If you are religious, or Christian, why get so worked up about abortion?
353814
Okay, so I'm not religious or Christian, but I completely agree with you.  Getting all worked up over abortions is stupid, because the kid is never going to know that he's been "murdered" and the parents wouldn't have wanted it anyway.  I've recently finished the book Freakonomics, and it was basically saying how the increase in abortions (since they were legalized) help to cut down on crime, especially in the inner city, because the kids that were being aborted were the ones that would have grown up to mainly be the criminals.  This is because they would be coming from backgrounds where the parents did not want them and did not care/pay attention to them as much as parents who actually wanted or expected to have children.  I don't know what's up with the religious people and Christians, but if they really wanted what was best for all those "poor, underprivileged fetuses", then they shouldn't complain and protest about them not living long enough to enter a world where they won't be wanted.  That doesn't sound too Christian to me...
1047715
when they start demanding you go by their rules or else.  Do this, do that, God says you should be this way.  If it is against the moral of the bible (do unto others) it is a cult.  When they start telling you who you can and can't see, what you can and can't do, all in the name of God and the bible.  Be true to yourself, be good always, God knows your heart.  Religion is a way to make you feel bad and do what the religion of choice says to do.  When you go to church on Sunday you are only proving to other 'people' your faith, when it is God you need to prove it too, no one else.\nEnd Rant : )
667875
Yes, it is.  My religion does not preach this, and it's one of the reasons that I chose to believe what I do.  Actions have consequences.  People should be made to deal with them, even if it's just a guilty conscience.
373311
The answer to this question is difficult because humans tend to interpret things differently and then when you add religion to the mix it just gets that much more difficult.  Christianity comes in many "flavors" Not all believe exactly the same and some may allow for more personal interpretation of their doctrine than others.  One sect for example may view premarital or extramarital sex as a sin, but view abortion as an even worse sin because it is the shedding of innocent blood.  Others may view both acts as equal on the sin level.  In any case each person has their agency to do as they wish and it sounds like she made the decisions that she was comfortable with at the time.
738094
Because they don't stand a chance.\nPro-lifers usually use religion as a reason abortion is wrong.\nWe have a seperation of church and state. \nYou can't use one religon to govern a country of over 1000 religions. \nAbortion is going to stay legal. Promise.
802578
A lot of people get touchy when they are trying to show you their truth and you make a valid or logical point that doesn't fall in line with their beliefs. They are too stubborn or too afraid to admit there may be other possibilities because they have been conditioned to believe that you are damned to hell if you question any part of their particular religious doctrine. Therefore, if you don't take their word for it even if they can't show or prove they are right, the only way they can fight you is to shut you up or get rid of you so you would have less chances to influence anyone else to question what they deem to be the ultimate truth.
405103
Because they were brainwashed from birth. Religion is such a crock of shit. It is funny how many people preach this garbage, and try to push it onto you. I for one do not need this in my life, I have enough complications! And if it is so great, why are there so many priests etc. raping young children? How ethical. Take your bible, shove it where the sun doesn't shine, and roll your holy asses into church where you can join your fellow wack jobs!
