“True humanity can only be achieved by concidering others/caring about others as much as,if not more than yourself.
Then and only then could we call ourselves a -Civilisation-”

I say:

Recently on Relevant radio I heard someone say that most people confuse being compassionate with being nice.

Then he gave the example of a doctor examining a patient only to find out that the patient had incurable cancer.

I ask you, which would be more compassionate? Not telling the patient that he was sick because you didn’t want to upset him, or telling him the truth even though it would be painful?

Compassion means thinking of the other person first. And doing what is best for them even if you look like the bad guy … (or a religious freak). We, as catholics, recognize the danger that contraception and abortion have brought to our country and our world, and even though it makes us unpopular, we speak out, exposing the truth. This is compassion.

Not speaking out and letting all those women and babies come to harm may seem nice at first glance, but on further inspection you will see that it is simply cowardice.

We are not afraid to take a stand. We are not afraid to speak the truth. We are not afraid to share our views. Even if we are hated because of it. Would we make contraception illegal? Only when said contraceptive acts as an abortificant. Would we try to educate the world as to the physical, moral and spiritual dangers that contraception poses? You betcha!

So being a true christian may not be the most likable way, or “nicest” way, but it is the most compassionate way. Jesus did not come to earth to make everyone feel good. He didn’t pat sinners on the back and tell them to carry on. He called them on their sins and asked them to repent and change. As a christian I can do no less than to follow what He did.

That, my friend, is civilization…
MK

So what you’re saying is that Christians should act as doormats especially to those who insult their faith? For someone who doesn’t believe in God you sure think you know how a Christian should act. Like you just said ridicule and condemnation isn’t the way to go, or does that just apply to Christians? If you don’t believe in God you should get special treatment? We Christians should walk on egg shells so we don’t offend anyone, but athiests can try to make us take every cross in the country down because it bothers them? I think you will find that people are getting sick of the double standard.

Guess what, Fr. Tom Euteneur is in the Philippines! He arrived yesterday and we got to spend the morning with him as we paid a visit to the mayor of Manila, Mayor Lito Atienza (who is very pro-life in the way he runs his city), then dropped by a home for abandoned children. Then he conducted a talk with some seminarians at the University of Sto. Tomas.

By the way, Fr. Tom is here as in the Philippines to speak at the Congress of Life, Love & Family, a regular event organized by Human Life Int’l. He’ll be dealing a lot with the contraception issue, as with the pro-life movement in general.

I am a pro-lifer who has no religious convictions at all . I didn’t need the fear of god or anything else to come to my decision, just a good sence of what is right and wrong.
You see we were all once a fetus. Is it beyond the realm of possibilities that when your mother first learned she was carrying you, she may have considered her options? What if she had decided to terminate? Would that have been OK?
You would not exist, if you have children they would not exist, and your (husband or wife) would be married to someone else. You would have been deprived of all your experiences and memories. In this day and age with terminations being so readily available and so many being carried out, if you make it to full term
you can consider yourself lucky. Lucky you had a mother that made the choice of life for you. Don’t you think they all deserve the same basic human right, LIFE?
I’m all for contraception, prevention is certainly better than termination.
Did you know you can get an implant that is safe, 99.9% effective, and lasts for three years? Just think girls not even a show for three years, wouldn’t that be great? I think too many people rely too heavily on the last option (abortion), I think if abortions weren’t so readily available people would manage their reproductive system far better resulting in a fraction of the number of unwanted pregnancies.
World wide there are over 50 MILLION aborted pregnancies each year. In America 3,500 terminations carried out every day, that’s over 1.3 million every year, 50% of all cases claimed that birth control had been used, 48% admitted they took no precaution, and 2% had a medical reason. That’s a stagering 98% that may have been prevented had an effective birth control been used. Don’t get me wrong, I suspect the percentages in Australia would be much the same.
Just a lot of unnessessary killing.

At the point of conception is when life began for you. This was the start of your existance. Your own personal big bang. Three weeks after conception heart started to beat. First brain waves recorded at six weeks after conception. Seen sucking thumb at seven weeks after conception.

I am convinced that in the not too distant future, people will look back at many of the practices of today with disbelief and horror.

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C’mon, everybody…

Abstinence!!!!!!

What that really means is that a staggering 98% of couples who copulated did so without considering the consequences…and ended up pregnant. Taking responsibility for one’s actions, something lacking in our culture, is the way to avoid abortion. and contraception. It’s simple. If you don’t want to be a parent, keep your clothes on…married or not…it’s the only thing that works and still keeps you in the “BIG” game. And with God as the Ump, I can tell you it gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “You’re Out!” He makes the rules and to have the privelege of playing with the Big Guy, you better follow them. Being allowed to play in the game of creation means taking your role seriously…

At the point of conception is when life began for you. This was the start of your existance. Your own personal big bang. Three weeks after conception heart started to beat. First brain waves recorded at six weeks after conception. Seen sucking thumb at seven weeks after conception.