On my abortion views, I had previously been in favor with it. Many of the women who terminate their pregnancies live in poor areas and can’t afford to bring up children without a father, which might produce future delinquency and result in social deterioration in subsequent generations. For this reason, I decided to adopt the pro-choice position.
Admittedly, the rhetoric from abortion advocates seemed questionable at best and deceptive at worst (and still is): They say women who terminate their pregnancies are practicing a choice like choosing which neighborhood to live in or what kind of car to drive. Since the government doesn’t interfere with people choosing their house or car, why should they interfere with another choice like abortion? That is the pro-choice logic, and it doesn’t make sense: Many people who support abortion are politically left-wing, and leftists in general support high taxes for successful people. Yet you never hear any progressives make similar pro-choice arguments against taxes. When has a leftist ever once said “keep the government out of my wallet” or “my money, my choice”? Their logic is not consistent, which of course means they are concealing the real reason why they favor legalized abortion: It’s because they want to be able to sleep around without the possibility of pregnancy.
Nevermind their inconsistent logic and deception. My reasons for being okay with abortion were different, but I supported it nonetheless.
Years ago God decided to speak with me and tell me my “pro-choice” views were unacceptable. He told me everyone deserves a chance at life. From there I decided to have a change of heart and think differently. Yeah, at first it was hard to adopt a completely different opinion, but God was working on my heart and truly wanted me to have the biblically correct view, and it eventually happened.
God’s words were truly remarkable: “Everyone deserves a chance at life,” he said. But I must ask him: Does he actually believe that?
Why would I question God’s sincerity here? The Bible says he doesn’t lie (Titus 1:2). Given the importance of the subject, surely God wouldn’t lie about something like that, right?
Yet it feels like my chance at life has been ruined. Just completely ruined.
I suffer with horrible demons who make my life a literal living hell. I am a basket case because of them, not having a life that resembles anything normal, and my existence is miserable and wretched. And it’s all because of the torment they put me through.
Here is the truly horrifying thing: God tells me that I have to be perfect, otherwise he won’t get rid of them. It’s horrifying because I cannot possibly live up to God’s impossible standard. Indeed, nobody is perfect.
If I committed an “atrocious” crime against humanity like having a sip of wine or beer, God would tell me I violated his perfection standards and not remove the demons. Meanwhile monasteries brew beer and sell it to support their vocation. They also drink wine during the Eucharist. This means that not even monks, whose entire existence is dedicated to holy living, can meet God’s impossible standard!
These demons get away with literal murder, and there isn’t anything I can do about it. God’s standards are too high to live up to, so I’m stuck with them forever.
Every night for the past decade (actually a little bit longer), I have been pleading with God to show some compassion and get rid of the demons permanently. But he never listens: He tells me I’m imperfect, so I have to suffer with demons. And now my life is ruined!
Whenever I somehow manage to live up to God’s impossible standards (and it does happen rarely), God finds some trivial “flaw” in me and says he won’t remove the demons, even though I tried as best I could. For example, not too long ago I took some medicine to assist with not drinking, so I didn’t drink alcohol on that day. But God wouldn’t remove the demons, saying that my taking medication to quit alcohol constituted a “horrible” sin. Yet he didn’t even bother to explain why it’s so bad! He didn’t make any arguments! It feels like God is doing this to me intentionally, because nobody else would take such extreme offense to doing something so trivial that wasn’t a crime in the first place.
I want everyone to pray for me and ask God why he is treating me so poorly. I’m stuck with demons who wreck havoc on my life, truly ruining me. God says he will help me—but only if I’m perfect. I’ve been perfect very rarely, but when that happens God decided to find a “sin” in me anyway and tell me to screw off, even though those “sins” aren’t anything wrong. This means I have to suffer forever with demons, and I’ll eventually end up homeless, destitute, and dead on the streets—all because of God being a jerk. And I want to know why. Please ask God and tell him to tell me why he is doing this to me.
Normally I would ask people to pray and ask God to show some compassion and get rid of the demons despite my imperfections. It’s so obvious that my life would improve dramatically and I would quit committing these “atrocious” sins like having a glass of wine if only God would help me, but God appears to believe in punishment and not compassion. I’ve been praying to God for over a decade to help me and show just a tiny grain of compassion, but he won’t do it. He never will. What is the point?
