Posted on 10/13/2024 7:30:33 PM PDT by Morgana
Last week on “The View,” co-host Whoopi Goldberg attempted to make a moral appeal to Christians and Catholics to remind them of what she viewed as Jesus’ thoughts on caring for women who want to end the lives of their preborn children by abortion — and naturally, the sentiment is that the only way to care for women seeking abortion is to essentially forget about the fact that a preborn human is killed by abortion.
These comments came about after the co-hosts discussed Melania Trump’s statements regarding her own support for abortion access. Co-host Sunny Hostin then remarked that although she herself proclaims to be Catholic and “against abortion,” she feels her own religious views shouldn’t inform others’ decisions on what to “believe” regarding abortion. Using Hostin’s statement as a a stepping point, Goldberg attempted to use something referred to by commentator Allie Beth Stuckey as “toxic empathy,” to call out religious parties on their apparent lack of care for women seeking abortions.
Addressing the “Christians and Catholics” watching, Whoopi not only seemed to suggest that there is no real empathy or care being shown to abortion-minded women, but that there is only one human being in an abortion situation that people of faith should be concerned about:
… if you are concerned about what this does to a human being in their life, is this the way Jesus wants you to be? Is this the way Jesus wants you to act? Doesn’t Jesus want you to be able to say to somebody, ’Come over here, I know you must be going through somethin’ tough.’ As opposed to what we’re seeing. This is insane.
Stuckey’s definition of “toxic empathy” used in her new book by the same title is, according to the book’s pre-order website, “a tool of manipulation by left-wing activists who bully people into believing that they must adopt progressive positions to be loving.” Specifically, according to Stuckey, it is often used against Christians. Stuckey says that as Christians, our empathy must be submitted to “God’s definitions of love, goodness, and justice.”
Stuckey’s website states:
Progressives use catchy mantras to present their perspective as empathetic, like “abortion is healthcare,” “love is love,” or “no human being is illegal,” but in each case, they ignore the other side of the moral equation. For example, abortion is presented as compassionate for the woman, but what about the human life the procedure kills?
This tactic is used to gain support for one set of actions and beliefs while distracting from the other side of the argument that obscures an ugly reality. A common tactic in pro-abortion circles, this sort of “toxic empathy” is used to draw attention to the fear of women dying from lack of access to abortion, women suffering while carrying to term a baby conceived in rape, women suffering while pregnant and living in poverty, and so on, while ignoring the truth about the destructive nature of abortion and how it kills human beings.
Abortion advocates commonly claim that abortion would “alleviate” the tough situations in which many women find themselves — as Goldberg implies. The truth is that abortion doesn’t solve any trauma, rape, poverty, or other stress a mother may be facing or has gone through. Abortion kills an innocent human being that has done nothing wrong. This is the ugly truth that statements llike Goldberg’s are trying to hide. Abortion regret is real and haunts women in the very “tough” situations referenced on “The View.” And pro-lifers offer resources for women who are wounded by abortion.
Meanwhile, biblical principles have always taught that all humans are made in the image of God and are instilled with purpose and meaning from conception. This is seen all throughout the Bible, from Psalm 139 to Jesus’ own conception and birth and beyond. Embracing pregnant women facing difficult situations and offering real and practical aid is the pro-life movement’s foundation and always will be. Just as the Good Samaritan took the time to care for the injured man on the side of the road and tended to his wounds to help him heal, so the pro-life movement reaches out to abortion-minded women with real solutions and hope that doesn’t involve the killing of innocent babies.
Author’s Note: If you or someone you know is in need of pro-life resources or post-abortion healing, click here, or reach out to Option Line or Let Them Live.
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Correction: Caryn Johnson is her real name.
Far too many.
We even love unborn life Whoopie, something you’d never understand I guess.
It’s spelled Caryn... But yeah, you’re right.
Until recently, I though Goldberg was her real name.
Oh I know that some presume to say Catholics are not Christians
“Some evangelicals do not consider Roman Catholics to be Christians.”
Why bring this up?
“I’m not taking sides in that debate. I’m just saying that maybe this is where Whoopi gets the idea that Catholics and Christians should be mentioned distinctly.”
Yeah right. She’s a theologian
“Caren Johnson is her real name.”
Nobody cares
Who cares what mophead says?
Abortion is not good for women - physically, mentally, psychologically, financially, or spiritually. The costs are ignored by our society so that post-abortive women often don’t even know that their suffering is the result of an abortion. I heard a while back that people in women’s prison ministry say that 80% of incarcerated women began their life of crime as a response to an abortion. They inwardly believe they should be punished.
In reality, most women choose abortion because they either can’t trust the baby’s father to take care of them or feel they are to blame for the situation. Abortion serves men who don’t want to be responsible, and the women bear the scars in their lives. In some cases it’s the other way around; men want to save their child and aren’t legally allowed to do so. Some men live with guilt for a long time.
And those who never even have guilt are the worst off because they are sociopaths.
If we’re talking about empathy for the woman, what we need to do is to say to the baby’s father that he needs to man up. And we need to do everything we can to help her have the support she needs - emotionally, financially, and spiritually - to do the right thing. I think this is what JD Vance talked about too. We need to be honest to women and not sell them something that they will later find out was a lie, but only after it is too late to save her the sorrow.
She claims tp have slept with 50 or so. Been married 3 times and has one daughter. She clearly has some voodoo magic over some I suppose. It’s all a mystery to me.
Funny how much of the left’s political agenda comes down to some beef they have with Christianity.
Peter was never a pope.
The apostle Peter the first what? Is a Pope mentioned in the bible? As far as my Bible reading the only head of the church is Jesus, elders and leaders are mentioned, nobody was called the leader of a world wide church. Even Paul kept moving on instead of being the head of any church.
Headed the almanac
Start your argument there
No one here is a theologian so I suggest taking it up with a theologian
No one cares about the anticatholic pretend theologians’ view of Catholicism here.
“The origin of Catholicism can be traced back to the life of Jesus Christ, who is said to have founded the Roman Catholic Church around 30 CE.”
I do have empathy for dead babies whose Constitutional rights were taken away from them and given to the offspring of foreign invaders.
Peter was never a Pope. But if a person repeats a lie often enough that can convince themselves and others it is a fact. There was no need for a Pope - and still isn't.
This is another tactic to normalize evil. She uses empathy and love and compassion in a perverted twist.
The Catholic Church recognizes Shimon, aka Peter, as the first Pope.
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