Posted on 12/16/2014 5:53:24 PM PST by Morgana
A clinic worker described one of the women who came to her clinic for an abortion:
“Another [woman coming in for an abortion] who identified herself as Christian, was very active in her church. Before the abortion she said, “I’m in church six days a week, yet here I am.” She said that her religion forbids abortion, but after a good conversation she said that maybe her church was “too comfortable” in its position against abortion. She thought maybe they needed to examine the aspects of the issue that they were comfortable with. Even though she was steeped in her religion and its teachings, she knew in her heart that she was making the right choice.”
Had this woman gone to a crisis pregnancy center, the counselor would have immediately seen that her ambivalence and religious beliefs were red a flag that indicated that she might have extreme emotional distress after her abortion. The counselor would be talking about support systems, about getting help from her church in handling the unplanned pregnancy. The counselor would be finding a way that both mother and baby could live.
This also goes to show that even Christian women active in their churches get abortions. Pro-lifers should not assume that just because a woman is Christian, she will never be an abortion patient. Christian women can panic and feel desperate, just like non-christian women.
Krista Jacob. Abortion under Attack: Women on the Challenges Facing Choice (Emeryville, CA: Seal Press, 2006) 150
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Christians do NOT support abortion or have them for that matter.
Probably votes Democrat, and as we all know the term “Christian Democrat” is a oxymoron.
Hm. Ok Pharisee. You throw the first stone then.
She’s no Christian if she murders her unborn child.
**I’m in church six days a week**
a. Hmmm. Not a lot of Presbyterian, Baptist, Lutheran, Non-denom, etc churches are open 6 days a week. Just saying.
b. But if they were, being there does 1 day or 6 a week, does not a Christian make.
Yep, just because I stand in a garage and call myself a car doesn’t make me one.
There is one good scene from “The Godfather Part III”.
When the priest breaks the pebble and points out the fact that although it has been in the water for many years, it is in fact dry on the inside.
Another [woman coming in for an abortion] who identified herself as Christian …Ye shall know them by their fruits, right? Even Simon the Sorcerer for a time identified himself as Christian.
Humans have an amazing way of justifying themselves.
Was this reported by Rolling Stone magazine?
I’m not sure what the word ‘religious’ means if the sanctity of human life isn’t a fundamental view within it.
The purpose of all this is to get other moral cowards who may nominally be part of the group to "out" themselves, thus amplifying the effect. If that doesn't happen, media and other tools of deception can be used to appear to make the 'rebel' more important than he/she really is.
Classic Marxism. A tactic straight from Hell. And that's where it belongs.
Paul, speaking to the Athenians on Mars Hill, mentioned that they were very religious. Unfortunately they were worshiping idols.
WTH is a religious Christian!
You are either a Christian or you are not a Christian, religion has zero to do with it.
But did they believe in the sanctity of human life? That was my sole point.
Thank you for articulating this tactic so clearly. I’m sure we have seen this tactic used a million times before, and it’s nice to have it so clearly identified now.
The fact that she went to get an abortion tells me that she had little heart belief.
This reads like liberal propaganda. I don’t beleive it.
Of course all people have the potential to commit murder. This writer is so intellectually lost it’s ridiculous. Abortion supporters (non-Christians) are often 180 degrees off in their understanding of reality.
Christianity is not defined as some sort of club where members don’t commit sin. The Christian is the one who knows he or she is horribly flawed.
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