Admittedly, the rhetoric from abortion advocates seemed questionable at best and deceptive at worst (and still is): They say women who terminate their pregnancies are practicing a choice like choosing which neighborhood to live in or what kind of car to drive. Since the government doesn’t interfere with people choosing their house or car, why should they interfere with another choice like abortion? That is the pro-choice logic, and it doesn’t make sense: Many people who support abortion are politically left-wing, and leftists in general support high taxes for successful people. Yet you never hear any progressives make similar pro-choice arguments against taxes. When has a leftist ever once said “keep the government out of my wallet” or “my money, my choice”? Their logic is not consistent, which of course means they are concealing the real reason why they favor legalized abortion: It’s because they want to be able to sleep around without the possibility of pregnancy.
Nevermind their inconsistent logic and deception. My reasons for being okay with abortion were different, but I supported it nonetheless.
Years ago God decided to speak with me and tell me my “pro-choice” views were unacceptable. He told me everyone deserves a chance at life. From there I decided to have a change of heart and think differently. Yeah, at first it was hard to adopt a completely different opinion, but God was working on my heart and truly wanted me to have the biblically correct view, and it eventually happened.
God’s words were truly remarkable: “Everyone deserves a chance at life,” he said. But I must ask him: Does he actually believe that?
Why would I question God’s sincerity here? The Bible says he doesn’t lie (Titus 1:2). Given the importance of the subject, surely God wouldn’t lie about something like that, right?
Yet it feels like my chance at life has been ruined. Just completely ruined.
I suffer with horrible demons who make my life a literal living hell. I am a basket case because of them, not having a life that resembles anything normal, and my existence is miserable and wretched. And it’s all because of the torment they put me through.
Here is the truly horrifying thing: God tells me that I have to be perfect, otherwise he won’t get rid of them. It’s horrifying because I cannot possibly live up to God’s impossible standard. Indeed, nobody is perfect.
If I committed an “atrocious” crime against humanity like having a sip of wine or beer, God would tell me I violated his perfection standards and not remove the demons. Meanwhile monasteries brew beer and sell it to support their vocation. They also drink wine during the Eucharist. This means that not even monks, whose entire existence is dedicated to holy living, can meet God’s impossible standard!
These demons get away with literal murder, and there isn’t anything I can do about it. God’s standards are too high to live up to, so I’m stuck with them forever.
Every night for the past decade (actually a little bit longer), I have been pleading with God to show some compassion and get rid of the demons permanently. But he never listens: He tells me I’m imperfect, so I have to suffer with demons. And now my life is ruined!
Whenever I somehow manage to live up to God’s impossible standards (and it does happen rarely), God finds some trivial “flaw” in me and says he won’t remove the demons, even though I tried as best I could. For example, not too long ago I took some medicine to assist with not drinking, so I didn’t drink alcohol on that day. But God wouldn’t remove the demons, saying that my taking medication to quit alcohol constituted a “horrible” sin. Yet he didn’t even bother to explain why it’s so bad! He didn’t make any arguments! It feels like God is doing this to me intentionally, because nobody else would take such extreme offense to doing something so trivial that wasn’t a crime in the first place.
I want everyone to pray for me and ask God why he is treating me so poorly. I’m stuck with demons who wreck havoc on my life, truly ruining me. God says he will help me—but only if I’m perfect. I’ve been perfect very rarely, but when that happens God decided to find a “sin” in me anyway and tell me to screw off, even though those “sins” aren’t anything wrong. This means I have to suffer forever with demons, and I’ll eventually end up homeless, destitute, and dead on the streets—all because of God being a jerk. And I want to know why. Please ask God and tell him to tell me why he is doing this to me.
Normally I would ask people to pray and ask God to show some compassion and get rid of the demons despite my imperfections. It’s so obvious that my life would improve dramatically and I would quit committing these “atrocious” sins like having a glass of wine if only God would help me, but God appears to believe in punishment and not compassion. I’ve been praying to God for over a decade to help me and show just a tiny grain of compassion, but he won’t do it. He never will. What is the point?