Posted on 05/09/2011 1:29:23 PM PDT by marcbold
We’ve all heard Christians argue that while their religion might say abortion is wrong, they can’t force their religion on others. That’s the out they give themselves. But Reverend Matthew Westfox of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice goes one step further by actually twisting one of Jesus’ parables into a pro-abortion defense. He did so in an article on his reflections on Easter.
Westfox wrote:
A pro-life stance cannot concern itself only with the life of the woman. In the parable of the sower, Jesus reminds us that seed alone does not bring about new life — that all aspects of the conditions into which the seed are cast must be suitable to sustain life. If there is not enough light or too many weeds or other circumstances that make the ground unfit, the seed will not grow. The story reminds us that respecting and honoring life means doing all we can to create the conditions that will allow life to flourish — while at the same time respecting and accepting that some conditions are not suitable to sustaining life. We do no service by trying to force life into places where the ground is not right.
Similarly, living out a pro-life theology means ensuring that those who want to create new life or parent a child never feel they cannot because the ground they stand upon is not suitable. It also means that no one should ever be coerced into bringing new life into a situation they do not believe is ready to sustain it. A truly pro-life theology means working for health care, employment, and other factors so that no one ever feels he or she cannot be a parent because the conditions aren’t suitable and...
(Excerpt) Read more at ncregister.com ...
The guy looks like a flaming gay boy to me.
Amazing.
Yep. Ginger poofter.
No way, no how, never. Wolf with the sheep. Prya that he doesn’t lead too many down with him!
A seedling can be transplanted into a good field. A child born to horrible people can be adopted by a good family.
A fag pastor? Not surprising. There’s a special hell for this “pastor” or whatever his title is.
Since you claim to be the author what prevents you from posting the whole content?
I was shying away from the word ‘fag’ as I’m feeling like I’ve over-used it in recent months.
But since you mention it, yeah, he looks like a flaming faggot pastor to me.
>>The story reminds us that respecting and honoring life means doing all we can to create the conditions that will allow life to flourish — while at the same time respecting and accepting that some conditions are not suitable to sustaining life. We do no service by trying to force life into places where the ground is not right. <<
This guy really is an idiot and should avoid analogies. He’s not very good at it.
Basically, the outcome of the scenario above, regarding pregnancy, is that if the “ground is not right”, there will be a miscarriage. You don’t rip the “seedling” out of perfectly fertile soil, and claim that you destroyed it because the “ground is not right”.
Again, what an imbecile.
"Bing" informs me that he is "associate pastor" at All souls Bethlehem Church, self described as "an ecumenical community of faith with ties to three important liberal denominations: the Unitarian Universalist Association, the United Church of Christ, and the Christian Church, Disciples of Christ."
Yeah.
Read the rest at the link ... it gets worse.
And, to the guy who thought "reverend matthew westfox" looks like a poof, I say: "Check this out"
Yikes!
Why would Unitarians want anything to do with a church that has a name with the word Christ in it?
Is he proselytizing the anti-christ message to the unendarkened?
You're not Pregnant....
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My thoughts exactly! I could NEVER call such a one my Pastor.
But then I’ve learned not everyone who calls themselves by the name of Christ actually are.Every Pastor ought consider himself on permanent probation their Office subject to be dissolved -or themselves chastised every time they mislead.
“(Excerpt) Read more at ncregister.com ...”
“Since you claim to be the author what prevents you from posting the whole content”
“Pastor Uses Jesus’ Parable To Defend Abortion
National Catholic Register ^ | 4-9-11 | Matt Archbold
Posted on Monday, May 09, 2011 3:29:23 PM by marcbold”
It would appear he is the Author, but there are other copyright laws.
He's proselytizing in favor of murdering babies, a demonic monstrosity.
Now ... those two bipeds he's pictured with. What are they? What planet are they from? Are they two males? Two females?
One of each? If so, which is which?
They look very strange.
Queer, even.
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