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To: married21
perhaps we should be more amazed and gratified than we are, that so many people remain pro-life, despite several decades of pressure to give it up and “not judge”.

Yes, I agree we should be happy that there are as many pro-life people as there are but, in this case, it's not clear that we shouldn't "judge" as in making our arguments and opinions known. Ultimate judgment isn't ours, of course.

We must render unto Caeser in terms of the law - no murdering baby killers - but trying to increase the number of people who respect life from conception to natural death, except in extremely limited *adult* criminal cases, seems the appropriate and responsible thing to do IMO.

If polls can be trusted it seems that a sort of generic pro-life world view is increasing in popularity. This is good news!

17 posted on 06/07/2009 5:03:11 AM PDT by paulycy (BEWARE the LIBERAL/MEDIA Complex)
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To: paulycy

1. “not judge”

Just to clarify, I didn’t mean we shouldn’t judge. I was referring to the attitude of many people who think you can’t take a moral position condemning something because that would be “judging” somebody, which is considered hypocritical and very un-PC. There is a lot of social pressure to “not judge”. So I was just saying that I’m impressed that so many people have gotten past that and taken a stand for life.

2. Your formulation of respecting life from conception through natural death, except in very limited adult criminal cases sounds like what I thought Pope John Paul II taught. A few people at my Catholic parish seem to know about his take on the death penalty. I guess I should be glad for those few. (And glad for you!)


19 posted on 06/07/2009 7:20:22 AM PDT by married21
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