Posted on 05/26/2020 11:31:11 PM PDT by Morgana
Most leaders in Judaeo-Christian faiths believe scripture teaches that all human lives are valuable and deserving of protection.
But there are some who stray from the teaching and promote abortion.
A group of New York state clergy members recently advocated for abortion at the state capital, Christian News Network reports.
Together, abortion activists who identify as Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist, Episcopalian, Baptist, Unitarian and Jewish urged New York state lawmakers to support abortion and Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion chain in the United States, according to the report.
“As pastors, we believe in New Yorkers’ ability to get the health care that is supported by their religious teachings and personal beliefs,” director Dennis Ross, a Reformed Jewish rabbi, told the Legislative Gazette. “People of all faiths believe in safe and legal abortion, access to contraception and sex education, and we know Planned Parenthood is an essential healthcare provider.”
Sara Hutchinson Ratcliff of the group Catholics for Choice, which is not affiliated with the Catholic Church, also participated in the event in Albany.
“Regardless of what the Catholic bishops may tell policymakers, the great majority of the faithful in the Catholic church disagree with our hierarchy about issues of abortion, contraception, and where and how the proper role of religious voices in public policy should be,” Ratcliff said.
It’s disturbing to see these clergy members putting their time and effort into supporting the multi-million dollar abortion industry and the destruction of unborn babies’ lives when they could be helping women and babies who so desperately need their support.
Judaeo-Christian faiths teach their followers to protect and defend the most vulnerable people, even when it is not easy. Babies in the womb are some of the most discriminated against and violated human beings in our culture today. Every year in the United States, nearly 1 million unborn babies are aborted, and their mothers and fathers often are left wounded and grieving.
Clergy should be championing the rights of unborn babies and urging their congregants to do the same. Many already are. Religious organizations and houses of worship often support pregnant and parenting families by providing material and emotional support. Some run maternity homes and pregnancy resource centers, others help struggling families with housing expenses, food and medical bills. And many offer friendship and hope to pregnant women who feel overwhelmed and afraid.
For those who are grieving an aborted child, more houses of worship are offering post-abortion counseling and healing retreats. They assure those involved in abortions that they can forgive themselves and heal from the pain.
These pro-abortion clergy are not helping women or their families by pushing abortion. They only are helping the abortion industry.
What kind of health care does the aborted baby get?
I, too, balked at that statement - also because of the strange syntax and weird choice of words, which masks the truth. What he properly should have said is:
"As pastors, we believe that every human being has the right to demand that others provide them with health care services."
After all, what does it mean to "believe" in the "ability" of New Yorkers to "get" something?
Also: Do rabbis usually refer to themselves as "pastors?"
Regards,
As puss is drawn from a wound, pretenders will show themselves to be false.
How can any true pastor support murder?
Well, he is a Reformed Jewish rabbi. I have always found them a little odd and more socialist than Jewish.
"As pastors, we believe that every human being has the right to demand that others provide them with health care services."
Yes, the Rabbi’s choice of words were carefully chosen to obscure his real meaning. What the Rabbi really meant was:
We believe that the status quo of a woman being able to get an abortion at any time from conception to the moment of birth is the most convenient to a New Yorker’s life style and in keeping with the religious beliefs of the Zeitgeist (Satan).
“...stray from the teaching”
That would imply an innocent wandering off, which couldn’t be further from God’s truth.
when religions stray from religion and move to political activism, they are no longer a religion in my opinion.
Yeah, each from their Liberal/Progressive wings.
Probably UMC (Methodist), PC-USA (Presbyterian), National Baptist Convention (Baptist), Reform (Jewish), Reformed (Catholic) Mainline (Episcopal) leaders all of these are careening toward there denominations logical conclusions.
The dust bin of history is not quite full.
Religious people for MURDER. Those people are not speaking for GOD, but for Democrats/Socialists...
16 These six things the LORD hates,
Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:
17 A proud look,
A lying tongue,
Hands that shed innocent blood,
18 A heart that devises wicked plans,
Feet that are swift in running to evil,
19 A false witness who speaks lies,
And one who sows discord among brethren.
- Pr 6:16-19
You nailed it.
It is Satan.
Good reference
followed by a memorable tagline.
Thanks.
ptsal
Wolves in sheep clothing.
Regardless of what the Catholic bishops may tell policymakers, the great majority of the faithful in the Catholic church disagree with our hierarchy about issues of abortion, contraception, and where and how the proper role of religious voices in public policy should be,” Ratcliff said.
Majority of the unfaithful. Faithful Catholics do not believe in abortion.
“when religions stray from religion and move to political activism, they are no longer a religion in my opinion.”
We won’t attend a church if the pastor ISN’T politically engaged and bold about politics. A preacher doesn’t “stray from religion” to have opinions about political issues. Religious principles and government are connected.
How misguided! Only a few decades ago church leaders were championing segregated churches.
“Christian” and “supports killing a child in the womb” seems an extreme inconsistency, an immoral inconsistency.
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