OF course it is.... In a Christian culture ..
We were .... but we have lost that battle back in the 60s ..
So the real question ... is it our responsibility to “impose”
our culture on the rest of the nation?
The common ethos are easy, but would you have women wearing bags on their heads? ... I think not ..
IF we are trying to stop the killing of babies at the slaughter house door, we are to late.
The time to win is the battle for hearts and minds.
The power of the gospel .....
I don't think the state should be the arbiter of cultural/ethical issues.
After all ...only the commonly held ethics can be enforced.
AS our culture has diversified ..fractured...less ethics are held in common ..... diversity is our strength?
no
It is our doom.
Every man stands or falls to his own master.
It won't be the state who gives final judgment.
....... just my 2 cents..
Do we give up? Saying that it is now a question of whether to “impose” our views on others, is a bit of a cop-out. That appreach is great in a anarchic liberatarian way but what is the result? Here we talk about murdering life, elsewhere we might talk about closing the border and deporting illegals. Everything can legitimately be framed as imposing our view. So, where’s the line in what is worth it to speak up and impose or what is not? Or do we simply say no, do whatever you want?
Almost everyone in this country, Christian or not, still believe that it is unjust to kill an innocent person. But many, because of ideological reasons, selfishness, or just ignorance because they have not been given all the facts, do not extend that to the unborn. Our job is to provide the facts to those who are willing to listen with the facts.
I am a Christian, but I do not believe that arguments from Scripture or Church teaching on this issue is the most effective means in most cases simply because so many people are not open to the Gospel or will simply say, "That's just your interpretation."
There are enough scientific and reasonable arguments to be made against abortion and IVF that one does not need to rely on religious arguments, true as they may be. See my post #6,
While it is true that Christians should not "impose" our convictions on others, just like anyone else we have a right to voice our views and propose them to others. And just because we are Christians, we do not lose our right to participate in the public sphere. Just like other citizens, we should be active in the political arena to make our society better and not leave it in the hands of the godless and the materialists to make it worse.