224006
because christians get pissed when you make them think! ;)
435327
Wow!!  Either you're really brave, or a pot stirrer!!!  I like that! ;) I think you really opened a can of worms, though.  \nI believe in the right to choose, and also that the soul enters whenever it is ready... I lost a baby between my two kids, and it broke my heart. And, no, I didn't abort it, it miscarried.  I guess that the soul who would have used that vehicle chose not to come into this world at that time.  The whole idea that the body is the whole of a person, that the death of a body equals death of a soul, is absurd.  We come here to learn whatever lessons our soul has charted out, and sometimes we aren't quite ready when the body, or embryo, that we thought would provide us with the best opportunity for learning those lessons is ready for us.  At that point there is either a spontaneous death, or, sometimes, the mother's soul and the incoming soul have agreed that an abortion is part of the experience for each. If a soul is meant to be incarnated at a given point in time, there will be a vehicle ready to facilitate that incarnation.  No soul has to go without just because someone decided that she wasn't, for whatever reason, able to play the role of mother at that time.  \nThose who judge others should be very careful that they don't set themselves up to prove that they would truly do a "more virtuous" job with the same set of circumstances.  I get so sick of people who say, "well, if I were you, I'd do it differently."  Wow, don't quite realize the absurdity of that, do you?  If you were me, you'd have all my past experiences, and all my reasons, and you'd make  precisely the same choice I did, because you would then cease to be you.   \n  And just a word  or two to the man who feels that "such a woman" shouldn't be allowed to ever be a mother.....you aren't ever going to be allowed to be a mother, either...maybe that's because you're no more qualified than those you are judging.  And maybe next time you come back here to learn lessons, you'll decide to experience for yourself what it feels like to be faced with such a hideous decision.  Have you ever held the hand of a heartbroken woman who feels that she has no other choice, and felt your own heart break because you couldn't help her come to some sort of peace with the gut-wrenching guilt, and self-loathing that followed?  Have you ever thought about how horribly difficult such a decision must be, and what awful straits a person would have to be in, to even consider that as an option?  \nThe Cherokee say that a man should not judge until he has walked a thousand miles in another's mocassins.  Do you qualify?  I think not, or you would have learned compassion.  And if you are a Christian, do you really think Jesus would be as beligerant and vicious as you are showing yourself to be?  I thought the goal of christianity was for people to emulate Jesus, and that includes having the same loving, compassionate, non-judging attitudes he has.  All of you who judge should re-think the place where you are standing.  If you were utterly without sin, then you would be utterly compassionate.  If He isn't judging, how can you justify doing it in His place?
566805
I wonder how they can be so against abortion and support Bush bombing babies in Iraq. Do they not know that it happens in any war that innocents die. In answer to your question, they are hipocrits. They believe what ever fits the situation. I am not saying all but most. yes I said most christians are going to church to show off their new suit. Not for any other purpose.
1069619
Your observation is correct.  Religion is such a hot issue or topic that strikes a raw nerve in many.  Perhaps, it is because people fear of what they don't know.\n\nIt depends on your perspective and also on the perspective of those who post and answer questions on this thread of Religion and Spirituality.  \n\nThis may both test us and them.  As for me, I learn from the questions and answers that others post.  There are many who really don't understand the Bible and a lot more who don't even visit any church.  They ask people they don't know at Yahoo Answer because it is a forum of ideas, where you usually can't even get in any church.  Don't mind those picking a fight.  Don't be angry, since you don't know them anyway.  Let it be a learning experience for you regarding what makes others tick, why some think so and others believe another.\n\nI do find that the others post plain questions that have been bothering them.  So I may answer a question or two based on what I've learned so far; but I don't shove it on their throat.  Just an exchange of ideas.  No "I-know-it-all" or "I'm-right-you're-wrong" attitude.\n\nJust remember to treat everyone with respect, even when a little bite is necessary.
1047883
I've been told I was upset.  For me it's not being upset, it's having questions.  Since Christians are the majority here it makes no sense for one to ask many questions about other religions as they would just get scrolled over.  Even questions about Christianity that require actual knowledge or thought get scrolled over, so most questions end up being either funny or blatant attacks.  It seems that is the only way to get heard.
