You just lost all the non-Christians.
You've illustrated my point.
Of course, since your point is that morality should be left out of the equation. Christ would have no welcome, which is why I reject your proposal entirely.
Perhaps some think such a statement on my part is "too moral" and thus offensive. No doubt some would rather me keep my "moralizing," my Christ and cross and God-stuff to myself.
Are belief and faith so blithely cast aside?
Also note that I was responding specifically to your assertion that the "basic argument" of "the mainstream religious pro-life movement" is that abortion "is a sin and you’ll go straight to hell." My disagreement over such an argument would be with the supposed Christian(s) who uttered it, not with those have no basic understanding of sin and salvation.
Perhaps some think such a statement on my part is "too moral" and thus offensive. No doubt some would rather me keep my "moralizing," my Christ and cross and God-stuff to myself.
Are belief and faith so blithely cast aside?
Also note that I was responding specifically to your assertion that the "basic argument" of "the mainstream religious pro-life movement" is that abortion "is a sin and you’ll go straight to hell." My disagreement over such an argument would be with the supposed Christian(s) who uttered it, not with those have no basic understanding of sin and salvation.
You've missed the point entirely. The point is not that you keep your moralizing and Christianity to yourself. (Some people seem to have taken this article as an attack on Christianity, which I find rather ironic, since my entire family is comprised of deeply devout Christians. My brother is a Christian minister and I ran this column by him. He fully agreed and, indeed, understood my point.)
This column was my take on those people who seem to consider morality as the only argument to be pro-life. I did not, no where in this column, claim that all prolifers used this argument. I was adressing those who do.
I happen to believe that approaching someone who is not a Christian with a Christian argument for being pro-life is not the most productive or persuasive way to do things.
What do you think about what I just said?