{"id":112,"date":"2011-02-20T08:55:50","date_gmt":"2011-02-20T08:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/activistfaith\/2011\/02\/in-case-you-missed-it-pro-life-and-pro-love.html"},"modified":"2011-02-20T08:55:50","modified_gmt":"2011-02-20T08:55:50","slug":"in-case-you-missed-it-pro-life-and-pro-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/2011\/02\/in-case-you-missed-it-pro-life-and-pro-love.html","title":{"rendered":"In Case You Missed It: Pro-Life and Pro-Love"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We
\nhave just finished a month in which the pro-life movement focuses on
\nthe issue of life. I personally support the issue, yet have found myself
\nat odds with many of those who agree with me on the issue. <\/p>\n

It’s not because I disagree with them; it’s because they are so disagreeable.<\/p>\n

For
\nexample, when someone who is pro-life goes around calling pro-choice
\npeople “murderers” because they disagree, it’s not helping show how much
\nprolife people care about children. Likewise, words like “liberals,”
\n“socialists,” “devils,” “killers,” and words I cannot write here show
\ninstead how we often do not really love our neighbor as ourselves.<\/p>\n

I for one am completely convinced a person can be both pro-life and pro-love. <\/p>\n

Why?
\nBecause Jesus was. Okay, so technically he never spoke directly about
\nabortion, but he highly valued the lives of children, women, and all
\npeople, including those considered sinners and outcasts by others. In
\nfact, we are told he gave his life for us all (which would also include
\nthose in the womb).<\/p>\n

Further, Jesus taught his disciples that the
\nworld would know we are his followers by the love we have for one
\nanother. John elsewhere even says if we cannot love those we can see,
\nhow can we love a God we cannot see?<\/p>\n

The overwhelming emphasis of
\nthe New Testament is that Jesus taught life was sacred and worth dying
\nfor. He also taught that all people are worth dignity and respect
\nregardless of their beliefs.<\/p>\n

So I’m pro-life and pro-love. Hoping
\nto start a club or at least a Facebook page of others who are like
\nminded. If you want to help lead this thing, message me on Facebook<\/a> and you’re in charge. <\/p>\n

Let’s love God, love pro-choice people, love pro-life people, and love the unborn–just like Jesus does<\/b>.<\/p>\n

[This originally posted Friday but is here for those who missed it.]<\/p>\n

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\nDILLON
\nBURROUGHS is an author, activist, and co-founder of Activist Faith.
\nDillon served in Haiti following the epic 2010 earthquake and has
\ninvestigated modern slavery in the US and internationally. His books
\ninclude Undefending Christianity, Not in My Town (with Charles J.
\nPowell), and Thirst No More (October). Discover more at DillonBurroughs.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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