Double-think is easy if you don't really think at all.

It also is a way to protect children. Because the worst possible evil is when an unwanted child is born into an unloving world.

The most upsetting hypocrisy for me about Christians who call themselves "pro life" is the fact that they are also often the most adamantly pro-war, pro-guns, and pro-death penalty.

Then I read your article John, and I really liked your views. You put the matter of abortion in a completely new light, something that I had not seen before, and I've read several arguments for and against.

To be pregnant with few options, and none of them real promising is a scary place to be. I've been there. I opted against abortion, my reasoning was that it wasn't exactly fair to have my unborn child pay the price of my screw up. That decision was very difficult because at the time, unwed mothers were much less socially acceptable then today, plus my church was less then helpful, which carried over into how my own family reacted. I gave up a lot, including a big fat delay in getting my college degree, any good job prospects, and my reputation. That child turns 27 tomorrow, he has two sisters now who are…eeek..all grown up too, and that delayed degree is finally in the process of getting obtained.

I got pregnant because I was ignorant, pure and simple. I didn't understand how easy it was to get pregnant, or where to get options to prevent it. We can do so much to prevent unwanted pregnancies and the abortions that sometimes ensue by education, and compassion.

Oh, God, here we go.

Predestination doctrine: God picked me and I'm going to heaven whether I want to or not, and God didn't pick you, so you're going to hell whether you want to or not. That is exactly what this is, and totally false.

A clear study of more than just that one Scripture about whom God foreknew He foreordained, shows that God, especially in the New Testament, through Jesus Christ, stressed people have a Free Will to choose the Gift of Salvation, or to REJECT it.

Anything else is just wrong.

IF we are doomed to go to heaven against our will, then we are mere biological robots that God created for His then it would be perverse entertainment, and that certainly is not the case.

If you are anti-abortion, pro choice,

And you are anti-death penalty,

Does that mean you a pro choice for States that want to allow the death penalty?

I'm anti-abortion, pro choice.

Women need financial, educational, and community support to make the rational choice to have a child.

Until we get that right, we have to offer imperfect solutions.

I'm also against the death penalty, because I believe that all human life is precious. The value is intrinsic, without any of us having to do or be anything.

I'm infinitely capable of being wrong about so many things.

~D