The unborn are a convenient group of people to advocate for. They never make demands of you; they are morally uncomplicated, unlike the incarcerated, addicted, or the chronically poor; they don’t resent your condescension or complain that you are not politically correct;
unlike widows, they don’t ask you to question patriarchy; unlike orphans, they don’t need money, education, or childcare; unlike immigrants, they don’t bring all that racial, cultural, and religious baggage that you dislike; they allow you to feel good about yourself without any work at creating or maintaining relationships; and when they are born, you can forget about them, because they cease to be unborn.
You can love the unborn and advocate for them without substantially challenging your own wealth, power, or privilege, without re-imagining social structures, apologizing, or making reparations to anyone. They are, in short, the perfect people to love if you want to claim you love Jesus, but actually dislike people who breathe.
Prisoners? Immigrants? The sick? The poor? Widows? Orphans? All the groups that are specifically mentioned in the Bible? They all get thrown under the bus for the unborn.
- Methodist Pastor David Barnhart
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name cast out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you that work iniquity!’
- Matthew 7:21-23
Not only was that not claimed in the original post but because Jesus didn’t speak about it that means you can’t really claim he’s against it either. Of course you’re ignoring The fact that abortions are allowed under the Jewish law and Jesus was a Jew
The fact you assume this should be offensive to “anyone of faith” is in itself quite offensive.
The pastor being quoted is not referring to any named biblical figures with his criticism, let alone misrepresenting them. Unless you think the pastor is misrepresenting prisoners, immigrants, the sick, the poor, widows, and orphans; in which case you need to practice your reading comprehension skills. He is talking about contemporary christians and their attitudes towards their fellow man, and if you are this offended by that I think it tells more about you.
The user who posted this is literally named Jesus
So, I am supposed to personally be offended by this?
