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**freeprescriptionplanrrx** · 12-21-2006, 07:00 AM

Dear Scott,

Quite, and I appreciate what you say, as well as the passion with which you say it. I guess what I was getting at is the real difficulty of knowing what is in the heart of another, especially a pregnant woman with fears that lead her to think of abortion, and the need to bear in mind Simon's point about 'condemnation'.

It would be so easy to slip from where you are to a condemnation, without doing what you would do in terms of trying to understand the person concerned. So often in this world, having sinned, we can put on the armour that tries to protect us from our own conscience by feigning indifference, and those watching can easily reach the wrong conclusion. I can see what your saying in that regard.

I suppose I just do find this genuinely problematic, in that I can't bring myself to judge the motives of someone who has been driven to take such a step - whilst, of course, I have nothing but admiration for those who help such vulnerable women. In some sense that is true of every action people take. Unless we have some way to peer into their head we can never be 100% sure exactly what they are thinking at the time .

12-21-2006, 07:00 AM	#16
freeprescriptionplanrrx Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 524 Senior Member	Dear Scott, Quite, and I appreciate what you say, as well as the passion with which you say it. I guess what I was getting at is the real difficulty of knowing what is in the heart of another, especially a pregnant woman with fears that lead her to think of abortion, and the need to bear in mind Simon's point about 'condemnation'. It would be so easy to slip from where you are to a condemnation, without doing what you would do in terms of trying to understand the person concerned. So often in this world, having sinned, we can put on the armour that tries to protect us from our own conscience by feigning indifference, and those watching can easily reach the wrong conclusion. I can see what your saying in that regard. I suppose I just do find this genuinely problematic, in that I can't bring myself to judge the motives of someone who has been driven to take such a step - whilst, of course, I have nothing but admiration for those who help such vulnerable women. In some sense that is true of every action people take. Unless we have some way to peer into their head we can never be 100% sure exactly what they are thinking at the time .
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