False Scales

Unequal weights are an abomination to the LORD, and false scales are not good. Proverbs 20:23

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!  Isaiah 5:20

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Hebrews 10:31

These are the first three scriptures that came to mind when the story broke of David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt being indicted for shining light on the despicable and illegal practices of Planned Parenthood in selling dead baby parts.  Hard to believe as it may be, Houston Texas District Attorney Devon Anderson had the audacity to turn the tables on the investigative reporters during a Grand Jury procedure which was supposed to indict Planned Infanticide Parenthood using Operation Rescue video sting footage as proof of illegal practices.  Instead, he indicted Daleiden and Merritt for going undercover and for attempting to purchase baby parts!  Oh yes.  Of course they were trying to buy baby parts; that's why they published all the undercover videos - because they were really trying to enter the black market in murdered baby parts. [sarcasm]  If you follow this blog regularly, you know I have linked to more than one of these videos.

This should not have come as too much of a shock since D.A. Anderson previously saw to it that Houston murderer Douglas Karpen did not have to stand trial for slashing the throats of some and twisting the heads of other babies born alive during late term abortions.

Unequal weights of course refers to type of balance scale that uses a "known standard" weight on one side, to "measure" the item on the other.  An unequal weight would be a "standard" that did not really weigh what it was claimed to weigh: a common way to cheat in commerce.  Indicting the Operation Rescue operatives for "attempting to buy" baby parts, while at the same time refusing to charge Planned Parenthood for "attempting to sell" the same is a tolerable good example of this practice.

This charge against Operation Rescue and the parallel refusal to indict Planned Parenthood also serves as a prime example of calling evil good and good evil, though I must admit that verse comes to mind all too frequently when I observe modern day culture.

As for Hebrews 10:31, it is quite self explanatory, both as a cause and a warning.  A cause in that it is a lack of the fear of God which lies at the root of such abominations.  A warning in that, barring repentance, things will not go well for the Planned Parenthood people and their enablers.