. I thought their donations were supposed to save lives, not take them.
"Komen spokesman confirmed last year that Komen affiliates contributed about $3.3 million to the abortion business from 2004-2009."
Since abortion has been linked to breast cancer, donations to Komen could bring more harm than good: leading to 2 possible deaths.
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