Prince of Egypt and the Abortion Issue

In the Prince of Egypt, Moses’ mother sent him down the river because Pharoah was killing Jewish baby boys. The killing  of these newborn babies was the closest thing to abortion that they had, or I am sure that modern day abortion techniques would have been used. God did not approve of many things Pharoah was doing to the Jewish people, and this was one of them. This movie shows that God did not look kindly upon the killing of babies, especially for the Pharoah’s greedy reason. I think that this helps a little on the abortion issue, because God does frown upon it for certain reasons, but we are still unsure exactly what all of the unacceptable reasons are, and if they are all unacceptable.

Robin Hood: Addressing corruption and socialism

Robin Hood is all about taking from the rich and giving to the poor. He does this to fight the corruption of the tax collectors in his town of Nottingham. This reminds me of the story of Zaccheus and how he was a tax corrupt tax collector that Jesus saved and spoke against his corruption. Robin Hood fights the tax collectors corruption, though in a more violent way than Jesus. Furthermore, Robin Hood is trying to redistribute resources to be more equal among everyone. In the Bible, God calls us to live in this way, to share with our neighbor, forgive debts, and to not be selfish. Robin Hood displays these principles, even when our society cannot actually function based on these Socialist principles, as our discussion of Capitalism told.