So is it possible to be both or do I have to pick one or the other?

In 1994, the 71st General Convention of the Episcopal Church reaffirmed that all human life is sacred from its inception until death and that all abortion is regarded as having a tragic dimension. "While we acknowledge that in this country it is the legal right of every woman to have a medically safe abortion," the resolution stated, "as Christians we believe strongly that if this right is exercised, it should be used only in extreme situations. We emphatically oppose abortion as a means of birth control, family planning, sex selection, or any reason of mere convenience."

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The abortion laws in Britain originally roughly coincided with the belief of when human life begins, but gradually the multifaceted political aspects of abortion resulted in the abortion laws deviating from the general opinion of when human life begins. English common law located the beginning of a human soul at "quickening," believed to be the stage when the soul enters the body and the embryo could be felt moving within the uterus, which occurs at about four months. Abortion laws became more stringent in 1803, when abortion was criminalized.

When Does Human Life Begin?

Given the centrality of existential and humanist concepts and concerns to Christian theology, I would go so far as to say that a true follower of Christ is by necessity both existentialist and humanist (although neither in precedence over discipleship). Thus, when I say “Christian Existential Humanist” what I really mean is “Christian.”

6:27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
6:28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
6:29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.
6:30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
6:31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
6:32 For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
6:33 And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.
6:34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
6:35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
6:36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
6:37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
6:38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

Only extremists take every word of the Bible as literally true.

Several churches regard homosexuality as normal and acceptable (for instance, the mainstream of the US Episcopal Church).

The Episcopal convention overwhelmingly rejected a resolution declaring the Episcopal Church's belief in an "unchanging commitment to Jesus Christ as the Son of God, the only name by which any person may be saved,"

Every Christian who is also a Coalition solider who kills an Iraqi for any reason is going straight to Hell for breaking the first commandment (which in no way specifies that a military combatant is somehow exempt from the law "Thou Shalt Not Kill")

"Liberalism", in my opinion, superceeds politicization. It is the act of embracing social and theological tolerance, concequently freeing us from hatred and a desire to conquer and oppress others.

There are plenty of liberal churches out there, those who say you are un-christian are just being dogmatic and closed-minded.

any form of murder is bad (ruling out abortion)

The correct translation it "Thou shall not murder." Not kill, but murder, which is an illegal ot illegitimate killing.

If conservatives follow the Bible so closely, how come they support the death penalty? Regardless of whether it is murdering a criminal, it's still murder.

My point being, conservatives love to include Christianity in there ideology, but they still do a lot of un-Christian things...

Illegal killing varies greatly from location to location, who is to say who is right?

Illegitimate killing is purely opinion, some will saying killing an Iraqi is legitimate others will say that it is not.

It is a legitimate killing by the state to promote justice within the state. It's not murder in any sense of the word.

As does any Christian.

God, and to a lesser extent the earthly ruler.

But the killing itself is legitimate if it is done within the proper rules of war.

The killing of millions of Jews in World War II Germany was considered legitimate by the state at the time, was it not murder?

Which constitutes my hate of religion in general, people are incapable of following its teaching and distort its message at there leisure

Less God, and more the earthly ruler... Law is determined by the earthly ruler and he is under no obligation to respect the teachings of God. Ungodly laws appear all the time, but they are still laws.

The rules of war are not constant; the Pope authorized the massacring of millions of non-Christians during the Crusades... That would be against the rules of war now, but entirely proper to kill innocent people (with reward of absolution of your sins) during that war.

Yes, because it contravened God's laws concerning legitimate killing and was the shedding of innocent blood.

This happens with all ideologies and moralities. Humans are just that humans, none are perfect.

True, but God is the final arbiter of whether these laws are right or not.

Yes, and the Pope will be held accountable for those rules.

Do you think that no innocent men were killed by the state?

I can almost be certain it has happened... In my opinion, if the state killed one innocent man, the program is inhumane.

I am a law student, and I can safely say that as a lawyer I would rather let a thousand guilty men go than put one innocent man to death

Correct, humans are not perfect... But when more harm occurs from an ideology than good, that ideology is flawed. You give me one good thing Christianity has produced and I will give you two bad things it has produced

This presents another problem I have with Christianity... Christians don't seem to realize that not everyone in the world is Christian.

God, sure he's great... But how come he lets innocent men get killed, anyway?

How does a leader know if the laws he is using are just or not?

You are Christian, so how would you feel if when you got to Saint Peter's gates and he told you completely misinterpreted the Bible (inadvertently) and sent you to hell?

I'm sure that offers much comfort to the millions of dead Jews and Muslims...

What is to be done with them?

Say (hypothetically) Christianity is the true religion and a representative of God ordered the deaths of millions of non-Christians? What is to be done with them?

No.

I'm a political student I can safely say that things are rarely that simple in intra-human affairs.

the majority of charitable organizations in the West

the Protestant work ethic

and the millions of lives changed for the better by the development relationship with Jesus Christ for a start.

Your turn.

Because it is his divine plan that they do. As the rain falls on the righteous and the wicked, so to does the hail.

his own judgment, and his conscience.

Horrified, sad, and angry, but my potential feelings have no bearing on what is.

They're dead and buried, so nothing much can be done.

If the millions of deaths were on God's orders then they shall reap their reward, if not, they shall reap their doom