Comments on: Those “Hateful” Pro-Lifers http://squarezero.org/2006/those-hateful-pro-lifers/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:59:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Eric http://squarezero.org/2006/those-hateful-pro-lifers/comment-page-1/#comment-1398 Eric Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:01:54 +0000 http://squarezero.org/2006-0511/those-hateful-pro-lifers/#comment-1398 Kathy—I certainly agree with you that you can't judge an individual based on the group they belong to and that within groups there are lots of different beliefs and attitudes. But when you say that one should "not [spend] one’s time telling everyone of a different opinion that they are wrong," I have to disagree. If one has come to a conviction that abortion is wrong, doesn't one have an obligation to try to persuade others to that view? Should those who opposed slavery have kept quiet about the issue? Would it have been an adequate response simply not to own a slave? Or were they right to organize the abolitionist movement? If abortion is wrong, it's wrong because it takes the life of an innocent human being. That's not something we ought to keep quiet about. Kathy—I certainly agree with you that you can’t judge an individual based on the group they belong to and that within groups there are lots of different beliefs and attitudes.

But when you say that one should “not [spend] one’s time telling everyone of a different opinion that they are wrong,” I have to disagree. If one has come to a conviction that abortion is wrong, doesn’t one have an obligation to try to persuade others to that view?

Should those who opposed slavery have kept quiet about the issue? Would it have been an adequate response simply not to own a slave? Or were they right to organize the abolitionist movement?

If abortion is wrong, it’s wrong because it takes the life of an innocent human being. That’s not something we ought to keep quiet about.

]]> By: Kathy http://squarezero.org/2006/those-hateful-pro-lifers/comment-page-1/#comment-1392 Kathy Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:26:44 +0000 http://squarezero.org/2006-0511/those-hateful-pro-lifers/#comment-1392 I think anyone who claims that either pro-lifers or pro-choicers are full of hate because of the camp they belong to is...full of hate. Every group is comprised of individuals with varying opinions and personal attitudes. My own belief is that one should not abort, but that one must pray and come to one's own conviction about it, not spending one's time telling everyone of a different opinion that they are wrong. I think anyone who claims that either pro-lifers or pro-choicers are full of hate because of the camp they belong to is…full of hate. Every group is comprised of individuals with varying opinions and personal attitudes. My own belief is that one should not abort, but that one must pray and come to one’s own conviction about it, not spending one’s time telling everyone of a different opinion that they are wrong.

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