His arrest enabled sidewalk counselors to do nothing but see themselves associated with criminals who hide behind their wives. Do you think Jesus would tranfer His assets to His wife's account to hide from the law? I doubt it. All this guy did was sully the pro-life cause for a few minutes of glory. A woman going to kill her child is not going to be swayed by some guy chaining himself to a door. She is more likely to be swayed by someone offering to pray for her child while doing so lawfully as thousands do every year. The pro-life cause doesn't need criminals in its midst.
Please, please, you're guilty of (a) assuming I support anti-war protestors; and (b) equivocation--you're assuming that anti-war protestors are committing a direct act of saving someone's life. The "best" anyone could concede (and I don't concede it) about anti-war protestors is that in some circumstances they could indirectly save lives--were it an unjust war. The war in Iraq is a just war precisely because it saves more lives.
I support our troops
The real issue is do you support the lives of pre-born? Do I support the lives of pre-born? As Rush Limbaugh asked the anti-war folks, "How do you support the troops?" How is that practically fleshed out? The answer obviously was that they don't. The answer from many paper-tiger pro-lifers about how they support the lives of the pre-born is that they don't (other than lip service).
May I remind you that Paul & Silas were "criminals"? May I remind you that much of the persecuted church today are deemed "criminals" by the authorities? Has Easter already run so quickly past that ye forget that Jesus was arrested, deemed a "criminal" & given the death sentence--dying between two thieves? Yeah, yeah, I suppose in your world, religion could do without troublemakers like this lot.
Where do you get that? How do you know that? I missed that element in the story.
I don't understand where you're coming from, overall. Certainly Matthew 7:1 is a grossly-abused verse, but it does mean something. What do you think the difference is between what Jesus prohibits, and what you just did? Do you care?
Dan
This was pretty much Judas's complaint about Jesus.
Jesus did many symbolic protests including the one where he chased out the money changers in the temple. The power of that act has survived the centuries and has power for people today to fight against evil.
"Give unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."
First off, the abortion industry should keep its muffs off the pre-born child. Dismemberment of God's worksmanship in the womb is not recommended in light of the final judgment.
Secondly, an attack upon God's creation is an attack upon Jesus, Himself (Matt. 25:37-46).
Thirdly, an attack upon those who would protect the innocent (the church of Jesus Christ) is an attack upon Jesus, Himself ("Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me " (Acts 9:4)
Fourthly, the assets of a Christian protecting the pre-born belong not to Caesar or a subsidiary of Caesar (e.g. Planned Parenthood), but rather to God (Ps.24:1: "The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it"). We cannot always know where our $ spent is going to be used, but when we can trace it precisely we should consider the injunction not to "share in the sins of others" (1 Tim. 5:22). If I had a babysitter who was taking $ to pay for drugs & I could trace the connection, I would do what I could to cut the bridge between my wallet & her drug habit in the name of (tough) loving that person. Remember, love rejoices in the truth (1 Cor. 13:6).