Quote (ihavethesniffles @ Apr 23 2010 03:16pm)
I considered posting this in PaRD but I can't stand the feedback (if that's what you call it) that is received there.
The issue I am bringing up has strong political and religious ties which is one of the main reasons why it is so controversial: Abortion.
After much thought on the issue, I think I have come up with a separate solution for Christians. My stance on the issue of abortion is this: God gave us free will - free will to believe in Him, free will of actions, free will over everything we do. With that said, who are we to take this God-granted free will away from anyone else? We are to be imitators of God, and part of that is the imitation of His actions (the granting of free will.) These people have the free will granted by God to act as they please, so let them. I suppose Jesus would say, "he who is without sin cast the first stone."
Further, while abortion is considered murder, murder is equal to every other sin in God's eyes. Thus, it can not be against the law based upon it being a sin alone because there are many sins, such as pornography, that are not illegal. This means that there really is no place for the religious argument in the grand scheme.
This does not mean that we just give up on the issue. We must rebuke these actions and discourage them.
"Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins." James 5:20
As fellow Christians, what are your thoughts? Are we to deny people the free will that God himself has granted them?
first paragraph :I dont think that "he is without sin cast the first stone" (John 8:8, if im right?) works here, i think thats more for convicting people, not to try to stop 50million babies from dying every year.
second paragraph :If the grand scheme is the world, then who cares, because the world doesnt care about sin, but the things of this age will die with this age, just as porngraphy, sure, its not illegal, but is it right?
It says in the bible that He who should cause on of these litte ones to stumble would be better off hanging a millstone around their neck and drowning in the depth of the sea (Matthew, and some of the other gospels.)
due to the world being so sexually immoral, it brings so many males into sexually immoral stuff and they sin against their own bodies (masturbation.)
that's my take on it.