One(More)

November 9, 2007 in God with 2 Comments

Two things have me on the brink of bursting as of late:

Item 1: Pro-Life groups
Item 2: Pro-Environment groups

Now, before I get into too much hot water, let me assert that I am, in fact, both pro-life and pro-environment. God likes life, I like life. God likes his creation, I do too. That’s not what I’m talking about…

If I hear one more celebrity tell me how I should ride my bicycle to work, or how I should change the lightbulbs in my house, or how I should care because polar bears are drowning in thawing frozen ice caps, I’m going to lose it! As I said to my wife, “I… can’t…. HANDLE IT!“

Similarly, if I hear one more person tell me that because I follow Jesus, the most important thing in my life should be getting Roe v. Wade overturned, I’m going to shoot blood out of my eyeballs! I do not want to hear it! I don’t care what presidential candidate is against abortion – if he/she is a poor candidate, I will not vote for them. Do not use my faith as a recruiting tool to get people to sign up for your causes.

I came to understand that although these groups typically stand in opposite camps, their approach to their issues are exactly the same: “issue X is the most important issue and I’m going to take every chance I can to cram issue X down your resistant throat. What’s more, if you don’t agree with issue X you are a horrible person and should have your membership from the club of humanity revoked.”

Seriously.

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2 Responses to “One(More)”

  1. miccah April 19, 2010 at 10:38 am #

    I totally agree. I have long fantasized about liberating Christians from the need to vote for “pro-life” candidates on the shred of hope that some great policy reform will occur. i am truly pro-life, including life for all people. we are all equally valuable to God, even adults who are sick and cannot get insurance are valuable to God. they should finally be valuable to us all as well.

  2. miccah April 19, 2010 at 3:38 pm #

    I totally agree. I have long fantasized about liberating Christians from the need to vote for “pro-life” candidates on the shred of hope that some great policy reform will occur. i am truly pro-life, including life for all people. we are all equally valuable to God, even adults who are sick and cannot get insurance are valuable to God. they should finally be valuable to us all as well.