Pete and Alisha Arnold
(LifeNews.com) In the latest news from LifeNews.com, Pete Arnold, the husband behind the website BirthOrNot, admitted that the website he created sometime back asking the question whether or not the couple should seek an abortion for their 17-week old unborn baby was just a hoax. Pete and Alisha Arnold put up the website claiming they were conflicted over whether or not to abort their 17-week old unborn baby or to keep it. He said they didn't have any intentions of having an abortion. Pete also admitted what bloggers of both sides were saying and that he bought the BirthOrNot.com web domain four months ago--before Alisha was pregnant. He claimed they put up this website to engage people on the subject of abortion because many people feel it's an issue that doesn't affect them personally. Pro-life nurse and blogger Jill Stanek believed this website was a hoax. She said she could see "scam" written all over it. She said her reaction to seeing that website was they were trying to "punk pro-lifers." Many who claim to be pro-choice thought it was an attack against them, esp. with the ultrasound pictures the couple displayed on the website.
Prior to their admitting that this website was a hoax, of the 44,000 voters who cast their vote last Thursday, 80% said to keep the baby on the website. However, in the last few days it swung the opposite direction, esp. in a 30-hour period. On Monday with 959,000 votes in, 70% voted that she should terminate the pregnancy. Pete said that Alisha is pro-choice, but they weren't about to consider an abortion. They wanted people to think about this issue, which many people don't like discussing.
That was a very pathetic trick they pulled on the website. First of all, God has already voted on the issue of life before he created man. God always chooses life. God is the one who gives like and takes it away. God is never in favor of murdering an unborn baby in the womb. Second of all, the internet shouldn't be used for foolishness such as casting a vote on whether a couple should obtain an abortion. The issue about what should be the role of the internet is for another post which I will write sometime soon. I will say very briefly we've allowed things to go on the internet that have no business being on there. The internet is increasingly being used more and more as a social networking tool with the advent of MySpace in 2003 and Facebook in 2004. Many Facebook and MySpace users utilize it to share very personal and private things on it. Many people will air their dirty laundry on it--even many who claim to be born again and love the Lord. There's a lot of foolishness that's taken place as a result of these social networking tools. When you advertise your dirty laundry or your private life, you are being put on display before the whole world to view. Anything that you place on these social networking tools will always be on there--even if you attempt to erase what you've place on there. You can get hooked with the wrong kind of company on these social networking tools. There are many predators on the internet. I will elaborate more about this on another post. I will say that I believe the internet should be used for the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ, news, good songs, and information that's beneficial to the public at large.
Even though the couple admitted that this BirthOrNot.com website was a hoax, that was in very poor taste to say it mildly. I believe it's wicked to put for a vote before the general internet audience on whether or not a couple should keep a baby that's in their womb. First of all, abortion is murder. God's already voted before the dawn of time that it's a sin to murder. Secondly, you don't use the internet as a means to ask personal questions from internet users. I'm like anyone else in life, I have decisions I have to make. I will seek advice from only a select group of people from church. I don't broadcast any major decisions that I'm considering on the internet. Those decisions that I consider is private and I don't advertise them before the world.
This particular blog that was started in June 2009 wasn't created for the purpose of sharing personal and private information. I share information that's newsworthy and information that will benefit the public-at-large. I share general things on the internet ranging from Biblical topics to news. I share things that are of public interest. I do admit that I have written posts about individual people that I know personally that have made great achievements in certain areas of their lives. However, I try to be cautious in what I share. There are some things that have no business being advertised on the Net. This issue was one of them. There are other ways you can engage the public about the subject of abortion without being deceitful before the public. There are some issues that are never to be placed on a website for a vote. This is one of them! When it comes to the issue of life--God's already cast his vote. We aren't to vote on issues that God's clearly stated His position on. Abortion is murder. God's answer is LIFE!
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