When people are hurt or let down they might give silence to people. It is not always a conscious choice. They are hurt and they walk away. Problem is after some things happen sometimes a lot of people can leave that person in silence. There was no consorted plan on the part of people yet the combination of people turning away in someone’s life can have a dramatic impact. People are busy and trying to achieve their goals yet without close support the person left in silence can feel more hurt and isolated. People can use this to suppress support for a person already hurting which can be difficult. This can turn them away from God.
I am pro life. That includes the lives of the people that disagree with me on this. The idea that we all couldn’t do more to prevent the situations that lead to abortions would be a lie. This is a tough topic. I want to protect babies after conception. I can understand in a world that doesn’t take care of babies after they leave the womb, some women might think it better to not give the baby a chance at life. Some people might confuse the science and tell them it is just a couple cells like a bacteria, no big deal. Parents of the father or mother might pressure a woman to make a choice she might otherwise not make. Further there are cases where a pregnancy might not be viable. I believe in these cases the life of the mother should be protected. Some might use this as an excuse to terminate a viable pregnancy.
Complexity leaves room open for confusion and convolution. I understand how some might not want to get involved with the complexity of calling when a person is a person. I strongly believe that after conception the human path has begun. I don’t believe altering that path is my choice unless there are life threatening reasons to do so. This is a hard stance to take in this country today.
If a woman in my life had an abortion, and she thought it a mistake I wouldn’t want her to beat herself up over it. There are many complexities in the day and age we are living that might tempt someone to terminate early. That said if someone continuously had abortions of viable pregnancies that would hurt me. People could easily be scaled to this with silence and without support. Loving people correctly that are acting in a way contrary to what I believe God would want is hard.
Christians don’t agree on everything, though this is something I have a strong belief about. Just like I have a strong belief about forgiveness. Once someone has made a choice like this I could understand it might be hard to admit where they were wrong, they might continue to feel as though they did not. I am not the end all judge on this. This is my opinion and I support legislation to protect babies after conception. This should also include legislation to support the babies that are in more difficult environments.
Simply, I think after conception though shall not kill. Doesn’t mean I think people that have made mistakes are not Christians. I also don’t always agree on what a mistake is. Perhaps I have not heard the right words from the right person yet. Sometimes I make choices that are non optimal because in certain situations it can be hard to see clearly. Under oppression just deal with it becomes much tougher. I tend to believe that some sins are greater than others though when God looks at everything I am not sure He will see it that way. What is the power of one lie? Stealing a loaf of bread equivalent to murder?
Incest and rape are monstrous. If I were a woman I can’t say I would want to be forced to carry a child to term. One sin doesn’t justify another. Executing an inmate isn’t justified by the crimes he committed.
Talking about this kind of stuff is heartbreaking. So I can see why people might stray from this topic. Hopefully if nothing else this can show people where I stand on the issue. I joined a group a while back on Facebook called Abortion is Murder. This is a strong stance that can probably upset some people. All terminations of pregnancies being joined to the word abortion makes the naming of that group possibly a bit unwise. Might have been harder to say I agree that termination of a viable pregnancy is killing a person. Names and words are powerful. Short names are easy to remember but can leave a lot unsaid. Hopefully this clarifies things a bit. People arguing this point might use words more suited to their opinion.
Sex before marriage can help create some of these complexities. Not something you always hear before a frat party or meeting a woman at a bar 3 drinks in. But it worked out on Friends, not always how it plays out in real life. Sex sells in Hollywood and not everyone can discern between what makes a good movie and what makes a good life.
Last leaving anyone in silence can create as many problems as it solves. Not how I wish to be treated and sometimes I never seemed to have the right words. Maybe some were just too jaded by the time I got there. Not always easy to find the right person to talk to the one hurting.
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