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Your rebuttal is loaded with logical flaws - for one, it technically doesn't matter if one "cares about" an individual after the life is saved. For instance, if I tackle a sniper as he was about to shoot down an old lady, does it make my life-saving act invalid if I never see or hear of her again? Therefore, the attempt to invalidate a pro-lifer's concern for preserving the life of the unborn child, by making the assumption that they really don't care about the child after it is born, is not only highly presumptous but also illogical. Secondly, to claim Christians are violating some sacred barrier of church and state by wanting this particular sin to be outlawed, as it was for the majority of our nation's existence, is spurious. Blasphemy against the Spirit is not defined in any particular criminal act, but many sins are, and they are considered illegal in our country as well as sinful. Do you want stealing, lying under oath, trespassing, etc. made legal too, on the basis that condemnation and punishment of these acts are a matter for the Church only and not the State? Lastly, I'll leave you with this to ponder - you say it is dangerous to make a decision on what is "NOT known". Let's assume then, that science has yet to define absolutely when life begins (although every new discovery points closer and closer to conception rather than birth). Which side would you rather err on - putting an abrupt end to a fetus which may well be a human life; or, allowing that fetus to develop naturally into a human child? If we find out years from now that life unquestionably begins at conception, we will look back in horror on the holocaust we tolerated. If science proves life begins sometime after conception, be it weeks or even months, all we are guilty of is letting nature take its course without our interference.

"blasphemy against the Spirit"

Probably the most consistent view of the bible is that this sin is synonymous with the ultimate refusal to accept the Holy Spirit's call to believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Even murders can be forgiven; but not this.

OK, back to our scheduled righteous rants. (It's getting late, I'm getting punchy.)

it technically doesn't matter if one "cares about" an individual after the life is saved.

That was not my argument. Go read the original article. I was answering that.

Hank

You made an excellent, logical post. I enjoyed reading it.