Comments on: Pro-choice Christians: Oxymoron or a Clinton White House? http://www.bloggernews.net/111011 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:02:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: James Todd http://www.bloggernews.net/111011#comment-186201 James Todd Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:04:54 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/111011#comment-186201 James, I disagree. There is nothing more fundamental than life. If one isn't alive, all other rights are immaterial. Since it is fundamental or foundational, there is nothing more important, so it would be impossible to have it be the lesser of two evils. Also don't forget that abortion was illegal in this country as far back as 1814 in the State of Texas and most States had laws banning it until Roe v. Wade in 73. No one viewed these laws as mandating a religious belief, any more than they viewed laws banning murder as mandating a religious belief. James James,

I disagree. There is nothing more fundamental than life. If one isn’t alive, all other rights are immaterial. Since it is fundamental or foundational, there is nothing more important, so it would be impossible to have it be the lesser of two evils.

Also don’t forget that abortion was illegal in this country as far back as 1814 in the State of Texas and most States had laws banning it until Roe v. Wade in 73. No one viewed these laws as mandating a religious belief, any more than they viewed laws banning murder as mandating a religious belief.

James

]]> By: James http://www.bloggernews.net/111011#comment-107183 James Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:05:28 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/111011#comment-107183 There is nothing oxymoronic about being a pro-choice Christian, for several reasons. First, the Bible does not speak unambiguously about abortion, except to mandate it in Numbers 5:11-31 (see http://blue.butler.edu/~jfmcgrat/bible/abortion.htm for other relevant passages). Second, Christians can regard abortion as an evil and still regard it as the lesser of two evils in some instances. Third, it is possible to be personally opposed to abortion based on one's religious beliefs but at the same time committed to the American ideal of religious freedom, and thus be persuaded that it is inappropriate to legislate those beliefs in an attempt to impose them on others. http://exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com There is nothing oxymoronic about being a pro-choice Christian, for several reasons. First, the Bible does not speak unambiguously about abortion, except to mandate it in Numbers 5:11-31 (see http://blue.butler.edu/~jfmcgrat/bible/abortion.htm for other relevant passages). Second, Christians can regard abortion as an evil and still regard it as the lesser of two evils in some instances. Third, it is possible to be personally opposed to abortion based on one’s religious beliefs but at the same time committed to the American ideal of religious freedom, and thus be persuaded that it is inappropriate to legislate those beliefs in an attempt to impose them on others.

http://exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com

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