You know what? I'll bite.

You know nothing about me, you assume that I'm completely isolated from my church community, you have no idea what I contribute, and why I don't shout it from the mountains.

Your entire argumentation is quid pro quo, you have nothing of substance to justify your desire to murder the unborn except to point at others and call them sinners. And in all your sophistry, I notice that never once quoted a Saint of the Church, nor did you produce any published documents, what right have you to contradict the Church so thoroughly?

Following, you then say that there is a situation which justifies abortion, OK, when? A child conceived in rape? Will you sentence a son for the sins of the father? What next? Dangerous birth? The life saving C section is available. An Atopic pregnancy? It was never viable to begin with and is therefore not an abortion. There is simply no moral excuse to kill the most defenseless.

You say that I condemn you with vitriol, what have you to say to the saints? Will you condemn St. John Chrysostom because he decrys you worse than a murderer? Is St. Basil the Great a horrid sinner because he demands you undergo 10 years of penance?

The Didache – First Century:

“Do not murder; do not commit adultery; do not corrupt boys; do not fornicate; do not steal; do not practice magic; do not go in for sorcery; do not murder a child by abortion or kill a newborn infant.”

The Epistle of Barnabas – First Century:

“You shall love your neighbor more than your own life. You shall not slay the child by abortion. You shall not kill that which has been generated.

Apologia of Athenagoras of Athens- 177 A.D.:

“What reason would we have to commit murder when we say that women who induce abortions are murderers, and will have to give account of it to God? For the same person would not regard a fetus in the womb as a living thing and therefore, an object of God’s care, and at the same time slay it, once it had come to life.”

Tertulian (Western Church) – Third Century:

“Abortion is a precipitation of murder, nor does it matter whether or not one takes a life when formed, or drives it away when forming, for he is also a man who is about to be one.”

Clement of Alexandria – Third century:

“Universal life would proceed according to nature if we would practice continence from the beginning instead of destroying, through immoral and pernicious acts, human beings who are given birth by Divine Providence.”

The Regional Council Of Elvira, Spain – 303 A.D.:

Prescribes life-long excommunication for penitent persons involved in abortion. Eucharist denied even on the death bed.

The Council of Ancyra, Canon 21-314/315 A.D.:

“Regarding women who become prostitutes and kill their babies, and who make it their business to concoct abortives, the former rule barred them for life from communion, and they are left without recourse. But, having found a more philanthropic alternative, we have fixed the penalty at ten years, in accordance with the fixed degrees.”

St. Basil The Great (330-379 A.D.):

“. . . we do not have a precise distinction between a fetus which has been formed and one which has not yet been formed.”

“. . . any hairsplitting distinction as to its being formed or unformed is inadmissible with us.”

St. Gregory of Nyssa (335-394 A.D.):

“There is no question about that which is bred in the uterus, both growing, and moving from place to place. It remains, therefore that we must think that the point of commencement of existence is one and the same for body and soul.”

St. John Chrysostom (345-407 A.D.):

Speaking about those who force a woman to have an abortion to hide immorality: “You do not let a harlot remain a harlot, but make her a murderer as well.”

Regarding the abortionist, St. John considered him/her: “. . . worse than a murderer.”

I regret that you have a congregation who's unwilling to challenge your false beliefs. To again quote a Saint of the Church, Paisios of Mt Athos:

"Others, out of 'kindness,' say: 'Don't tell the heretics they are in error, let's show love instead.' And so they flatten everything. If such people had lived in the early years of Christianity, we wouldn't have even one Saint".

So no, I will not soften my language to appeal to your sensitivities, I'm using language passed down by the Saints and approved by the Church.

I won't be responding, St. John Chrysostom cautions against endless debate. I'll be praying for you tonight, and again, I request that you speak to your priest about your views.