22/05/2022
Prayerfully, regarding forced birth… the Jesus I know is a lot different than the Jesus some of you may know. The condemnation from the church is not Jesus-like. The hypocrisy of the church is not Jesus-like. The forced religious beliefs of the church upon others in order to remove reproductive rights of women? Not Jesus-like. A Jesus follower is called to care for those already alive on this side of the earth - the poor, the hungry, SA victims, orphans, immigrants, their neighbors, and even humans who don’t have the exact same religious beliefs as you. Where does that fit in your political agenda? Are you voting accordingly? Not everyone thinks the way you do. And oftentimes you manipulate your own agendas into your religion; no, you are not always right. Could this be one of those times? As someone who has worked in family law, when an underage little girl is giving testimony to you that her older brother r***d her, multiple times, and “breaking up her family” (she didn’t want to send him to jail or get him in trouble) that she was now pregnant, and that she didn’t want to have the child… I did not sit there and say, “this is God’s Will.” Putting the burden on SA victims to have to come forward, go through the court system, potentially lose the case just to be forced to have an illegal abortion, risking jail time if she doesn’t want to have that child… It’s punishing SA victims even more than the trauma they’ve already been through. I’ve never met a woman who’s had an abortion who didn’t feel shamed by the church. Not shame from God, not condemnation from Jesus (the most perfect, Most High) but just shame from those imperfect people who claim to follow Him. Majority of abortions are a pill taken by mothers in her first 6 weeks. The church divorce rates - no better. Premarital s*x in the church - no better. Alcohol & drug rates in the church - no better. Abortions rates in the church - no lower. So focus on your own “shortcomings” and being led by the spirit in your own lives and maybe the world will see you as a light rather than a dark whole of judgment, hypocrisy, condemnation, & hate.