RE: The reason religion is so powerful
June 19, 2021 at 1:42 pm
(This post was last modified: June 19, 2021 at 1:58 pm by brewer.)
(June 19, 2021 at 10:58 am)John 6IX Breezy Wrote:(June 19, 2021 at 10:45 am)brewer Wrote: If I'm reading this correctly it appears that the 'concern' should be directed at the existing life and not the potential life.
Section 4 appears to be the most relevant portion, and the one I agree with the most. Particularly, but not limited to, the initial sentence:
"The Church does not serve as conscience for individuals..."
Which is evident given that I've never been asked to read or abide by these guidelines, which I presume are directed towards our hospitals. There also appears to be an update to the 1992 statement coming up, but I'm not sure if it's available yet:
https://www.adventistreview.org/church-n...n-abortion
The article I cited didn't mention hospital, health care or medical personnel at all, so bad presumption. They appear to be guidelines for the faithful.
Section 4: The final decision whether to terminate the pregnancy, or not, should be made by the pregnant woman after appropriate consultation.
Section 5: Therefore, any attempts to coerce women either to remain pregnant or to terminate pregnancy should be rejected as infringements of personal freedom.
The link to the proposed statement was in the article I cited: https://spectrummagazine.org/news/2019/p...t-abortion
Still don't see anything about removing choice or not supporting the choice of others. Note the date. Does it normally take over a year and a half to finalize a position statement? I don't see anything in there about limiting choice.
Sounds to me, if you had your way you would choose to take away others choice.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
