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=== Advocacy for abolition and nationwide repentance ===
=== Advocacy for abolition and nationwide repentance ===
Abolitionists Rising asserts that its objectives are the "abolition of abortion, the repentance of the nation, and the [[Glorification#Reformed Churches|glorification of God]],"<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2021-12-07 |title=Who We Are - Abolitionists Rising |url=https://abolitionistsrising.com/about/ |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=abolitionistsrising.com |language=en-US}}</ref> and that it exists to "spread abolitionist ideas and support abolitionist organizations, projects, and legislation."<ref name=":0" /> This means that they also engage with people when they come up to discuss their opinions or questions about [[Christianity]], the [[Bible]], or the [[gospel]] in general.<ref name="Angry Woman Hears Gospel">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBnZAUe9npo |title=Angry Woman Hears Gospel |language=en |access-date=2024-04-10 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6aiSbEuf5Y |title=Life At First Breath - It Says In The Torah! |language=en |access-date=2024-04-10 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>
Abolitionists Rising asserts that its objectives are the "abolition of abortion, the repentance of the nation, and the [[Glorification#Reformed Churches|glorification of God]],"<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2021-12-07 |title=Who We Are - Abolitionists Rising |url=https://abolitionistsrising.com/about/ |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=abolitionistsrising.com |language=en-US}}</ref> and that it exists to "spread abolitionist ideas and support abolitionist organizations, projects, and legislation."<ref name=":0" /> This means that they also engage with people when they come up to discuss their opinions or questions about [[Christianity]], the [[Bible]], or the [[gospel]] in general.


The organization has won several members of the pro-life movement to the abolitionist stance, including the [[Southern Baptist Convention]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Silberman |first=James |date=2021-06-24 |title=How Abortion Abolition Became Southern Baptists’ Official Stance |url=https://thefederalist.com/2021/06/24/how-abortion-abolition-became-southern-baptists-official-stance/ |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=The Federalist |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-22 |title=Abortion 'abolitionists' in Kansas and other states want to charge women with murder |url=https://www.kcur.org/news/2023-06-22/abortion-abolitionists-in-kansas-and-other-states-want-to-charge-women-with-murder |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR |language=en}}</ref> It also works with other abolitionists and organizes "Repent With Us" conferences<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qARv8VjonU |title=Abolition Now Conference 2022: Repent With Us |language=en |access-date=2024-04-10 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> and participates in Abolition Day rallies with the likes of [[Dusty Deevers|Sen. Dusty Deevers]], apologist Jeff Durbin<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SQpgX4p2SY |title=Abolition Day 2022 |language=en |access-date=2024-04-10 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> and [[Joseph Silk (politician)|Joseph Silk]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 Abolition NOW EFBC Conference Registration |url=https://freethestates.org/efbc/ |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=Free The States |language=en-US}}</ref>
The organization has won several members of the pro-life movement to the abolitionist stance, including the [[Southern Baptist Convention]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Silberman |first=James |date=2021-06-24 |title=How Abortion Abolition Became Southern Baptists’ Official Stance |url=https://thefederalist.com/2021/06/24/how-abortion-abolition-became-southern-baptists-official-stance/ |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=The Federalist |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-22 |title=Abortion 'abolitionists' in Kansas and other states want to charge women with murder |url=https://www.kcur.org/news/2023-06-22/abortion-abolitionists-in-kansas-and-other-states-want-to-charge-women-with-murder |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR |language=en}}</ref> It also works with other abolitionists and organizes "Repent With Us" conferences and participates in Abolition Day with the likes of [[Dusty Deevers|Sen. Dusty Deevers]] and [[Joseph Silk (politician)|Joseph Silk]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 Abolition NOW EFBC Conference Registration |url=https://freethestates.org/efbc/ |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=Free The States |language=en-US}}</ref>


