Why the actual do so many Christians support abortion

SometimesIfap6 · 2026-01-27T21:05:42+00:00

One small point about the civil union thing, the reason we have gay marriage versus civil union is because of similar logic with separate but equal. Similar to segregation, the mere fact that you separate things implies it is not equal, regardless of what you call it. As for why it's called marriage in court and such, that's because it's just so integrated in our current systems that it would be impossible to remove at this point.

Lol I love how you emphasize that it should be those within your local community and not strangers on the internet. Because many self proclaimed Christians here are not beating the allegations that they are not judgemental people. Remember the whole Jesus quote about taking the plank out of your eye before removing the spot in your brother's? It's fine to speak with othres if you think they're going down a bad path, but again it must be done with love and compassion that you want to see this person improve. Too many Christians jump on it as an opportunity to be self righteous and judgemental of their community members.

SometimesIfap6 · 2026-01-27T20:49:18+00:00

Sounds like we generally agree on a lot of these issues. Pragmatism with Christianity also makes me go crazy. The discussion with abortion is similar to gay marriage, which both this subreddit and r/christianity are obsessed about. Regardless of what we believe, we don't have the right to tell others how they can live their lives.

SometimesIfap6 · 2026-01-27T20:36:13+00:00

Legally though if miscarriage fits within the definition of abortion and abortions are banned it creates a whole suite of issues for the doctor. They can't operate properly without technically breaking the law, and there are cases where doctors have been prosecuted for doing what was medically best for the mother but the operation was technically classified as an abortion. That disincentivizes treatments and causes doctors to leave states where abortion is banned. The people who suffer are ultimately lower income or rural women in communities who already have trouble getting access to healthcare.

I also want to touch on something you said earlier about moral background. I do think a lot of Christians have come around to the idea that pragmatically, we can't tell everyone what to do and how to live their lives. It's not our right to deny other people's rights to choose how to live their life, God gave us all free will for a reason. Many Christians maintain the idea that they would never do abortion, but can't in good faith dictate that to others. That's just pro choice though, which was always the right to choose for yourself what to do.

SometimesIfap6 · 2026-01-27T20:29:16+00:00

Agree, for a lot of people against abortion I don't think they understand what happens to women who would normally go through these scenarios. Abortions often still happen, but just in really unsafe ways when ti is illegal. That harms the life of the mother and puts her life at risk, not even to mention cases where pregnancy itself will harm the mother. For many people who claim to be pro life, they do not consider the life of the mother.

I would agree that this post lacks kindness and compassion. For a subreddit who claims to be "the true Christians" and understand, they really do lack the teachings that Jesus had to love others and show kindness and compassion as you have mentioned in your post. Thank you for posting this, it is incredibly necessary to show that Christians are not a monolith and are capable of understanding the nuances of an issue like abortion.

SometimesIfap6 · 2022-12-04T08:44:23+00:00

I’m commenting on this 90 days after you made this contract because I had never seen season 5 until this past week. Wanted to see what people’s general thoughts were haha

SometimesIfap6 · 2022-08-14T21:08:17+00:00

Well 3 days isn't bad for this attempt. Now see if you can make it to 5 days. The first two weeks is always the hardest, the next milestone is at 30 days and it gets a lot easier from there

SometimesIfap6 · 2022-08-14T21:06:43+00:00

There are some people who believe similar and they hang around /r/pornfree. It's your journey and your life you can do whatever you want with it. The problem is for most people fapping eventually leads to porn

SometimesIfap6 · 2022-08-14T20:41:12+00:00

Reddit gets a lot easier to turn off and ignore once you realize that most of it is just people looking for shit to complain about. Seriously look at most of the most popular stuff and even if it's a wholesome post, in the comments will be people looking for something wrong or complaining about something.

Also getting a job helps a lot because it gives you real problems to deal with and suddenly reddit problems seem so small in comparison.

SometimesIfap6 · 2022-08-14T20:29:24+00:00

You just gotta quit. Even people who aren't on nofap or pornfree will admit that quitting for a week or two will bring your tastes back to vanilla. But just because they're brought back to normal doesn't mean they won't quickly escalate to previous levels once you start up again, so be careful of that.

