Right Battle, Wrong Battlefield (Abortion)
I was doing some reading last night on one of the blogs I frequent and came across a comment by the former worship pastor (Russ Ware) at my previous church that struck me. You can read his comment here. It was this comment that I found enlightening:
My point is that the life issue is the right battle, but the presidential election is the wrong battlefield.
He agrees that the life issue should be a major battle but he does not feel that politics or elections are the right place or the only place to fight it out. I have mentioned previously that this whole abortion issue seems to have been fought primarily at the political level. In my opinion, conservatives need to do a lot more than voice their concerns at the voting booth. We need a more expansive approach and I suggested that we possibly start funding projects that build more crisis pregnancy centers to offset the large number of abortion clinics in minority communities.
I have been feeling for some time that those who feel the abortion issue is the most important issue need to do something different. To change the law regarding abortion will take more than casting a vote. Abortion is the right battle but in my opinion, the election should not be the only battlefield.
Do you think we should do more to fight abortion or just focus on electing politicians who will overturn roe v. wade?
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Robert
I love theology and the challenge of making deep teachings non-boring. Let's face it, most of the time we hear theological teaching, it really is boring. Does it really have to be that way? Nope.
