Actually, free will does include the right to break God’s commandments. God gave us the supreme gift to make our own choices. It is true that many take this gift and use it in the wrong way, against God’s plan for us, but He still gave us this ability for a reason.
Murder, abortion, pedophilia - illegal or not there will still be those who break the laws of God and man. They will make that choice regardless. The problem with abortion is that if it is illegal and people go back to backyard abortions with coat hangers there will be even more deaths.
I can tell you now if you made women watch a documentary that shows exactly what happens during an abortion, they wouldn’t do it. If there was legislation that made you go and be told of what happens to the baby and to you and how much the child actually feels, the rate of abortion would fall so dramatically.
Believe me, I have done a lot of introspection regarding this and other issues. It’s easy to be militant about these things, but you can disagree with such things while still coming to terms with why people don’t agree with you. It’s a lot harder to give everyone your understanding, to try to change a persons mind rather that condemning them without discovering the reasons why they feel the way they do. It’s hard to be empathetic to all sides.
Believe me it’s harder. I have a community such as this judging and condemning me, accusing me of supporting murder and then I have a secular community condemning me for being ‘too religious’ and accusing me for being out of touch with society.
Bextah you have a good heart but I don’t think you are making a proper distinction between the “right” to break Commandments (we have no such right!) and the free will that gives us the opportunity to break Commandments. An opportunity, a choice good or bad, is not a right. Having a right suggests someone or something will back up that right…and in the case of commiting evil acts who do you think will support that “right?” The devil? Certainly not God. God gave us free will and you are correct, it is an amazing gift but one we should treasure and use wisely. We still do not have the right to use this gift to commit evil.
You are also correct that inspite of laws against murder, rape or robbery, these evil acts will occur. But again, no one has the right to commit such acts and in doing so they must bear the consequences in this world or the next. But you are not correct that outlawing abortion would result in “back alley” abortions. This old canard has been disproven repeatedly although desperate abortion rights advocates dust it off and drag it out in a futile attempt to justify legalized homicide.
You sound like a young person so you probably do not remember life prior to Roe v Wade In those days a pregnancy outside of wedlock was a scandal, not accepted as it is today. Thus women who found themselves pregnant faced tremendous social stigma. Not anymore. Second in those days reliable birth control was not available. Thus the ability to prevent an unwanted pregnancy has increased dramatically. Further with “morning after” pills, one can take care of the possibility after the fact. (Now before anyone screams I’m advocating birth control, RU486 et al no I am not, just pointing out the facts of today’s society).
Therefore the idea that a woman who finds herself unexpectedly pregnant is as desperate as the supposed situation of the past is simply not true. Further the reality is that the number of “back alley” abortions that resulted in death and permanent injury were minute. I have never understood the theory that the POSSIBILITY of preventing some unfortunate occurrance (death due to abortion) trumps the REALITY that if abortion takes place it is 100% fatal for the baby. Needless to say, the possibility that some woman will have an adverse event following abortion, is no excuse to allow legal murder.
I also agree with you that education about fetal development and about fetal pain would be valuable in advancing the discussion with those who do not have a religious objection to abortion. Requiring the woman to see an ultrasound of her unborn baby is also very effective. I think there are many ways to advance our cause for life.
But keeping abortion legal justifies it to those who are ignorant of biology as well as having questionable ethics. Until we can stop this IMO un constitutinal as well as immoral act, many more such murders will take place.
I am sorry you feel picked upon. But I do hope you will think about the posts directed to you and consider if your current “pro choice” position is simply unacceptable as well as being unsupportable.
Lisa A
