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That They May Have Life |  |
I just finished reading the statement That They May Have Life which is a very impressive, and timely statement that come from Evangelicals and Catholics Together. It was published in the October edition of First Things It is a statement of joint values between Evangelicals and Catholics. I love it for two reasons:
1) More people need to know that Evangelicals and Catholics all come from the same ingrained belief that life is valuable. We disagree on some points (birth control), but we all should gain value and synergy from sharing in our efforts to save lives.
2) It reminds people that being pro life is not just about abortion. Euthanasia, Embryo harvesting etcetera are also very real, very important battles for the value of life. I encourage you to Read the whole article. My favorite quotes from the statement are:
"To be Christian is to be associated with a historical movement bearing public witness to universal moral truths"
"In our common humanity, we share a God given capacity to reason, to argue, to deliberate, to persuade, and to discover moral truths regarding questions related to the right ordering of our life together."
Please take some time to comment and to see who all has signed onto this statement. It is a who's who list of the Evangelical and Catholic Community.
Comments:
I thought you might find it interesting to know that there are actually many evangelicals who choose to reject birth control as well. The church, after all, only embraced it about 75 years ago, so it is a relatively new idea. Though a Christian church might not discipline a couple for using birth control (and I am not Catholic so I don't know that the Catholic church would actually do so), there are many churches that agree that birth control should not be normative for couples and actually serves as a way of encouraging the view of the child as a choice to be made.
10/25/06 @ 11:02
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