Friday, January 06, 2006

ER's Liberal Agenda

Once again my favorite show, E.R. has caused me to wonder why I continue to watch it as a Christian. I boycotted the show a few years ago when Carrie Weaver came out as a lesbian and had an open relationship on the show. It just went way too far in my books.
Last's nights show had one story line that focused on two separate crisis pregnancies. Abby announced on the previous show to Luka that she was pregnant with his child. On last night's show she wrestled with the thought of whether or not she wanted to continue with the pregnancy. Luka, of course wanted to have the baby but recognized that it was her decision. While I was happy enough that he stated his desire for the pregnancy to continue, I do believe that the baby's life should be a joint decision as both of them were responsible for creating that life in the premarital relationship.
The second part of this story line concerned a 15-year-old girl who came in to the E.R. with abdominal pains. This girl was found to be pregnant. She was a patient of Neela with Luka as the attending. Her parents were then informed and it was obvious that they were Christians. However tragic and unexpected this pregancy was, they believed that God wanted this child to be born and they stated their belief in the sanctity of life. Neela didn't seem to show any respect for the parent's beliefs but felt that the girl did not want this pregancy to continue. The teen was in some distress and stated that she wished it hadn't happened. It was found that the baby was conceived after the teen got drunk at a party and passed out. She awakened to find that she had been taken advantage of.
After being confronted by Neela that he was biased because he was Catholic, Luka then went to counsel the teen and gave her the option of a laminar insert that would mimic a miscarriage. When she asked him if it was a sin, his reply was, "This is medicine's way of allowing God to change His mind". I thought I would throw up. Then she began to quote Jeremiah Chapter 1, which Luka completed for her. She then said to him, "You are a Christian" and he said, "Yes". The second time I almost threw up. This is the character that, yes, is portrayed as being Roman Catholic from Bosnia but has slept with at least a dozen women on the show. He certainly is a sensitive and handsome doctor but I would never call him a Christian. Being a nurse, I do not know any Christian doctor that would ever participate in an abortion.
This episode, in my eyes gave the green light to pregnant teens to abort their babies no matter what their parents think. It's ok to deceive your parents when it is your body, right? Especially when you get guidance from a Christian doctor.
The Abby part of the story line, turned out better. She decided that she wanted to keep the baby and didn't have an abortion. So Luka assisted in the death of one child to keep another I guess. I can't wait to see what the prolife publications will comment on this episode.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Oh I lllove the show too but I get so incredibly sick of how anti-conservative, anti-Christian the show is. It's really just like racism. Every Christian on the show is completely whacked out and "intolerant". Just tonight (9-27-07), their opening season show was about some crazy conservative that shot up a bunch of people at an antiwar rally. I don't understand why people complain about the media' portrayal of blacks. I'll agree that when the media portrays blacks in a bad light it is racist. So when ER ALWAYS and CONSISTENTLY portrays Christians/conservatives in a bad light isn't it equally as bad as racism? It's just ridiculous, and sad.