Looking for support (frustrated pro-life rant)

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Ok, I didn’t know exactly what forum this should go in, but here goes.

I am a member of several online communities, none of which have anything even remotely to do with abortion. But they have “off-topic” forums, and the topic of abortion has come up a lot recently. These communities are populated primarily with young women, like myself, usually about age 15-35ish.

And I keep finding myself as the only pro-life person in these conversations. I mean, I’m not out there trying to convert anyone, and I work very hard to keep my posts polite, friendly, and very kind. I enjoy debating, and I like to read many different points of view.

And I guess I just wanted to vent about how I am getting slightly annoyed with some of the other posters who keep telling me how wrong I am, and who are not as…diplomatic…as I try to be. And I am getting extremely disheartened at the lack of other pro-life people in these communities. (I don’t know if they just aren’t there, or if they just don’t want to post, lol)

Should I even continue posting in these places? I only do it because I want to represent the pro-life side…since no one else seems to be doing so. I want to at least show that the whole entire world isn’t pro-choice!!

Please tell me that other pro-life young women do exist, lol. I want to know that I’m not the only one!!! 😦 😦 😦
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  1. Pray for guidance as to where God wants you.
  2. If you can, go to the March for Life this Thursday in Ottawa and say hello to David MacDonald.
  3. Repeat ten times every morning before you brush your teeth: You can’t reason someone out of a position they have not reasoned themselves into.
  4. Just be there and witness to Christ by your presence.
🙂 God bless.
 
TraderTif,

You most definitely are not the only pro-life young woman that exists! I am as well, and I am very inspired by your post. I’ve skimmed through other forums/chat rooms before, and read threads that seemed to have a promising topic - at first. I was so disgusted at what I had seen that I have not gone back.

But I need to practice my debating skills so I can be a better disciple in face-to-face conversations. Your post has ended up encouraging me!

You keep speaking boldly for the innocent children who have not been given the chance to speak for themselves. I know God is working through you.🙂
 
We’re here.

Don’t feel bad. Most of those forums just end up being places where people who don’t want to debate (who don’t think there IS a debate) hang out and pat each other on the back. Real dialog is next to impossible. That’s probably why a lot of us don’t take those people on unless it is truly necessary.

Or we have nerves of steel.

Women can be very cruel…especially when they are defensive pro-aborts.
 
If one child was spared for every time a pro-lifer was flamed on a discussion forum, there wouldn’t be any abortion debate… this sort of thing happens all the time.

Last time I posted in a thread on abortion (it was in one of the cults on vampirefreaks, a gothic site), I just posted “I am against it” and left it at that - I figure that’s about as much as I can say without getting attacked for what I believe, and it’s the only thing that’s going to come across to others anyway even if I posted a lengthy discussion on why it is wrong. I think in that thread there might have been one other who was against abortion, and the rest in favor of it.

One thing that surprised me though in that thread was the number of women who wrote something like “I think everyone should have a choice, but personally I could never do it”. There is hidden pro-life sentiment in lots of people, but most people keep it hidden. One day, it will be the few pro-aborts who are all alone and not us any more. Till then, we just gotta keep standing up for what we believe in.
 
I hear you and understand completely! There is one particular forum to which I was a frequent poster that finally ‘did me in’.:banghead: The topic was supposed to be Pro-life v. Pro-choice, but it ended up with profanities being spewed at the pro-life posters and some even resorted to making their own pictures of fake abortions and posting them.:bigyikes: That was the last straw for me and before that, I would take a few days off between battles for life. There is much to be said for having fair moderators who are on the ball, such as these forums at CA.

Battle we must, but it is best to take a break for a few days when you feel your spirit is being sapped.👍
 
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Thanks for the support people!

Sometimes I don’t really like posting…but I keep looking at these threads…and they’ll be, like, 30 posts in, and they’re all pro-choice. I keep waiting, hoping that maybe someone will post a pro-life opinion, but no one does (lol)

And then I just feel like I *have *to say something, you know?

I keep trying to remind myself that this is a very emotionally charged issue, and I try not to take anything personally. (Which is sort of why I am venting here…**far **away from those threads, lol)

I also try to remember that, given the age and gender of most of these pro-choicers, more than a few of them have had abortions themselves, and this makes me way less annoyed with them. (I try to remember them in my prayers, because I know that they are probably deeply hurting on an unconcious level)

Thanks for letting me vent!!! :banghead:
Tif
 
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