Exodus 21:16
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
Our modern world is awash in sentimentality and confusion about the value of human life. On the one hand, we are told that man is a meaningless collection of molecules, an accidental byproduct of cosmic slime plus time. On the other hand, we are hectored with endless slogans about human rights, dignity, and self-worth, all of which are utterly baseless if the first premise is true. You cannot have infinite human value in a finite, materialist universe. It is like trying to build a skyscraper on a swamp. The foundation will not hold, and the entire structure of our ethics is collapsing into the mire. We see it in the abortion industry, which treats the unborn child as disposable tissue. And we see it in the grotesque enterprise of human trafficking, the modern incarnation of the ancient sin of man-stealing.