If you could have only one of the choices stopped forever, what would it be?

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I would pick abortion. Even though the rest are quite horrible, I see abortion as the chief evil in society today. And ever since Roe v. Wade, there have been 58,000,000+ legalized murders. That’s around 2,000 a day.
 
Victims of poverty and war and crime have a chance at surviving, victims of abortion don’t. Victims of poverty and war and crime may or may not be entirely innocent of the evil that befalls them, victims of abortion are ALWAYS entirely innocent. So there’s pretty much no contest between the choices of this poll. Abortion has to stop.
 
I think if we could eliminate poverty, there would be way less (if any) wars. HIstorically, and today, many wars are fought over resources or land.

Also, if there was no poverty, I think there would be less abortions. Mother Theresa said that abortion was a form of poverty.

That’s why I chose poverty! Alas, Christ said we will always have the poor…
 
TheWhoFreak said:
I would pick abortion. Even though the rest are quite horrible, I see abortion as the chief evil in society today. And ever since Roe v. Wade, there have been 58,000,000+ legalized murders. That’s around 2,000 a day.
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I voted the same as you did. All rights stem from the right to life; there is no greater evil than abortion.

As for the others: there are just wars. Even the Church agrees on this. And though poverty hurts many, Jesus said, “The poor you will always have among you.”
 
Garyjohn2 said:
I think if we could eliminate poverty, there would be way less (if any) wars. HIstorically, and today, many wars are fought over resources or land.

Also, if there was no poverty, I think there would be less abortions. Mother Theresa said that abortion was a form of poverty.

That’s why I chose poverty! Alas, Christ said we will always have the poor…
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I picked abortion because it is an intrinsic evil: it is wrong always and everywhere, unlike either war or poverty.

I would dispute that many wars are fought over resources and land, but those that do do not necessarily stem from poverty but greed for more land, resources, power, or riches. Mostly poor people don’t have the resources to fight a war.

Another thing to consider is that there are at least two parties to a war, and mostly one has been attacked unjustly, which means that one party is fighting over whatever their greed is impelling them to fight for, and the other party is defending itself. We will have war as long as we have bullies in the world.

WRT poverty, I think that altho a higher number of women obtaining abortions are poor, a higher number of women who have their babies out of wedlock are also poor. So, being poor is not a determinant of having an abortion but of getting pregnant.

So, if I could, I would first choose abortion, and then artificial birth control, which is, as the Pope said, the source of abortion, as well as a lot of other evils.
 
**The Catholic Church has always taught that abortion is a grave evil! Life is the primary right, without it no other rights matter. **

"Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law:" (CCC 2271)

**“But I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child, a direct killing of the innocent child, murder by the mother herself.”
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"Many people are very, very concerned with the children of India, with the children of Africa where quite a few die of hunger, and so on. Many people are also concerned about all the violence in this great country of the United States. These concerns are very good. But often these same people are not concerned with the millions who are being killed by the deliberate decision of their own mothers. And this is what is the greatest destroyer of peace today - abortion which brings people to such blindness."

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta at the National Prayer Breakfast in 1994 in front of President & Mrs Clinton.

Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, Ora Pro Nobis Peccatoribus!

mark
 
Abortion. War can be necessary and we will always have the poor.
 
I voted “other” and the reason why I did, is because I would like to see an end to everyone who is outside The Catholic Church…All Christians and non-believers come home and have the entire world population as practicing Catholics…without any splits, schisms, heresies, etc…because through that, it would be a united force that would result in the ending of abortion, poverty, war, and many other tragedies.
 
Garyjohn2 said:
I think if we could eliminate poverty, there would be way less (if any) wars. HIstorically, and today, many wars are fought over resources or land.

Also, if there was no poverty, I think there would be less abortions. Mother Theresa said that abortion was a form of poverty.

That’s why I chose poverty! Alas, Christ said we will always have the poor…
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Poverty is relative. At least in the US, the people we designate as living in poverty are living lifestyles that would have been considered luxurious even just 100 years ago. You cannot eliminate poverty, you just re-define it.
 
St_Francis said:
I picked abortion because it is an intrinsic evil: it is wrong always and everywhere, unlike either war or poverty.

I would dispute that many wars are fought over resources and land, but those that do do not necessarily stem from poverty but greed for more land, resources, power, or riches. Mostly poor people don’t have the resources to fight a war.

Another thing to consider is that there are at least two parties to a war, and mostly one has been attacked unjustly, which means that one party is fighting over whatever their greed is impelling them to fight for, and the other party is defending itself. We will have war as long as we have bullies in the world.

WRT poverty, I think that altho a higher number of women obtaining abortions are poor, a higher number of women who have their babies out of wedlock are also poor. So, being poor is not a determinant of having an abortion but of getting pregnant.

So, if I could, I would first choose abortion, and then artificial birth control, which is, as the Pope said, the source of abortion, as well as a lot of other evils.
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Sigh…you are actually right on many of these points. I was just trying to get more bang for my buck, and “cheat the system” I guess. 🙂 In light of this, I would choose abortion.
 
michaeldaniels said:
I voted “other” and the reason why I did, is because I would like to see an end to everyone who is outside The Catholic Church…All Christians and non-believers come home and have the entire world population as practicing Catholics…without any splits, schisms, heresies, etc…because through that, it would be a united force that would result in the ending of abortion, poverty, war, and many other tragedies.
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I like this one!!
 
There will always be poverty, because poverty is relative. The poor today in the US would be middle class in India (in terms of material goods), and unimaginably wealthy 500 years ago. War is sometimes just, so you wouldn’t want to completely eliminate it.

So, the only logical choice is abortion. I’m fairly confident abortion has killed more people than war and poverty combined in the past 40 years.

God Bless
 
I voted to end poverty, but after reading the other responses, I think abortion is the correct response.
 
“Other” was chosen.

I would have chosen “pride”, since that is how Death entered the world. and all sin came from that.
 
Garyjohn2 said:
I think if we could eliminate poverty, there would be way less (if any) wars. HIstorically, and today, many wars are fought over resources or land.

Also, if there was no poverty, I think there would be less abortions. Mother Theresa said that abortion was a form of poverty.

That’s why I chose poverty! Alas, Christ said we will always have the poor…
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But that would not stop abortion forever, which is the question that was put forth. I find it disturbing that any christian would vote for anything other than abortion.
 
Corki said:
Poverty is relative. At least in the US, the people we designate as living in poverty are living lifestyles that would have been considered luxurious even just 100 years ago. You cannot eliminate poverty, you just re-define it.
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Heard a good commentary about a year ago with regards to this. 40 yrs ago what was considered lower-upper class would be lower-middle class today. Reason being was no. of tv’s owned, no. of vehicles owned, having lake houses/mtn cabins, etc.
 
wabrams said:
But that would not stop abortion forever, which is the question that was put forth. I find it disturbing that any christian would vote for anything other than abortion.
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My belief is that Abortion is a subset of Pride (be like God, deciding human life and death, not having to follow the Commandments, not following Christ’s teaching, etc.). Same for Euthanasia, causes of Wars, Murder, Divorce, even hunger. Pride was Satan’s downfall which then led to Original Sin.
 
Abortion. Why? Because it, unlike the others, is an intrinsic evil.
 
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