Thursday, October 18, 2012
I wanted to blog today about something that I have been seeing a lot of lately and I find it personally very disturbing. I'm fairly new to the pro-life active community. I have been pro-life all my life but until a few months ago I wasn't very "active" in the cause as I have stated here several times before. But in just the short time that I have been active in the online pro-life communities I have seen something that has been very shocking to me and I felt I had to say something. I have seen countless instances of pro-life people and groups being very rude, disrespectful, and in a few cases even downright mean to other pro-lifers.
I never expected this from the pro-life community. Now I know that when there are a lot of people involved in anything that there are going to be disagreements and differences in how people think that things should be done that's a given. But what I have seen and even experienced myself is some people that claim to be pro-life, (which to me is a cause that stands for at it's very core love) being hateful, condescending, and trying to tear their fellow pro-lifer's down. This to me is just unbelievable! Being pro-life we are suppose to be fighting to save lives and do what is right for our fellow human beings. How can these same people that claim to love and defend life not even be civil to their fellow human beings who are fighting for the same things right along beside them?
Sure we may have differences of opinion on things in life that's part of being human. But we should be working together to help end abortion as soon as possible not focusing on keeping our own little cliques together and looking down at and others who are wanting to help end abortion too! Or taking a holier than thou attitude to others who haven't been in the cause as long as others have. These people are focusing on all the wrong things! Over a million children are loosing their lives every year in this country and the best way, the "only" way, to end abortion is if we stand and work together. Not fight each other and waste our valuable energy and time that we should be using to save lives on each other. Now I'm not saying that you have to go along with everything that someone else believes, but you should be nice to them and let them help in the fight if what they are doing isn't wrong. Just because you don't share the same religion or political party is no reason to think that other pro-lifer's can't help in the fight to end abortion! And if you don't agree with someone and want to convert them to your way of thinking do you really think you will ever be able to convince them by being hateful, disrespectful, and mean to them?
I never expected this from the pro-life community. Now I know that when there are a lot of people involved in anything that there are going to be disagreements and differences in how people think that things should be done that's a given. But what I have seen and even experienced myself is some people that claim to be pro-life, (which to me is a cause that stands for at it's very core love) being hateful, condescending, and trying to tear their fellow pro-lifer's down. This to me is just unbelievable! Being pro-life we are suppose to be fighting to save lives and do what is right for our fellow human beings. How can these same people that claim to love and defend life not even be civil to their fellow human beings who are fighting for the same things right along beside them?
Sure we may have differences of opinion on things in life that's part of being human. But we should be working together to help end abortion as soon as possible not focusing on keeping our own little cliques together and looking down at and others who are wanting to help end abortion too! Or taking a holier than thou attitude to others who haven't been in the cause as long as others have. These people are focusing on all the wrong things! Over a million children are loosing their lives every year in this country and the best way, the "only" way, to end abortion is if we stand and work together. Not fight each other and waste our valuable energy and time that we should be using to save lives on each other. Now I'm not saying that you have to go along with everything that someone else believes, but you should be nice to them and let them help in the fight if what they are doing isn't wrong. Just because you don't share the same religion or political party is no reason to think that other pro-lifer's can't help in the fight to end abortion! And if you don't agree with someone and want to convert them to your way of thinking do you really think you will ever be able to convince them by being hateful, disrespectful, and mean to them?
We should be willing to help our fellow pro-lifers especially the new converts and those that are wanting to start their own groups and give them tips and a helping hand. Help promote them and encourage them so that they can help us in the fight to end the silent holocaust of thousands of innocent lives everyday! There is room and a place for everyone in this fight for life! And we NEED every good person that we can get to help fight this enemy! This isn't a popularity contest it's about saving lives. It's not a business, it's not a competition. Your fellow pro-lifers aren't the enemy - abortion, Obama, pro-choice legislators, Planned Parenthood, and all the other abortion clinics are! The enemy would like nothing better than to see us fight each other. Because while we are focusing on fighting other pro-lifers we are letting them go about their business of killing innocent babies in peace. A house divided against itself cannot stand. How do you think it looks to people who haven't made up their mind about being pro-life or not yet to see pro-lifers backbiting and being hateful to their fellow pro-lifers? Do you think that this type of behavior that is going to encourage them to join the cause? You need to ask yourself if you are helping the cause or are you hurting it with your behavior and attitude.
There are thousands of babies who need all of us to be their voice for them because they don't have theirs yet and if we keep fighting in amongst ourselves they will die without one! My brothers and sisters in the pro-life cause please stop the prideful and hateful attitudes and put "self" on the back burner and fight for those children they deserve life! Stop alienating those who want to help you save lives and work with them to help end this tragedy that is running rampant in our country! Pro-life is a cause of love and it needs to be represented as one!
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I've also noticed this, particularly in some of the harsh, hateful comments made about people such as Abby Johnson. It makes me wonder if there should be a special ministry, a form of Rachel's Vineyard, just for pro-life activists. Dealing with the reality that thousands of children are being killed every day, being anxious about the fate of women, families and the country as a whole, is traumatic enough even without these attacks from within. There should be some kind of forum for healing for pro-life activists who have been hurt, just as there are ministries for post-abortive women and converted clinic workers.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great article. I appreciate it very much. Given the upcoming election, the timing couldn't be better.
ReplyDelete"The bible says in 1 John 4:20 KJV "If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?" "
ReplyDeleteknow what else the bible says? "A priest's daughter who loses her honor by committing fornication and thereby dishonors her father also, shall be burned to death." (Leviticus 21:9 NAB)
and a side note: this comment in no way breaks your rules, so it won't get banned, right? i mean, i'm merely quoting the book you live by...
GD we no longer live under the Old Testament laws which is what you have quoted here from Leviticus. Christians are suppose to live their lives in accordance with the New Testament. The old law or Old Testament was done away with when Jesus came and established the new law and died on the cross for us. :)
ReplyDeleteThe Bible says in Hebrews 8:7 KJV "For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second."
And in Hebrews 8:13 KJV "In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away."
So you see we no longer live under the old law and stone people or burn them for their sins as they did back then. We live by the New Testament that Jesus established. He did bring over some of the old testament laws into the new like most of the ten commandments and a few other things but he did not bring over those laws that would put anyone to death like you have mentioned here. He did bring over the commandment Thou shalt not kill as part of the New Testament.
It is good to still read the Old Testament to learn about our history and see what God has done and to see how man lived up until the New Testament. But we are not to live our lives in accordance with the Old Testament anymore as Jesus has come and brought the New Testament we are to live under his laws now as God has commanded Christians to do. Matthew 17:5 KJV
"While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him."
Hi Matterhorn I'm sorry I'm just now answering your comment I've had a lot going on. :) That is an interesting idea you should maybe make one up or suggest it to some of the big Pro-Life organizations they might be able to make that a reality. :) Thanks so much for commenting I always enjoy seeing you here! BIG HUGS!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Chuz Life! Thank you so much for visiting Voice For Hope and for commenting! I'm so glad you enjoyed the article please come back often and God bless!
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