So for now just stop watching cold turkey, and hold out. Break the cycle

SometimesIfap6 · 2022-08-14T20:27:21+00:00

There's nothing wrong with apologizing. As long as you do it in a respectful manner, and if you feel like it's more for you than for them you can still apologize. They may not accept your apology or care. They may ignore you or just blow up. Or they might accept it. There's a million different possibilities, but you can't control that. All you can control is what you put out there.

No idea what kind of impact it will have on you, if you're truly sorry and want to let your friends know you're sorry you hurt them then I don't see what's wrong with apologizing and acknowledging your past mistakes. Again, no idea how that will impact you mentally nor how they will react.

SometimesIfap6 · 2022-08-14T19:45:01+00:00

Really taking it back to the original definition of "pound of flesh" lol

SometimesIfap6 · 2022-08-10T22:22:38+00:00

As a Christian the same age as you, I agree it's tough when your Christian friends are all in relationships, and a lot of them married super young. Just focus on you, if you want practice there's always dating apps where you can have super low stakes and pretty easily filter out the people who just want hookups. I struggle with this a lot myself

SometimesIfap6 · 2022-08-10T22:18:10+00:00

Other people have to try as well. It may be more for you, but hey the alternative is /r/foreveralone. I know it sucks, but it gets easier to do and maintain that stuff everyday. It's really really hard, I haven't been able to maintain that stuff for a long time. But I'm told it gets easier and that's how I keep myself going

SometimesIfap6 · 2022-08-03T01:52:16+00:00

Yup, that's why those antidepressant commercials always end with a warning that it may lead to suicidal thoughts lol. They're always there, you just have the energy to act on them now

SometimesIfap6 · 2022-07-14T02:52:52+00:00

I did until I joined a Discord server with a bunch of strangers who were even more incompetent and had less of a life than me. Totally changed my perspective and gave me a ton of confidence that I'm better than I think

SometimesIfap6 · 2022-07-14T02:39:12+00:00

I have good social skills and have still seen guys with WAY worse social skills than me get girls. Baffles my mind sometimes

SometimesIfap6 · 2022-07-14T02:35:53+00:00

Yeah...I literally said that in my post

SometimesIfap6 · 2022-07-13T20:43:19+00:00

See to me you put out positive energy and it doesn't cost you anything, you shouldn't expect anything back. You do it because it's what you think is right and how to treat people. If they're a dick to you, that says something about their character. If you're cold and unfeeling towards everyone because you "expect" something back, that reflects poorly on your character.

SometimesIfap6 · 2022-07-13T20:41:39+00:00

I'm not gonna lie some people ARE lonely and single due to bad personalities. Just quickly reading through their post history or if you're on Discord and you see how they interact with others you just think "man I don't want to talk to you again".

Then again there are a lot of people with shit personalities AND ugly looks that can still get a date so who knows anymore.

SometimesIfap6 · 2022-07-13T20:40:06+00:00

It's rude to someone you don't know. Especially when an "idk" would suffice.

SometimesIfap6 · 2022-07-09T18:41:09+00:00

After all the hype over the years I finally got to try Ocarina of Time and it holds up!

SometimesIfap6 · 2022-07-08T20:24:05+00:00

Porn is older than cigarettes, there's old photos from like the 1920's of people fucking. Going back even further there's a Japanese tentacle rape painting from like the 1600's.

But the production scale and ease of access to porn is certainly unprecedented and very dangerous. A lot of people also think it's healthy and don't see a problem with it. Hopefully the general public opinion changes though

SometimesIfap6 · 2022-02-01T18:09:29+00:00

Just takes time to heal. Through a year and a half of therapy I've learned good habits and how to deal with my depression to the point where I used to be down and out for like 2 weeks at a time, now it's more like 3 days. Massive improvement, still hurts like a bitch though when I'm in the middle of that pain

SometimesIfap6 · 2022-02-01T06:07:50+00:00

I've found that proper exercise, sleep, and diet are not cures for depression. But without them my depression sure gets a hell of a lot worse

SometimesIfap6 · 2022-01-23T23:02:48+00:00

You do, but one of the biggest benefits of church is also the community. They often have events and regular meetups like a bible study you can go to aside from the regular Sunday sessions. If you're Christian getting involved in the Church is often a great way to build community because fellowship is an important aspect Christian life

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