For Parsol, and any others who might be interested in my words.
Opinions fly about indiscriminately, colorfully elaborated to suit the mood of the sender. I can tell you this: That was not a mood, but was about the disregard toward fighting nature, and then rationalizing despicable deeds. What I wrote is what I was feeling, and do feel. You disagree obviously, and I understand this, but I have no stomach for it. It honestly makes me sick. You can, of course, say this simply reflects who I am. You damn betcha’!
Believe this or not! Those dying babies, -as you might think, are not my only concern. Death comes by many avenues, and death is evitable. Further, many things can befall us in this life far worse than death. Therefore, it is not just for the lives being carelessly conceived and then destroyed. Further, it is certainly not for the emergencies and so forth that brings about such a sad choice for many. Nay, dear friend, who are so concerned about your bodies and your rights. It is for you that tears burn my eyes.
Much of my life’s work has been with youngsters, and God knows I love them, regardless of their choices. I realize too that they grow up, and some of them post on forums, just like you. Some have abortions, and others simply help bring them about, not intentionally, of course, and some manage to avoid such an event. All this is reality, and I can deal with troubling choices. What grieves me, is the extent to which those who become increasingly fervent in propagating abortion, go to justify even the dastardliest deeds. Not all of those lives are ended because of some extreme necessity; notwithstanding, you hear little about this, except from the—mostly annoying—extreme right wing.
We all, in the course of a lifetime—if we live long enough—do things that are not right. Sometimes, we talk ourselves into believing at least at the time that it is okay. Later, we may regret our choice, but have to give ourselves some room for growing up, for learning, and for error. This is life. Things happen, but my God in heaven, when you call on science to give yourself some mechanical theory for killing, then what on earth are you doing to yourselves? What is happening to you? What are you doing to yourselves? This is my concern! Again, I say, it is not so much the destruction of life that had no choice, but the corruption of the reasoning that attempts to justify it.
We could stop all this disagreement about such things—maybe—if we could just get rid of the concept of God. Then we would have no need to be accountable for much of what we do that creates so much emotion and controversy. Without a concept of God, nature and us, being a unit, we would have no concerns about nature, about God, and certainly not about you and me being sister in any broad sense. We could find cause to destroy all those misfortunate children born with afflictions! After all, it is obvious that they will have a miserable life, (even more obvious than with those half born). We could push the wheelchairs over the clefts, and drive the older folks right off the roads. After all, some of those seniors cause many of the accidents, -not be as many as the young cause, of course, but the young have to have time to learn, (unless they kill themselves first). We could also do away with nursing homes, the inhabitants of which—for sure—are miserable, -more miserable than most of us can even imagine, and partly because those, expected to have some time for them, are perhaps too busy trying to make some sense of their own lives. Am I on the right track here?
The biggest problem is that we have it all backwards. There is nothing more healing than going outside ourselves. There is nothing more noble than caring for this world that we have. This entire BS about “I deserve it,” and “It is my body,” is just that. We deserve nothing! This world was here before us, and will be here after we are gone. Every good thing that comes into our lives should be perceived as a blessing, because, feeling blessed is far, far better than being absorbed with what should be, -because “I deserve it.” We also need to take responsibility for our actions.
I think that most of us want to make some sense of our lives. The things that happen, which seem to threat our happiness, is often not as bad as it may seem, if we face our situation with courage and determination. In fact, it is futile to pursue happiness.. Once we find out how to deal with ourselves, happiness ensues. Tuning things out, or turning up the volume on what we think we must have, does not do much for those times when we are alone and wonder why the face in mirror does not please us. Not allowing ourselves time to think only stunts our growth and makes us do stupid things. It is hard to reevaluate in the midst of busy pictures and endless activity. Without moderation, we can lose track of who we are and what we stand for. When we lend ourselves to stretching our field of what is okay, or to that which requires almost no thinking, we can become nothing more than a happy little moron. Open-mindedness, on the other hand, gives us opportunity to be knowing, and with discernment in place, we treasure only the things that serve us well.
I have given you my words. Use your own terms and your own analogies, but use something, for God’s sake! All that we have that is truly ours are our principles and our beliefs; let us handle them with care. In this world, we have no power upon which we can depend. Without power, our “rights” fall limp by the wayside as we sadly tread along, bitter, and feeling invalidated. You are, therefore, correct when you say that these lives destroyed (by abortion) have no rights, and this fact will remain for as long as there is no power to preserve these in a physical sense.
You may not accept that we have a soul, as so many great teachers have taught. If so, then perhaps you accept that we have a mind, apart from the brain? How about intuition? In any event, science cannot fully explain these things. Fully, I say! Why, they have hardly touched the surface. Therefore, what causes one to cling to whatever they may drag from science to dispute any and all things to do with, what some call, the essence of nature, of humanity, of the universe.
As I close these thoughts, I offer one more consideration. You might think about this, some time when making your judgments, (or not). I am fascinated with science and have great respect for all its devotees; but, in spite of all that science has accomplished, and! In spite of all it can tell us, we still wrestle with many aspects of sociology, psychology, heredity, and a host of mental disorders and diseases. Medical challenges are still plagued with guesswork, ~ and you know these things. In other words, there are still many questions on tangibles, but even more questions about things having to do with our emotions, imaginations and dreams. We cannot disengage these intangibles. Without emotions, we could not appreciate except possibly in some mechanical way. Without imagination, we could not learn. Without dreams … well what would we do without dreams? Who knows for sure?
I thought the best thing I could do would be to talk to you as I would to anyone I care about. Yes, you break my heart. I hurt for you. Do not be deceived. Whether we believe in God or not, whatever we sow, we reap.
There is so much on this forum, wishing that religious people would rethink all they have been taught. Well, some of us have. Now I challenge you:
Dare to rethink what you have been told, please.
pmt