Exactly. One of the things I have learned in this forum is that precise terminology is vital. Your post is precisely the point I was trying to make. The word “elective” is operative and no one was using it in the discussion. My original post on this thread was an attempt to make just that point.
I tend to be very familir with the precise views on abortion of major religious groups because of my involvement in pro-life work…the knowledge comes in handy!
Keep up the good work !!!I tend to be very familir with the precise views on abortion of major religious groups because of my involvement in pro-life work…the knowledge comes in handy!
Abortions for rape or incest are even rarer-under 500 a year. One of the tactics of the pro-abortion crowd is to try and force the discussion to concentrate on the very fringe-raoe, incest and life of Mother.
Exactly. My OBGYN (who, btw, is a pro-life Jew on staff of a Catholic hospital so he doesn’t have to do abortions) said that the life of the mother thing is a “red herring” (his words)…he said such cases are very, very rare.
give me a break…
Thanks for the clarification. I was hoping that the priest did not condone them
Fair enough. While I disagree with the traditional Jewish position, I respect it and think that it would be a wonderful thing if our laws reflected it! I agree 100% that the pro-abortion folks use a tiny minority of cases in order to maintain the abomination of abortion on demand, and all of us who don’t agree with abortion on demand need to get together rather than fighting each other over the relatively few difficult cases (which are probably not best addressed by legislation).
I’m speaking about tolerance in general, not sin. Tolerance isn’t always bad and guilt is from Satan unless one knows what specifically they are doing which regards the Holy Spirit to give them guilt.Jesus never tolerated sin. He told people to “go and sin no more” He never turned a blind eye.
Tolerance is a TERRIBLE word and least when it comes to falsehoods and sin.
The vast majority of non-Catholic denominations are pro-choice (or will veil the question in language about “a woman must make this decision with prayer and support from the community” blah blah blah").
Very true, alas!
Keep up the good work!I tend to be very familir with the precise views on abortion of major religious groups because of my involvement in pro-life work…the knowledge comes in handy!
Why don’t they put it straight-forwardly so that the people have no doubt in their mind that abortion on demand is a grave sin?
There aren’t many situations where the UMC affirms abortion; physical life of the mother in danger, and severe fetal anomalies incompatible with life is about it.
Not much of a strong stance at all-they opoose abotion for gender selection and birth control and oppose partial birth abortion unless the Mothers life is in danger. That leaves several hundred thousand abortions year they have no problm with
I have to admit that i have heard it from many many churches - and I do tend to travel a lot. I will also admit that a few years ago this was not the case but now it seems that more and more priest are starting to get a back bone and I hear it very often. We most always remember to pray for our priest.
Hear it several times a year in the Parishes I attend. But the question was whether a denomination was pro-choice. Although not a denomination the Church is the staunchest defender of the unborn on the planet
