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Category Archives: choice
3 prolife facts
If homicide and suicide are wrong, so is prenatalcide. To be against the death penalty for the guilty, but for the abortion of the innocent, is inconsistent. When prenatal kill replaces prenatal care, ALL human LIVES are devalued.
Posted in capital punishment, choice, choose life, human life, life, moral choices, pro choice, prolife prochoice, right to choose, value of life
Tagged abortion, all lives matter, antiabortion, antiabortion slogans, death penalty, homicide, prenatal care, prolife, right to life, suicide
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Need a life reboot?
When you’re continually bombarded by destructive words and images, refuse to be swept up in their raging current! Toxic people use toxic words. Hopeful people use hopeful words. When there is a system error in your heart, don’t shift into denial … Continue reading
Posted in choice, choose life, Christianity, compassion, cultural taboos, each one has a psalm, God's voice, hearing God's voice, heart, heart monitor, inner listening, IT, listening skills, listening to God, power of words, taboo, transformation, Uncategorized, words
Tagged church, cloud storage, encouragement, heart care, hope, meditation, reboot, wisdom
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What we have here is a failure to appreciate!
Sadness, discouragement, disappointment? What we have here is a failure to appreciate! Without an inner foundation to stand on and a seat belt to secure you in crashes; life can be overwhelming. It’s much easier to be driven by feelings and … Continue reading
Should cat owners have the right to chose to declaw?
(Some of the comments on this post have made me wonder: If cat fetuses were declawed in their mother’s womb, would that make the act less cruel and barbaric?) Should declawing cats be illegal? A cat owner’s right to choose is under attack … Continue reading
Posted in a woman's right to choose, adopting cats, anti-abortion, Bernie Sanders, cat owners, cats, choice, ethical decision making, ethics, Hillary Clinton, immorality, kittens, moral choices, moral decision, moral failure, moral foundations, moral laws, moral principles, moral relativism, moral restraints, morality, morals, people and cats, PETA, prenatal, prenatal rights, prolife prochoice, right and wrong, right to abortion, right to life, Uncategorized, womb, women's rights
Tagged abortion, animal rights, declawing cats, NPR, pets, prenatal care, prochoice, prolife, right to choose
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Are we the walking brain-dead — mindless media zombies?
Could our media be polluting our minds and turning us into the walking brain-dead, who mindlessly mimic media messages. Advertisers seem to think so. Advertisers have made TV networks, cable companies, Netflix, YouTube, Google, and Facebook some of the wealthiest … Continue reading
Posted in abc, American media, Bramwell Booth, cable companies, CBS, choice, electronic media, facebook, garbage in garbage out, influence of words, media circus, moral choices, morality, netflix, PBS, persuasion of media, positive thinking, power of choice, prochoice, right and worng, TV, TV network, TV series, Uncategorized, YouTube
Tagged a better life, brainwashing, ethics, media, movies, quotes, social media, television, zombies
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Is it wise to expand the “right” to kill?
I’m so sad to see some states expanding “the right to kill.” –America continues to legally chop away at the commandment “You shall not kill,” calling prenatal killing “choice” and physician assisted killing “compassion,” thus cheapening the value of human … Continue reading
Posted in anti-abortion, Bianca Jagger, choice, deny yourself, ethics, intolerance, moral choices, morality, prochoice, prolife, right and wrong, right to choose, right to disagree, right to life, the right to, Thou shall not, tolerance, Uncategorized, value of life
Tagged abortion, murder, physician assisted suicide, stand your ground laws, suicide, violence, Will Smith
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Stuck in a pit? Or fighting from a foxhole? “I’ll fight!”
Why be stuck in a pit when you can be fighting in a foxhole? A slight change of your perspective can make a world of difference in your life! Life’s not easy. There are always problems. I’m sure you are … Continue reading
Posted in a cause beyond yourself, as they do now, choice, fight the good fight of faith, I have a dream, Nashville, overcoming obstacles, Paul of Tarsus, purpose driven life, Tennessee, where there is no vision the people, While women weep, Your mission should you choose to accept it
Tagged foxholes, freedom fighters, goal setting, I'll fight, quote, William Booth
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Don’t Abort The Christ Child . . .
Don’t abort the Christ Child! Let Him live in your heart this holiday season. Think how different things would be this time of year if Mary had not made the pro-life choice. Had Mary killed the Christ Child in her … Continue reading
Posted in birth of Christ, choice, choose life, Christ child, ethics, Happy Holidays, holiday, Holiday season, holidays, Jesus, Jesus Christ, life, Merry Christmas, moral decision, moral principles, moral restraints, morality, pro choice, pro life, prochoice, quotation, Quotations, quote, Quotes, Reason For The Season, right and wrong, right conduct, right from wrong, right living, right to choose, right to life, rights, unwanted children, unwanted pregnancy, values, virgin birth, virgin Mary, virginity, What you do to the least of these, you do unto Me
Tagged abortion, Christ Child, Christmas, religion, sin
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“The Right Side Of History”?
Christ-followers should strive to be on the right side of His story, rather than on “the right side of history,” following and obeying the living, resurrected Jesus Christ rather than popular opinion.
Posted in change, changing society, choice, Christ followers, consensus, contemporary society, ethics, His story, history, Jesus, Jesus Christ, moral judgment, moral principles, moral restraints, morality, public opinion polls, radical Christianity, right and wrong, right conduct, right from wrong, right living, righteousness, societal, society
Tagged Christianity, decision making, popular opinion, the right side of history, values
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