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I've Had It With These 'Pro-Life Evangelicals for Biden.' You Can't Be Pro-Life and Pro-Biden

[PJ] Let’s get one thing straight. Abortion is the intentional taking of a human life. Whether by scalpel or chemical abortifacient, abortion ends the life of a human being—a child with his own fingerprints, heartbeat, brain waves, and DNA. A child who can feel pain beginning at 12 weeks after conception.

Let’s get another thing straight: You can’t be pro-life and pro-Joe Biden.

Some so-called evangelicals think they can have it both ways. In an op-ed at the Christian Post, Ron Sider and Richard Mouw defend a statement urging pro-life evangelicals to vote for Joe Biden.

"Climate change already kills untold thousands and will soon kill tens of millions unless we change," the pair writes. "The overwhelming scientific consensus is that unless we quickly reduce the amount of greenhouse gases causing global warming that we send into the atmosphere, many millions will die. The poor will suffer the most. But Donald Trump denies the near scientific consensus on climate change and has made numerous policy decisions that make things much worse. Climate change is a pro-life issue."

"As pro-life evangelicals, we disagree with Vice President Biden and the Democratic platform on the issue of abortion," the statement declares, "But we believe that a biblically shaped commitment to the sanctity of human life compels us to a consistent ethic of life that affirms the sanctity of human life from beginning to end."

What does the statement’s "consistent ethic of life" look like?

Posted by Besoeker 2020-10-12 01:06|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 Anyone can say "I'm A but also B" while the media nitwits get all lathered up about "it's not a paradox." This is what the media does. Finding people who are speaking the truth? Are you kidding me?

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-10-12 10:04|| 2020-10-12 10:04|| Front Page Top

#2 I might have meant contradiction rather than paradox above, but YMMV...

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-10-12 10:05|| 2020-10-12 10:05|| Front Page Top

#3 You can't be pro-sentient and pro-Biden...

Posted by Glenmore 2020-10-12 11:34|| 2020-10-12 11:34|| Front Page Top

#4 I don't know. I've met a number of 'evangelicals' whose beliefs are, elastic.
People like to say things that make them feel good about themselves.

Posted by ed in texas 2020-10-12 12:07|| 2020-10-12 12:07|| Front Page Top

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