What is Christlike compassion; and how does one know that one has it? I don’t think even as great a saint as Francis of Assisi had compassion equivalent to Christ’s. You do realise that Christians believe Jesus to be god incarnate?
Murder is a subset of kill, and has a special definition. It is the killing of a human being with malice aforethought. Fetuses are not considered humans under the law, as they are not yet born. The unborn do not have rights in the US Constitution…
My point exactly. There are no Bible verses about this matter! So we are free to believe however we want.
Having sex is a very personal decision and a very personal right. The unborn do not have rights. So yes, a woman’s right to “illicit sexual relations” trumps the rights of the unborn.
We don’t know for sure, but we can be imitators of God, as the Bible says…
At all costs don’t let her. For the Babies sake and for her’s my niece had an abortion at 16 not telling anyone until years after when she was near death from drug use and depression.
Te views you hold are distorted Protestantism right from the devil himself
That’s a common technique of pro-lifers, to show graphic videos and pictures of abortions. But the grotesqueness of those videos and pictures is irrelevant to the issue of whether to legalize abortions. The true issue is, what is the woman going through, and what is best for today’s women?
I wasn’t looking at this from a legal perspective. I just questioned whether you ever saw an abortion video and stated that far less women would have abortions if they knew what they entailed.
Sorry… I don’t want to side track this thread, but I can’t ignore the above comment
It’s a common tactic of pro-choicers to blame these pictures on pro-lifers. We’re not the ones who caused these “grotesque” pictures my friend. That would be the handiwork of your side. We’re just informing women. It’s your side that is attempting to hide the truth of the horrors and brutality of abortion. Apparently you hate that something that you admit is “grotesque” is allowed to be shown women. What’s the matter Cali Lobo, surely you would want a woman to make an INFORMED choice? What better way then by showing her the truth? You are pro-CHOICE, am I correct? You mention that it makes a jury vote “the wrong way for the wrong reasons”. I can understand why your side likes to keep your pictures hidden. You’re afraid of people growing a conscience.
Murder is a subset of kill, and has a special definition. It is the killing of a human being with malice aforethought. Fetuses are not considered humans under the law, as they are not yet born. The unborn do not have rights in the US Constitution…
They do under the 10 Commandments.
My point exactly. There are no Bible verses about this matter! So we are free to believe however we want.
Have you ever heard of Thou Shalt not Kill?
Here’s a few others:
"Did not He who made me in the womb make him, And the same one fashion us in the womb? (Job 31:15)
Yet Thou art He who didst bring me forth from the womb; Thou didst make me trust when upon my mother’s breasts. Upon Thee I was cast from birth; Thou hast been my God from my mother’s womb. (Psalm 22:9-10)
For Thou didst form my inward parts; Thou didst weave me in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Thy works, And my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from Thee, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth. Thine eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Thy book they were all written, The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them. (Psalm 139:13-16)
Thus says the LORD who made you And formed you from the womb, who will help you, `Do not fear, O Jacob My servant; And you Jeshurun whom I have chosen. (Isaiah 44:2)
Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb, "I, the LORD, am the maker of all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself, And spreading out the earth all alone, (Isaiah 44:24)
Protestants understand this, that the Bible has nothing to say on point in this matter; therefore we have **flexibility **on how we wish to believe **politically **on abortion. They understand that politics is **secondary **to our relationship with Christ. That is why Evangelical churches are growing, at the expense of the Catholic Church.
See above.
By the way, we know that Christ had compassion for the prostitutes in the NT. So yes, Christ has compassion for women.
Sure, He had compassion. Murder isn’t compassionate though.
In addition, the patient is giving CONSENT to the practitioner to invade into her uterus.
“Whoever sheds man’s blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God He made man.” (Genesis 9:6)
Although, I’m against violence being done to repay the abortion practitioner for his evil, you can clearly see how much value God states every human life holds.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Don’t you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and who was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourselves but to God; 20he bought you for a price. So use your bodies for God’s glory.
(Clearly this shows that we do not belong to ourselves. We primarily belong to God. So the argument that one can give consent for such an evil act is null and void.)
Why can’t we have a system in which abortions are allowed, but if you are against abortion, just don’t have one??? Why does the Catholic Church have to impinge on the rights of others who do not believe? Once again, Protestants understand this and Catholics don’t…
For the same reason we don’t have a system in which other evils are allowed. It impedes on the inherent rights of others.
Having sex is a very personal decision and a very personal right. The unborn do not have rights. So yes, a woman’s right to “illicit sexual relations” trumps the rights of the unborn.
It may be a personal decision, but it isn’t a personal right. God is very clear on the sanctity of the sexual act being between two spouses. There are a number of Bible verses that speak against fornication and adultery. Jesus told the adulterous woman to “Sin no more.”
It is absolutely evil to suggest that a person’s sin is more important than a person’s right to live.
We don’t know for sure, but we can be imitators of God, as the Bible says…
You can’t be imitators of God if you don’t know God’s Word…
Apparently abortionists and their assistants actually do spend time piecing some fetuses back together - it’s an easy way to check they got everything out of the woman. Must be like trying to assemble some sort of broken doll. I don’t know how anyone can do that day to day and not go crazy
The former director of Planned Parenthood, Abby Johnson, said it was horrible. With anyone with a heart, it would be.Apparently abortionists and their assistants actually do spend time piecing some fetuses back together - it’s an easy way to check they got everything out of the woman. Must be like trying to assemble some sort of broken doll. I don’t know how anyone can do that day to day and not go crazy
Big difference between arguing and urging caution. I saw his post, I saw and respected his point, and then I urged caution. Why? Because going to the young man who got his sister pregnant could in fact endanger his sister’s life. She wouldn’t be the first person hurt or killed by a romantic partner upset by a pregnancy, and she wouldn’t be the last. Even when I was younger I dated a guy who I never would have revealed a pregnancy to, regardless of if I kept it or not. Why? Because he was angry, violent, had pretty strong stalker tendencies, etc. I would have feared for my safety and if anyone went to him behind my back I would have cut them out of my life.
I was perfectly kind in my response to you. I don’t know why you found fault with my post, considering that we would all love to see this little child’s life saved:shrug:
You have not answered the question. If you don’t know what “Christlike” compassion is how can you imitate it?
If you can’t take being called argumentative, then don’t be argumentative.
