Morals? I’ve got ‘em
Posted by: branwynne77 on: December 15, 2007
I think I’m alive. Really. Sure, I may feel and/or look like a zombie from whatever crappy germ it was that I caught, but hey–I’m back.
Excuse me while I go hack up a part of my lung.
NOW, I’m back and ready to talk. About what…
Morals.
I honestly see morals as a social issue, not a religious one, though religious beliefs do make an impact on how society deals with moral and ethical issues.
I don’t agree with abortion–although I’m ok with the morning after pill for extreme cases like rape. I took one and I’m glad I did–I would have gone crazy if I’d been forced to carry that misbegotten child. I’m a liberal about many topics, but conservative about this. It is disgusting and dangerous for the woman, no matter how controlled and sterile the enviorment is. It [abortion] can affect her ability to carry a child to term in the future.
But then, taking a look at all the foster children who go without, that disgusts me as well. Sure,people can adopt them, but it takes a special person to adopt an older child who most definitely has emotional difficulties from being abandoned and abused. And with in vitro fertilization, who really wants to take in a genetic unknown? Who wants to deal with a potential sociopath? **Who are, I believe, the saddest excuses for humans in the world. My romance with them is over.**
A decreasing number of people, that’s for sure. I personally think that for some couples not being able to give birth is a sign that maybe adoption is the right avenue.
I also think, if I’m going to see life through someone else’s religious perspective for a minute or two, that it is as wrong to artificially create or prolong a life as it is to put an end to it. Why? It all comes down to “force.” It is always wrong to force someone to accept anything that is truly against their will. It is wrong to “force” something into existence that isn’t meant to be. (Reading assignment: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Hop to it, folks.)
Anyway, that’s just my opinion. People are welcome to state their own.
4 Responses to "Morals? I’ve got ‘em"
December 16, 2007 at 8:55 am
P.S. hope you’ll be feeling better soon! I just had the puke flu…guess I’m “immunized” against that now…
December 16, 2007 at 7:05 pm
it’s situational really.
An all out war stance on anything religious or topics like abortion is not what Jesus was about.
It’s a hard situation and each time should be taken with lots of compassion and understanding.
I’m tired…i’m going to sleep now.
November 26, 2008 at 5:17 pm
I support choice, but only in terms of its necessity. I’m in full agreement with you on the matter of extreme cases like rape. I understand that incest and threats to the life of the mother during pregnancy are two other situations that would justify the procedure. That abortion might be used as some kind of convenient ‘out’ after a wild night (or many such nights) with one’s mate makes me ill. Our brains are large enough to supply us with the sense to undertake preventative measures when we engage in sexual relations. And there lies a problem with religious conservatives – they try to ban the contraceptives that can both prevent unwanted pregnancy and hinder the spread of STD’s. Their reasoning, that abstinence is a workable solution for everyone, is flawed. Their attempts to force that solution on others is counter to their moral stance.
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December 16, 2007 at 8:55 am
I would personally not want to have an abortion either. However, I feel that if someone else wants to it is between them and God (or whatever they believe in). I would be morally uncomfortable with terminating a pregnancy, but as you said, the word force is the problem here. I would not want to force a woman NOT to have an abortion. It’s totally her life and her decision. I don’t know what circumstances exist in her life that may have led to that decision, and try as I might, I just can’t be judgmental about it. I guess “Live and Let Live” sums it up. I was the subject of ridicule in a philosophy class that I took because I had this viewpoint, but I don’t care.