…we must remember that to follow Jesus is to match our language and our lives.
His post happens to be about the deceptive tactics of some “crisis pregnancy centers,” but the idea applies across the board.
On topic, this is exactly why I chose to keep the pregnancy that resulted in my little girl. I’ve felt some of that same ambivalence about abortion, but have never quite put it so clearly as Hugo did with this post.
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Once I hit 30, I began asking myself that question all over again. A few years later, I woke one day to realize that I simply didn't believe. For many reasons, I am a much happier (and more emotionally healthy) person having let go of god. There are still days that I wish god did exist. It would be a relief to relinquish responsibility to a greater power.
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But, even better, I can see life for what it is, and work with reality. That's more powerful than any god could hope to be.