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Wednesday, June 28, 2006

"Keep your rosaries off my ovaries"

This slogan, if read by anyone with intelligence, is really self-defeating for it's purpose.
Think about it:
"Keep your rosaries off my ovaries"

Those that flaunt this slogan may claim they are telling us to not force our morals on them (which is silly since all laws are a matter of forcing moral views on others, name me one that is not), but that is a weak way to make such a statement.

What is really being said by this slogan is very clear: "Don't pray for my fertility" or "stop praying for abortion to become illegal". Those that have items with this statement have to admit that with this statement they are telling us not to pray for them or in regards to the abortion matters. It is undeniable. It is very clear.

Stop praying.

Think about it.

What is wrong with praying for abortion to become illegal if it is as right and good as prochoice advocates claim for it to be? How could prayer harm their stance? What is there for them to fear or feel threatened about prayer, if what they support is right?

God does not support wrong things even if we pray for them to happen, and no prayer is wasted.

So if the proabortion advocate believes in God, and they believe abortion rights for women is a good and correct thing, then they should believe that prayer regarding abortion, either for or against it, will only help their cause.
If a person came up to me and said that they were praying for the prolife movement to become extinct, I would say "go right ahead" (for the prolife movement to become extinct would simply mean it would not be needed anymore...and what a wonderful world that would be). If abortion were illegal, and there was a movement that was praying to God for it to become legal, I would think them sadly misled, but I would not discourage them from praying (though I may try to sway them from their misled belief's about abortion), rather I would encourage them to continue praying. For all prayer is good and heard, and I know that God would only answer their prayers by working within their hearts to see the Truth. I would not see their prayer as counterproductive to my stance at all. For God only supports that which is right and good and True.

So the people who are proabortion and believe in God, and take offense to my rosaries regarding abortion, are making a profound statement that they do not believe abortion is right and good, that my prayers are a threat to them.

But what about the people who claim to not believe in God?
Well quite frankly, if my rosaries offend them, then deep down, they are not as atheistic as they think they are. For to real atheists, my rosaries are simple wastes of time, and people are not offended or threatened by simple wastes of time.

No, the bumperstickers and t-shirts that state "Keep your rosaries off my ovaries" are a definate sign that my rosaries are effective, and a good reminder to me that I should continue saying them. After all, we all know who hates and fears prayer the most.

As for that slogan offending me, it does not in the least. It simply makes me very sad that the woman showing it on her car or chest has bought into the lie. And the fact that she choses to advertise such a slogan simply states that her conscience bugs her and she is working on deadening it, or that she has chosen to serve the evil one.

So I then pray a rosary specifically for her.