Posted on 11/23/2004 7:36:40 PM PST by LouAvul
C'mon, please, please, please. I love horror stories.
LOL, that's a classic! LOL
HOW OLD WAS YOUR CHILD WHEN YOU MURDERED IT?
That was a good answer. Very logical.
Whoever this Pitiricus person is, she ought to know that abortions often lead to permanent sterility. Which translates to, you can't have a child even when you choose to have one...all because of that abortion. You can't expect some abortionist dilating that cervix and putting a fancy vacuum cleaner in your uterus without something happening to your innards.
It causes future miscarriages. It's unfortunate, but what goes around does come around. There is no greater punishment than to want a child and not be able to have one.
Being more of a libertarian Catholic I always think of government as a last resort. That being said, I think we are at a very decadent cultural stage where the only morality recognized is the law. At this point, I would like to see ALL birth control proscribed or restricted. Certainly not over the counter at all. There are sects calling themselves Christian that advocate homosexuality. Is it rude to say they aren't Christian? Debatable, I suppose, but they are not Christian. As for the sects that believe they can make up their own morality regarding human sexuality, they may be many things, but not Christian. Confused is the most charitable I can be towards them if they believe that they can practice artificial contraception and Christians. ALL denominations within Christianity were against artificial contraception until the 1930's. Any traditional or conservative Christian who does not think that that warrants more circumspection regarding their churches and their faith is woefully naive. Artificial contraception has lead inevitably to the gay rights movement. When so-called Christian advocates of AC can aknowledge that then there may be some hope in the culture wars. Until then, don't keep scratching your head at the ever leftward drift in the culture. Until the Christians recognize their complicity in the state of the culture, there can be no repentance and therefore, no change for the better.
Most women who regret what they've done take this position, because they know in their inner soul that what they did can never be made right, no matter how they try to justify it. That this so-called "choice" can never be undone. That somebody suffered for it. And in the back of their minds, they will pay for it every damned day.
I can spot a post-abortive woman a mile away and you are one. Your post convicts you. And quite frankly, I more than understand. There is forgiveness and a second chance. Make the most of it.
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