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What church leaders can learn from Alice Cooper's abortion story
In his memoir, "Devil on My Shoulder," rocker Alice Cooper revealed that his ex-girlfriend, the late Cindy Lang, underwent an abortion during their six-year relationship. Though he said he had doubts the baby was his, he also said he didn't take any responsibility.
Alice Cooper wrote in his memoir that his ex-girlfriend underwent an abortion during their relationship.
Cooper was unsure if the baby was his and he took no responsibilty for the baby.
He said while he grew up in a Christian church and knew the church saw abortion as a serious sin, he also felt that the church saw abortion as a private issue between a person and God.
The church must speak out against abortion in order to save lives.
Cooper wrote that he and Lang had been together "for about a year" when she became pregnant but that neither of them was ready to be parents. He knew his own parents were "not pleased" about his relationship with Lang in the first place because he was "[s]leeping with her out of wedlock...."
“They let her crash on the living room sofa, and she and I had to grab whatever intimate time we could whenever we could,” Cooper wrote of his past relationship. “Then she got pregnant. Could things have gotten any worse? I don’t know if my parents knew, although it wouldn’t have been the end of the world if they did.”
He claimed Lang was "sleeping around" and was "far from being a Goody Two-Shoes," saying, "I told myself there was only a one-in-five chance I was the dad." He added, "While I felt really bad for Cindy, I never took any responsibility."
Raised in the Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite Church, a part of the Latter-day Saints), Cooper knew that abortion was a sin, but because the church leaders didn't speak of it, abortion was something that Cooper saw as being between the person procuring the abortion and God.
“There’s no doubt that our church considers abortion a serious sin, but its attitude toward people in such a pickle tends to be pastoral rather than political,” Cooper wrote. “It has never engaged in public anti-abortion activism, treating it instead as a private moral issue between the individual and God, and requiring repentance and spiritual counseling rather than excommunication.”
He said "abortions were hugely expensive" and he didn't think they should get married, so Lang "made her mind up to have it taken care of" and "scraped the money together" to have the abortion in Detroit. Cooper didn't go with her.
Cooper's comments about the church and abortion should be heard by every church leader.
While Cooper knew that his church considered abortion to be a "serious sin," he didn't seem to realize what that ultimately meant for the persons involved in the abortion. And that's the fault of the church that he attended and the spiritual advisors there who allegedly failed to teach.
He alleged that the church treated abortion as a "private moral issue" — and therefore, because it was 'private' (as the pro-abortion ideology says we must), it allegedly didn't speak out against it. In failing to speak authoritatively from God's Word about the killing of preborn children, a church leads its members into believing that abortion is a subjective moral issue, rather than an objective one.
Induced abortion is the direct and intentional killing of human beings — human beings who, according to Scripture, are made in the image and likeness of God. Additionally, Proverbs 6:16-17 states that there are "six things the Lord hates," and seven that are "detestable" to Him, including "hands that shed innocent blood." Killing innocent people is a sin.
Abortion is objectively wrong. It is always wrong to kill an innocent human being, which is what abortion does.
The humanity of the preborn child is not dependent on his age, his health status, his parents' financial or marital status, or his mother's opinion on when life begins — and, therefore, neither is his inherent right to life.
Cooper's story proves that every Christian leader must speak the truth about abortion and children in the womb and should receive women and men and their 'unplanned' babies with love and assistance so that no Christian is ever afraid to return to the church or seek help out of the fear and shame that might push them toward abortion.
Lives, created by God with purpose, are on the line.
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·What church leaders can learn from Alice Cooper's abortion story
In his memoir, "Devil on My Shoulder," rocker Alice Cooper revealed that his ex-girlfriend, the late Cindy Lang, underwent an abortion during their six-year relationship. Though he said he had doubts the baby was his, he also said he didn't take any responsibility.
Alice Cooper wrote in his memoir that his ex-girlfriend underwent an abortion during their relationship.
Cooper was unsure if the baby was his and he took no responsibilty for the baby.
He said while he grew up in a Christian church and knew the church saw abortion as a serious sin, he also felt that the church saw abortion as a private issue between a person and God.
The church must speak out against abortion in order to save lives.
Cooper wrote that he and Lang had been together "for about a year" when she became pregnant but that neither of them was ready to be parents. He knew his own parents were "not pleased" about his relationship with Lang in the first place because he was "[s]leeping with her out of wedlock...."
“They let her crash on the living room sofa, and she and I had to grab whatever intimate time we could whenever we could,” Cooper wrote of his past relationship. “Then she got pregnant. Could things have gotten any worse? I don’t know if my parents knew, although it wouldn’t have been the end of the world if they did.”
He claimed Lang was "sleeping around" and was "far from being a Goody Two-Shoes," saying, "I told myself there was only a one-in-five chance I was the dad." He added, "While I felt really bad for Cindy, I never took any responsibility."
Raised in the Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite Church, a part of the Latter-day Saints), Cooper knew that abortion was a sin, but because the church leaders didn't speak of it, abortion was something that Cooper saw as being between the person procuring the abortion and God.
“There’s no doubt that our church considers abortion a serious sin, but its attitude toward people in such a pickle tends to be pastoral rather than political,” Cooper wrote. “It has never engaged in public anti-abortion activism, treating it instead as a private moral issue between the individual and God, and requiring repentance and spiritual counseling rather than excommunication.”
He said "abortions were hugely expensive" and he didn't think they should get married, so Lang "made her mind up to have it taken care of" and "scraped the money together" to have the abortion in Detroit. Cooper didn't go with her.
Cooper's comments about the church and abortion should be heard by every church leader.
While Cooper knew that his church considered abortion to be a "serious sin," he didn't seem to realize what that ultimately meant for the persons involved in the abortion. And that's the fault of the church that he attended and the spiritual advisors there who allegedly failed to teach.
He alleged that the church treated abortion as a "private moral issue" — and therefore, because it was 'private' (as the pro-abortion ideology says we must), it allegedly didn't speak out against it. In failing to speak authoritatively from God's Word about the killing of preborn children, a church leads its members into believing that abortion is a subjective moral issue, rather than an objective one.
Induced abortion is the direct and intentional killing of human beings — human beings who, according to Scripture, are made in the image and likeness of God. Additionally, Proverbs 6:16-17 states that there are "six things the Lord hates," and seven that are "detestable" to Him, including "hands that shed innocent blood." Killing innocent people is a sin.
Abortion is objectively wrong. It is always wrong to kill an innocent human being, which is what abortion does.
The humanity of the preborn child is not dependent on his age, his health status, his parents' financial or marital status, or his mother's opinion on when life begins — and, therefore, neither is his inherent right to life.
Cooper's story proves that every Christian leader must speak the truth about abortion and children in the womb and should receive women and men and their 'unplanned' babies with love and assistance so that no Christian is ever afraid to return to the church or seek help out of the fear and shame that might push them toward abortion.
Lives, created by God with purpose, are on the line.
Live Action News is pro-life news and commentary from a pro-life perspective.
Our work is possible because of our donors. Please consider giving to further our work of changing hearts and minds on issues of life and human dignity.
Contact editor@liveaction.org for questions, corrections, or if you are seeking permission to reprint any Live Action News content.
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