196919
In my experience, religion sets most people off for many reasons.  \nFirst, faith is a set of deeply held, deeply felt belief.  They are so ingrained in the psyche and life of those who defend them.  That is the short answer for those who have faith.  \nFor the others, people hate it when someone of faith think they know better than them.  \nThey are offended because religious views conflict strongly with their own.  \nPeople hate it when they are told they are wrong.  \nThey feel guilty for their lifestyles or life hoices and they lash out at those who confront them about these choices.  \nNo one likes to be told they are going to hell.  \nPeople don't like to be 'judged' whether they are or not.  They tend to think that ey are being judged when told that they are disagreed with.  \nNobody wants religion crammed down their throats...whether it is being done or not.  I've found that defense of a belief causes people to feel this way, even if the argument is started by them in the first place.  I also find that many people resort to personal attacks at that point.\nPeople think that religion is to restrictive.  This is very true if a person is living in a way that is in conflict with the religious views.\nI don't know how to put this one really.  eople are selfish.  They want what they want and they want the freedom to do it without anyone saying it is wrong.  Social issues like abortion, homosexuality, pre-marital sex, drugs, etc. are the key points of dispute.  Obviously, the first 2 have the greatest emotional issues today.\nThe discrepencies in various faiths alscause many problems.  ie. the shiite and sunni muslims, the Catholic and mainstream Christian churches.\n\nIt is amazing how much the spiritual love, that many believers purport to have, go flying out the window and change to hatred and personal attacks when a issue of import to that person comes up.  It is sad to say this, as it shows that religious view in a negative way.\n\nThere are many others, but, I hope these ideas are helpful and/or different.
760813
I think there are a few things going on here.  Some of these people, indeed maybe all, deep down are haunted by the idea maybe there IS  a God they will be responsible to and are bitter about the whole thing and want to badger us.  Some of them want to expose the woeful lack of knowledge many Christians have to defend their faith (which is very logical and sensible and many extremely intelligent people embrace it)  We must remember, the cross is an offense to people.  Those of the world killed Christ and the world will always hate us.  These people will hate our uninformed anwers and they will hate our informed will reasoned answers.  They are a waste of time.  I believe this is what Jesus referred to when He said not to cast your pearls before swine.  Our time is too short.  Save time for the true seekers.  They are not too hard to find.  Also, study to show thyself approved so you can give a good defense for our faith, not just scripture but how it makes sense in our world and state of existence as a whole.
92405
For some people, it's sheer ignorance.  That ignorance, for the most part; is willful.  They choose not to learn from others, rather they wish to stick to their "I know what you believe and you don't" attitude.  If I want to know about a Christian concept, I'll ask a Christian. If they show me that I'm wrong in what I originally thought, I'll glady accept that.  I won't continue to argue the point once a follower of any particular faith has offered me knowlege on the sujbect.  I see a great deal of that here. It's like logical reasoning jumps right out the window as soon as a concept which is different is brought up.  They simply don't want to learn, plain and simple.\n\nOther people are just so hateful that they get great joy out of being smug and holier than thou.  It's almost like they think they are God on Earth or the only chosen person of God.  If they aren't playing a constant game of "My god can beat up your God", they aren't happy.  \n\nFinally, some people like to set themselves up as martyrs. They love to enter discussions which have nothing to do with their faith, spout a bunch of scripture, throw around some brimstone and then complain about how unfair other people are when they're told to mind their own business. They also really enjoy complaining when people enter their conversations doing the same thing.  \n\nI generally don't become angry or beligerant unless I'm having someone else's beliefs shoved on me 8 ways to Sunday.  Trying to discuss anything here without being told to find Jesus is impossible.  I mean it, try to get advice on mundane things like diet or health issues and you're told the same thing.  Honestly, It's very annoying.  I know, I know if I don't like it I can leave.  Just airing my view on the subject.
659793
It's because religious fanatics are trying to brainwash us. They are single-minded,  believing that they will "save" us if they push their beliefs onto us.  It is their mission to witness to us.  I grew up in a Baptist church, so, am very familiar with beliefs and ways.  Freaky!\n\nAlso,  there are many people such as myself,  who are so irritated with the Bible thumpers,  that we present off-the-wall religious questions to push their buttons.  It's amusing!
696001
u tell them that they r getting hung-up on terminology we all have a biological father, then there is God the source of all goodness and creation, why stress yourself over something like that? or them for that matter? if you accept  Jesus Christ as the savior why are they upset with you? im Protestant and i never had a problem with Catholics because we are all on the same team