Pro Life Bullshit🙄🙄

There is certainly hope. The south is like this because of politicized Christianity, which is falling out of favor with America’s youth. Prolife ideology is forced down congregants throats even though the Bible is not prolife, Christianity is not prolife, and neither Jesus nor his trusted 12 apostles were prolife.

Only 50% of Catholics in America are pro-choice. There is no actual Christian basis for prolife ideology. In ancient (yet post-biblical) times, prolife views were invented by guys similar to Joel Osteen, quoting famous poets/authors similar to J.K. Rowling. It’s how they keep church members and donors riled up. Though they take a more malicious approach than Osteen, by condemning the misunderstood (the socially weak, poor, raped, pregnant youth) while using celebrities’ words to posture themselves.

I will now explain the origins of prolife ideology.

The Apocolypse of Peter, Didache, Letter of Barnabas, & works of Athenagoras are all highly influential pro-life writings, none of which are canonical to the Bible. These are all referenced to this day- in churches, Sometimes prolife ideology is misattributed to famous figures like Peter the Rock, this is considered a scandal of the church, like how pedophelic clergy are a scandal—an example of the church’s imperfection . The notion that politics haven't always existed and influenced society is unfounded, and we know that churchleaders can have flaws. This is why genital mutilation and prolife ideology get abandoned as unnecessary. This easily explains glaring inconsistencies between Christian sects.

Pro-life is built upon a castle sand, grasped out of thin air. “Prolife” quotes from the Bible are mere gutter-minded extrapolations, as only through aggressive imagination, do they indicate that abortion should be legislated against.

Letter of Barnabas: Ascribed by tradition to St. Barnabas, the Apostle, the writing dates possibly from as late as AD 130 and was the work of an unknown author who refers to himself in the letter as a teacher. Evidently regarded as scriptural in Egypt, the Letter of Barnabas was included in the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th-century Greek manuscript of the Bible, and it was also quoted by the presbyter Clement of Alexandria (d. c. 215). It was less highly regarded elsewhere, however, and few Christians continued to read it.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Letter-of-Barnabas

Not the word of the Lord.

The Didache is a brief anonymous early Christian treatise written in Koine Greek The Didache is considered part of the group of second-generation Christian writings known as the Apostolic Fathers. The work was considered by some Church Fathers to be a part of the New Testament,[6][7][8] while being rejected by others as spurious or non-canonical,[9][10][11] In the end, it was not accepted into the New Testament canon. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didache

Not the word of the Lord.

The Apocalypse of Peter The Apocalypse of Peter (or Revelation of Peter) is an early Christian text of the 2nd century and an example of apocalyptic literature with Hellenistic overtones. It is not in the Bible

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse_of_Peter

Not the word of the Lord.

Athenagoras There are only two mentions of him in early Christian literature: several accredited quotations from his Apology in a fragment of Methodius of Olympus (died 312) and some untrustworthy biographical details in the fragments of the Christian History of Philip of Side (c. 425). Philip of Side claims that Athenagoras headed the Catechetical School of Alexandria (which is probably incorrect and contradicted by Eusebius)[2] and notes that Athenagoras converted to Christianity after initially familiarizing himself with the Scriptures in an attempt to controvert them.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenagoras_of_Athens

Again, not the word of the Lord. Every single one of these examples, I have seen quoted by pro-life in this subreddit alone. These materials are being presented and taught to children around the globe, as if it’s school.

Bible abuse is frequent among purposeful ideologues who try to use religion to push a political preference. For example, the verse: "Before I formed thee in the bowels of thy mother, I knew thee" (Jeremiah 1:5) Meaning that Jeremiah was specifically commissioned as a prophet, and he is to fulfill his sacred purpose of delivering God’s word. Prophets are not akin to mere worshippers. We cannot be prophets. Contextually, this popularly invoked quote seems to have nothing to do with abortion. Famous quotes from the Bible (Jeramiah, Genesis, Deuteronomy) are only about abortion by large stretches of the imagination, at least according to a sizable portion of churchgoing Christians. Take one of the most pro-life sects, Catholicism- over one 3rd of serious, practicing Catholics self-label as pro-choice in America. Life is a gift, but stolen gifts won’t do. A late-term fetus leaping at the pre-embryonic (or early fetal) Jesus does not translate to a magical occurrence involving all fetuses, it is definitely a miraculous statement on Jesus himself, yes.

One of our old Popes delivered to us Canon 1398, which is what forced raped 9-year-olds to give birth in 3rd world countries, and still does to this day. Canon 1398 is not at all canonical to the Bible. Pro-life ideology is a post-biblical, man-made political preference.

“I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live.” (Deuteronomy 30:19)

Within the context of the chapter, this refers to choosing God, thereby persevering, it has nothing to do with abortion.

To cover the other anticipated quotations: any given vague verse about the “humanity” of a person could also be applied to the pregnant mother (pregnancy and childbirth are the number one cause of death for girls and women worldwide between the ages of 15 and 19), or it could be applied to the yet-to-be-conceived*. Statistically, abortion is always safer than pregnancy (with the data NOT being cherry-picked, even if it's incomplete) in every country on Earth.

The Bible never says that abortion is murder, but touches on the subject of compensation for injury to the fetus during an attack on a pregnant woman.

Jeremiah 1:4-5 NIV “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you”

isn’t about abortion. That verse is about appointing a unique prophet—Jeremiah sets out to condemn idolatry. This verse sets him apart as a messenger for God’s word.

The Bible never discusses abortion procedures even though it was a widespread prebiblical practice.