Core Belief: God Is Not Pro-Life

♪♫Let the bodies hit the floor

Let the bodies hit the floor

Let the bodies hit the floor

Let the bodies hit the floor

Let the bodies hit the floor

Let the bodies hit the floor♫

-Bodies, Drowning Pool

Having attended Catholic Schools for most of my early education, I was of course raised to believe that life begins at conception. In 8th grade we did a March for Life through our school, and said the words they told us to say. And we thought no better of it, and so those ideas stuck to us for many years.

I parroted the beliefs that my parents paid for. I promised abstinence until marriage and got a cool bracelet from my Religion teacher. I was a product of my environment, until I began to question what Pro-Life really meant.

As I began to question what the bible had to say on the matter, I found what seemed to be literal instructions for a Priest of Israel to follow to induce an abortion (Numbers 5:11-31.) But what I also found were a lot of times where God did not appear very Pro-Life at all.

Spoilers, I eventually gained enough conscioussness to appreciate that nobody has a right to say what happens to a woman's body but the woman - sorry Charlie. I also learned that "God is Pro-Life" is the biggest crock of shit being served up hot on the daily.

Like many of my Core Beliefs, this is the result of my lived experience. god is not Pro-Life, god straight up 'flooded the entire earth' because man was "wicked" - did he not know that a couple weeks in advance? He does not care for babies, much like those political figures that claim they care, just up until they're actually born that is.

I mention this today, because I was walking through a parking lot and came across a vehicle with an amusing bumper sticker. It made me remember when I used to believe God was Pro-Life too. I decided to improve my resources, and developed this tracker sheet of all the times god was not very Pro-Life

This table dynamically displays every known instance in the Bible where God is recorded as having killed, commanded killing, regretted killing, or permitted killing, including people, children, and animals.

Perhaps it will help change some other minds.

Questions for Consideration

Can a deity who orders mass killings, sometimes explicitly of children and animals, be considered morally infallible?
If these stories were told about any figure other than God, would we consider them righteous or monstrous?
How might the normalization of divine violence in sacred texts influence the moral frameworks of followers?

Core Belief Series: Part I

Core Belief Series: Part II

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