Not exact matches
If the Church had had it's way we'd still be treating women as second class citizens and all of you Christians would not own a
bible but rather would have to go to the Church to hear what it had to
say on the
matter.
you really have to dig thru some sh-t to get to the gems, modern christians who claim the founding fathers
on their side should keep this in mind, these men where largely liberal intellectuals with a practical bent and where not the judeo / christian zealots that some try and make them out to be, jeffersons take
on jesus is wonderful and it is useful in the modern world where we really need to focus more
on the lessons of jesus than THE RULES in the entire
bible, as jesus
said ABOVE ALL ELSE love neighbor as yourself, jefferson had a great mind and his approach to spiritual
matters like this is great
As I would not stop pestering him
on this and as my mother was backwards to the point of experiencing REM in the middle of daytime sleeping and so was of no use whatsoever
on these
matters, my dad finally got very upset and his face turned red and he went into his den and came out with an old drafting set and a very old King James
bible instead of one of his many favorite beating belts, he handed to me that
bible and that set and
said to me «Here.
Listen I keep seeing bumper stickers like «you can't be both Catholic and pro-choice» these are not reflective of my faith, theser are slogans made for propaganda, I have 2 beautiful children and I have never been
on a position where abortion could even play a part, but it is a legal option to the public at large; this being
said even the
bible calls for us to be good citizens, and to obey the law, I believe that this is a
matter that belongs with the family and not the state; no
matter how we criminalize abortion, they will not stop, but people will go under - ground and more fatalities will occur, I rather see the government placing incentives
on more conseling for these expectant mothers and more outreach done at church levels, to reduce the debate to a single slogan is dangerous and will not accomplish the ultimately goal of preventing abortions my two humble cents