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The Reverend Harry Knox insists that pro-lifers are the wolves in sheep’s clothing Jesus warned about, and that we bear false witness.<\/p>\n

The not very reverent Rev. Knox heads up the largest faith-based pro-abortion\u00a0organization in the nation, the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC)<\/a>. Churches like the United Methodists, Evangelical Lutheran, Presbyterian USA, and Episcopals, as well as a host of more well-known liberal churches, are the composite of this campaign for death in the name of the One who came to bring us life. The RCRC is a shame to the reality of Christianity as it manipulates the truth of the faith.<\/p>\n

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Knox sends many letters, all in an effort to campaign for abortion rights by asking people for money \u2014 echoing the letters of Planned Parenthood, who at least doesn’t use Jesus to fundraise, as Knox does. Earlier in December, he sent what was perhaps the most abhorrent letter of all. In it, he lamented that abortion access in the United States is so limited now that “it\u2019s as if the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in Roe v. Wade<\/em> didn’t happen.\u201d Women don\u2019t really have a choice, Knox says, when they can\u2019t get to an abortion clinic easily. Sounds like Planned Parenthood, right? But wait! Knox wants you to know that true Christians support abortion. He says:<\/p>\n

[T]he majority of people of faith, and the majority of Christians support legal access to abortion. And so they wrap their anti-choice ideology in something that sounds warm and fuzzy.<\/p>\n

The Christian tradition says that Jesus advised his disciples to, \u2018Watch out for false prophets. They come to you dressed like sheep, but inside they are vicious wolves. You will know them by their fruit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Stunning words coming from a man who leads an organization advocating death of innocent children for any reason whatsoever. Indeed, Knox shows us what a false prophet actually looks like. RCRC and its members<\/a> are the ones actually walking around with fuzzy sheep coats, but underneath the costume is a vacuum that sucks a living life from the womb of a mother who’s been led to believe that death is acceptable if she can\u2019t see the baby, doesn’t want the baby. But no, Knox says, we are the real wolves. He continues:<\/p>\n

These laws, and the anti-abortion legislators that promote them, are wolves in sheep\u2019s clothing. They say one thing that sounds very nice, but we know them by their fruit. They want nothing more than to deny women the right to decide to have a child on her own terms.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re telling a lie. In biblical terms, they\u2019re bearing false witness. Where I come from, that\u2019s a sin.<\/p>\n

These false prophets \u2013 these vicious wolves \u2013 are tearing women\u2019s rights to shreds. And they need to be stopped.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sometimes I read words that are difficult to take seriously. I wonder how anyone with a faith in Christ and a belief in the Bible could possibly be blind enough to read a letter like this and nod in agreement or click a link and donate money at Christmas to kill a baby.<\/p>\n

The reality is that many believe this guy, the one actually bearing false witness. The witness of Christ is the purpose of His life. In the Gospel of John, Jesus says:<\/p>\n

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.\u00a0I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. (John 10:10-11, ESV)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The witness of Christ is the reality of giving His own life so that others may live. The witness of the enemy Knox mentions, whom Jesus addresses in this text,\u00a0 is destruction, such as that of abortion. This seems so obvious. Somehow, to these folks, it\u2019s not. Somehow, they neglect to see that if Mary were carrying Jesus in today\u2019s culture, many would suggest she abort her baby and go on with her life.<\/p>\n

Knox ends his letter with a live link that says, \u201cClick here and make a donation because the wolves are circling and we need your support today.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll give him one truth in that statement: the wolves are indeed circling. The RCRC is a large pack. And the sheep are back at the manger celebrating life. Just as Knox\u2019s Christmas Eve greeting depicts.<\/p>\n

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