The Christian way, the way of the Church, has always been the way of freedom and life. It is the way that has in fact established the foundation of freedom for America and for the world. M. Stanton Evans establishes this point in his book The Theme is Freedom. He explains, "In the conventional history lesson, paganism is identified with the cause of liberty, Christianity with oppression." But in truth the reverse is true. Evans continues, "One Pythagorean writer expressed it: 'The monarch has an irrepressible authority (and is therefore not limited by consent); he is a living law; he is like a god among men'" (p.132, 141). The American vision was completely different, however, declaring that governments "deriv[e] their just powers from the consent of the governed" (Declaration of Independence). The dignity of the individual, created by God and given unalienable rights from Him, is a Biblical and Christian truth, not a pagan one.

Can one be a good Christian and a good American? Upon careful study, we discover that the match is much closer than anyone thought. Indeed, the Church from the beginning has nourished the very concept of "good American". With the publication of Living the Gospel of Life, that process, by which yet another generation of Americans is nourished, continues.

In the light of this paragraph, evaluate the accusation that some make that the Church is "anti-choice."