Most evangelical Christians consider themselves pro-life. We cry out that abortion is sinful, against the Word of God, and destroying humanity. We preach pro-life, stand at rallies, and tell our friends that abortion is wrong. We consider this to be one of the just causes God wants us, as His people, to champion for. We even say, "to be Christian is to be pro-life".
So here is the question though, are we really pro-life? To be pro-life is to be for human life, period. This means we stand for all of human life and the dignity of humanity. So to be truly pro-life means; -we stand for the unborn,
-we stand for the disabled,
-we stand for the elderly,
-we stand against human trafficking,
-we separate sin from sinner (i.e- homosexuals we see as sinners just like we are, not as dirt)
-we stand against discrimination,
-we stand against prostitution,
-we treat ever single human being with dignity and respect, and
-we stand against physical abuse of any kind.
Now that is a big list, but every single thing in that list deals with human life and God's cherishing of all human life. So to be pro-life is to be for all and every single human life. That means to really call ourselves pro-life means we had better stand for everything in that list, period. So are we still pro-life?
This is such a good way to look at all human life. Thank you for sharing.
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