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I appreciate your post and others...but I am still left with confusion. Pro-lifers, who are a Christian majority, fight tooth-and-nail to save the unborn...because this life is so very precious. Yet in regards to the murdered boy I mentioned, this span of years in physical form might not be such a big deal after all...relative to eternity.

So, which is it? Is this life not a precious commodity to be fought for, preserved and experienced, or is it something less...a mere speck in relation to the eternity we will all someday confront?

So, which is it? Is this life not a precious commodity to be fought for, preserved and experienced, or is it something less...a mere speck in relation to the eternity we will all someday confront?

Interesting. Seems atheists, more than Prolifers, should hold life to be precious because to the atheist, that is all there is.

What has always puzzled me is the ProLife movement is so very vocal and at times vicious about its position, but I don't see them building homes for unwed mothers, counseling them to put their babies up for adoption. If one is anti- abortion, that battle is going to be won in the hearts of people,by being compassionate and less judgemental not by changing laws, or being what I preceive as hostile towards women.As I understand it, Christians are suppose to emulate Jesus. Jesus was a compassionate and forgiving man, recongizing that we are human and make mistakes.
Also, as they say life is precious, but it seems to me that it stops being precious or any concern of theirs once the child is born. He or she may be born into the worst of circumstances and that does not seem to bother them. It is preplexing to me. I'm not saying that it is better not to be born, but it does make me go "hmmmmmm".

No idea... :(

Perhaps we all would be served best by simply trusting that God will be one of infinite love and mercy, and will see to it that every innocent has their tears wiped away and their sorrows removed. And fighting to do right in every way while we are on Earth--and that includes helping the abused and helping those less fortunate than us... Jesus says that if you turn away a hungry man from your home, then you are also turning Him away...

Personally, I think that many Christians confuse having the political stance with the deed itself... marching and sign waving will never accomplish 1% of what volunteering in shelters for abused women and children can do...

So, which is it? Is this life not a precious commodity to be fought for, preserved and experienced, or is it something less...a mere speck in relation to the eternity we will all someday confront?

Notwithstanding a multitude of accusations to the contrary, I do not have all the answers. But I have more than a few, for myself. If evil were not a possibility, there would be no Free Will, in my opinion one of the greatest learning tools ever conceived. That does not release us from the obligation to combat evil in whatever way we can and we do know evil when we see it. We are a speck but we are not an insignificant speck. Again IMHO.