Recent content by loriersea

Hi, folks. I used to post here a lot then stopped coming by because, in all honesty, I found it brought up a lot of very un-Christlike feelings in me. However, I am working on a project right now that I'd love some input on. After searching unsuccessfully to find Christian books to read with...

Unfortunately, all available evidence says the opposite. States that have the most abortion restrictions have not seen any statistically significant drop in abortion rates, and some have seen an increase. And, we know that before Roe, illegal abortions were quite common, and that in countries...

I think it would probably be immoral to go there and pretend to agree with the school stance. But, to go, knowing their stance, but do what you can to change things seem to me like the right thing to do. You will probably start hearing from more programs soon, though. It takes them forever...

I agree that the conservative Christian reaction to emergency contraception is based on false information. People believe it is an abortion pill. It is not. It works exactly like a birth control pill, except it takes effect immediately, whereas it takes normal birth control pills several...

Exactly. If someone was trying to hand me a basket of baby gifts after I'd already decided I was having an abortion, I'd cry, too. It's not like these women are happy about having an abortion. It's not like they don't already feel badly about it. It is just cruel and petty to rub it in that way...

While it is true that the only 100% sure way to avoid unwanted pregnancies and STDs is abstinence, I do think it's important to make sure students are also aware that, should they choose to have sex (which many of them will, no matter what they are taught), there are many ways to prevent...

Neither will abortion. It's not as if we have no idea what would happen if abortion was outlawed: it was illegal, and it still happened, and by most accounts it happened very frequently. And, it is in our nature to not bear children when we don't want to. Throughout history, women have had...

Wow. Now I see where you are coming from. You don't really care about honest communication between two partners, compromise, or mutual decision-making: all you seem to care about is people making more babies, no matter how deceitful it is. Personally, I can imagine few things more unethical...

He is not advocating "abortion rights for non-Christian abortionists." He favors all women, regardless of religion or race, having access to safe, legal abortions. What one has to do with the other, I have no idea. What does supporting the right of same-sex couples to form legal unions have...

I'm just glad to see that she's a sub, since I would hope at 71, she had retired from classroom teaching! In the capacity as a sub, I see no reason to not let her continue on as normal. Many of the students who are too young to really understand probably wouldn't even realize it's the same...

Well, I think there are two answers to CCGirl's questions: 1. People who favor illegal abortion believe that unwanted pregnancies will magically cease the moment abortion becomes illegal, or 2. They are fully aware that women will continue to have abortions in large numbers if abortion is...

The reason I could never accede to that is because there is such a huge difference between embryonic life and life as we can understand it in any meaningful sense. I had a miscarriage at 5 weeks before I got pregnant with my son. To claim that if my son were to die, it would be equivalent to...

Actually, I would like to see your numerous studies. Do they come from valid sources? Have they been replicated? If there is valid research out there showing that abstinence-ONLY education is effective in reducing teen pregnancy rates and STD infection, that is news to me, and I'd like to see...

I just wanted to briefly clarify my "abortion is not murder" point. I do not think that the dogma of "abortion is murder" needs to be replaced with the dogma of "abortion is not murder." Personally, I do not believe that abortion is murder. But, given that some vegetarians say "Meat is...

In The Heart of Christianity, Borg refers to another author (Tillich? I can't remember...) who talks about overhearing a conversation at an evangelical college where one student asked the other what God was doing in their life lately, with the idea being that liberal Christians need to start...