middle ground
lately, i've been dealing with my connections to two really hotbed issues. one being abortion. the other being homosexuality. i don't know why these two things keep showing up on my plate, but for the last week or so they have been.
i can't help but think that it has something to do with my rather "wishy-washy" views on both. as a christian, i'm not supposed to be up in the air about these two bedrock issues which so many of my brothers and sisters have steadfast ideals about. but the fact is, i don't know what to think and i don't think it's my place to barrage everyone with my thoughts on these things.
i'm in the middle and right now, nothing is going to change that.
let me clarify. i think abortion is terrible. i think it's an epidemic that has spread like wildfire and snuffed out an entire generation worth of children. but i also think that bush's assualt on iraq and the loss of 1700 young men and women is an abortion of sorts. senseless death with no purpose. that's what both of these things are. but even say, who am i to approach a woman who had to make a terrible decision like this and tell her that i think she's wrong and shouldn't have done it? have i walked one minute in her shoes? do i have any idea what she has been through?? no i don't.
for further clarification i will say that i view abortion in two different ways. there is abortion as simple birth control for careless people which i absolutely don't approve of. then there is that kind that is used to end the birht of child born out of tragedy or misfortune, whether it be rape, incest or something of that nature. does it make it totally right? no. but who am i to say to a girl that's been raped that she should carry this living, breathing scar to term? i realize the harshness in that sentence. but it's how i feel.
as for the homosexual debate, this is the one that often gives me the biggest headache. i don't know what to think. this bullshit notion that all homosexuals are immoral deviants that just want to parade their lifestyles all over the place is sickening. it's gargabe. it's what zealots use to get you to go along with what they're saying. "watch out for the homos," they'll say. "They're the ones raping and killing our children." or if you're Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell, you'll blame the "homosexual agenda" for Sept. 11, on national TV, two nights after the worst terrorist attack in united states history.
we christians could sure use a lesson in tact.
all of this to say that i'm in the middle and i don't think that's a bad place to be right now. i have my beliefs and i stick to them. but i'm not going to be one of those christians who seeks to do more damage than good. hating others because of the choices they've made. that's just not my style.
just what i'm thinking today. i'll probably write more about this soon.
i hope you're all well. much love,
-Gabe
i can't help but think that it has something to do with my rather "wishy-washy" views on both. as a christian, i'm not supposed to be up in the air about these two bedrock issues which so many of my brothers and sisters have steadfast ideals about. but the fact is, i don't know what to think and i don't think it's my place to barrage everyone with my thoughts on these things.
i'm in the middle and right now, nothing is going to change that.
let me clarify. i think abortion is terrible. i think it's an epidemic that has spread like wildfire and snuffed out an entire generation worth of children. but i also think that bush's assualt on iraq and the loss of 1700 young men and women is an abortion of sorts. senseless death with no purpose. that's what both of these things are. but even say, who am i to approach a woman who had to make a terrible decision like this and tell her that i think she's wrong and shouldn't have done it? have i walked one minute in her shoes? do i have any idea what she has been through?? no i don't.
for further clarification i will say that i view abortion in two different ways. there is abortion as simple birth control for careless people which i absolutely don't approve of. then there is that kind that is used to end the birht of child born out of tragedy or misfortune, whether it be rape, incest or something of that nature. does it make it totally right? no. but who am i to say to a girl that's been raped that she should carry this living, breathing scar to term? i realize the harshness in that sentence. but it's how i feel.
as for the homosexual debate, this is the one that often gives me the biggest headache. i don't know what to think. this bullshit notion that all homosexuals are immoral deviants that just want to parade their lifestyles all over the place is sickening. it's gargabe. it's what zealots use to get you to go along with what they're saying. "watch out for the homos," they'll say. "They're the ones raping and killing our children." or if you're Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell, you'll blame the "homosexual agenda" for Sept. 11, on national TV, two nights after the worst terrorist attack in united states history.
we christians could sure use a lesson in tact.
all of this to say that i'm in the middle and i don't think that's a bad place to be right now. i have my beliefs and i stick to them. but i'm not going to be one of those christians who seeks to do more damage than good. hating others because of the choices they've made. that's just not my style.
just what i'm thinking today. i'll probably write more about this soon.
i hope you're all well. much love,
-Gabe
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