My Take On The Pro Choice/Pro Life Debate

[dfx4real]

Trump's pro life agenda [[a political red herring IMO) relies on believers like me to enforce my theocratic beliefs concerning life on U.S. citizens under the guise of America being a Christian nation [[aka Christian Nationalism), which we are not nor have ever been.

Because I'm a Christian therefore, I'm expected to force my beliefs on someone else. This reminds me of overzealous proselytizing where non believers are threatened with hell fire when scripture says in Jeremiah 31:3 King James Version [[KJV) "The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee." And therein lies the nuance. Where is the love?

Is tough love the only tactic or even the best when dealing with unbelievers in the throes of a traumatic life scenario?

Objectifying non believers because of sin is one way, but not the only way, and arguably not the best way.

A loved one can commit slow suicide by drinking alcohol or illicit drug use. Can I stop them? No. I can persuade them that it's self-destructive, but my best course is to let them know that God loves them and can deliver them - but the choice is theirs. And if they make the decision then that choice is to protect their life - a decision that is pro-choice.

America is not Christian. I am. I don't advocate abortion. I cannot and will not tell a human, short of them standing in front of me with a gun to their head, what to do with their body no matter how I disagree. Persuade, cajole or pray for them?

Absolutely.

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[Scottathew]

This may not be the appropriate forum and should perhaps go here: https://www.detroityes.com/mb/forumd...Detroit-Issues

[Henry Whalley]

...a Christian nation...

I'm not religious but I agree with everything you say.

[Zacha341]

This issue/ debate impacts Detroiters, our families, children, economics, and values - secular or religious.

BTW, the Det-Yes Non-Detroit forum is closed.

This may not be the appropriate forum and should perhaps go here: https://www.detroityes.com/mb/forumd...Detroit-Issues