I didn’t misunderstand. You are against abortion, against the death penalty, and most of the way to being against all violence. That is pacifism and it seems to be what Jesus followed.

So you are in the best of company there.

Love you

I just really can’t stand the tolerance of the law, and the twisted view it has on life and when it begins, just for political gain.

It is not just a moral view, it is also scientific.

That’s all.

I hope this clears that up. This is still new to me, so maybe it is not as clear as it was to me when I typed it.

I commend your passion and theological posture regarding the preservation of life (before and after birth). I think the issue of non-violence as a Kingdom-marker (which distinguishes us from the worldly system) is too often ignored because it is so “radically un-p.c.”. Yet what is “radical” to the world seems no doubt “ordinary” in the Kingdom that looks like Jesus.

Blessings

I understand your frustration. I wish I could forgive as easily as Christ does.

We have to remember there is a real war going on and it has eternal consequences.
We have to do our part to change things but it is not going to happen by keeping on doing what we have always done. Screaming and yelling across the aisle, forcing man to legislate something that he does not have in him to begin with, will not bring change. Change will only come by the proper use of our most effective weapon. Love.

Love insinuates and never obliterates. Love is persuasion and not coercion. Love cannot be beaten.

We must seek to bring about a change in people’s hearts and minds, not in the rules and laws they must follow. Only love will do this.

Love you

I am opposed to any type of abortion. More to the point I am against the killing of anyone, period! I am opposed to abortion, the death penalty, and the more I think about it I am even against the killing of people in war, no matter how “justified” it may seem. How can anyone justify killing, that is clearly not our place. God made us mortal so that we would die at the time he wanted us to, not when we feel that it should happen.

Human life is too precious a gift to just throw away in such fashion. Even though the idea is that we are only here for a short time, we should still have the opportunity to live this life. Who are we as a society to ok the murder of a murderer or a child? What sense does that make. “Let’s show people that killing is wrong, by killing them.” What lesson can be learned there?

Abortion is such an evil act that I have a difficult time being as kind as Sonny, but I know those who have done this will have to answer to God and not to me, so I try not to judge. Life begins when an egg is fertilized. That is simple science, but for convenience we have decided that science doesn’t matter here, just “choice”. I suppose with choice, I should be able to choose to kill a guy who cut me off in traffic because I feel that he will not help better society.

If we allowed this horrific act at any stage of life there would be mass chaos, but since innocent children cannot defend themselves it is ok.

God be with anyone who has done this. They deserve forgiveness as much as anyone else, but my human side comes out way too much on this. I try to forgive, but I refuse to understand even the slightest condoning of killing a person in any way.

Love to all

Chris