== Key principles ==
== Key principles ==
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=== Theological engagement ===
=== Theological engagement ===
The Abolitionist Rising debaters go on college campuses to debate with students not only on abortion, but also often in conjunction with a broad range of other theological topics, such as the gospel,<ref name="Angry Woman Hears Gospel"/><ref name="ReferenceC">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEL92G0Ia3Q |title=Sharing The Gospel At A Gay Pride Festival |language=en |access-date=2024-04-10 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> [[Typology (theology)|typology]],<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/shorts/N0ZewT5JRko |title=What About Abraham? |language=en |access-date=2024-04-10 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> religions other than Christianity,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnlArls79WI |title=Witnessing To A Jehovah's Witness |language=en |access-date=2024-04-10 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> sins other than abortion,<ref name="ReferenceC"/> divine forgiveness,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alb1EJk88ds |title=Evangelizing a Post-Abortive Catholic Who Denies Her Sin |language=en |access-date=2024-04-10 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNVnrORtVv4 |title=Christ Can Forgive That |language=en |access-date=2024-04-10 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> logic,<ref name="ReferenceB"/> history,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SXoXJUX1SQ |title=Telling the Truth about Slavery (while talking to a modern day racist). Part 1/2 |language=en |access-date=2024-04-10 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1OoSQLlzYY |title=Abolitionists Visit the Medieval Fair |language=en |access-date=2024-04-10 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> and philosophy.<ref name="youtube.com"/>
The Abolitionist Rising debaters go on college campuses to debate with students not only on abortion, but also often in conjunction with a broad range of other theological topics, such as the gospel,<ref name="Angry Woman Hears Gospel">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBnZAUe9npo |title=Angry Woman Hears Gospel |language=en |access-date=2024-04-10 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceC">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEL92G0Ia3Q |title=Sharing The Gospel At A Gay Pride Festival |language=en |access-date=2024-04-10 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> [[Typology (theology)|typology]],<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/shorts/N0ZewT5JRko |title=What About Abraham? |language=en |access-date=2024-04-10 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> religions other than Christianity,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnlArls79WI |title=Witnessing To A Jehovah's Witness |language=en |access-date=2024-04-10 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> sins other than abortion,<ref name="ReferenceC"/> divine forgiveness,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alb1EJk88ds |title=Evangelizing a Post-Abortive Catholic Who Denies Her Sin |language=en |access-date=2024-04-10 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNVnrORtVv4 |title=Christ Can Forgive That |language=en |access-date=2024-04-10 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> logic,<ref name="ReferenceB"/> history,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SXoXJUX1SQ |title=Telling the Truth about Slavery (while talking to a modern day racist). Part 1/2 |language=en |access-date=2024-04-10 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1OoSQLlzYY |title=Abolitionists Visit the Medieval Fair |language=en |access-date=2024-04-10 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> and philosophy.<ref name="youtube.com"/>


The debaters also opt for the use of biblical language. For example, they consistently describe abortion as "child sacrifice,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harvey |first=Sascha |title=OPINION: Keep your ‘abolitionist’ rallies off my campus |url=https://thesunflower.com/80502/opinion/opinion-keep-your-abolitionist-rallies-off-my-campus/ |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=The Sunflower}}</ref> drawing a parallel between modern abortion and ancient Israel's infanticidal practices in its worship of [[Moloch|Molech]]. Like the original abolitionists, the group also describes crimes primarily in terms of the category of [[sin]], such as terming the sin of [[Slavery|chattel slavery]] as the sin of "man-stealing," a word borrowed from Exodus 21:16.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0apXX4dI2Yg |title=Abolitionism Defined and Contrasted with Incrementalism |language=en |access-date=2024-04-10 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>
The debaters also opt for the use of biblical language. For example, they consistently describe abortion as "child sacrifice,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harvey |first=Sascha |title=OPINION: Keep your ‘abolitionist’ rallies off my campus |url=https://thesunflower.com/80502/opinion/opinion-keep-your-abolitionist-rallies-off-my-campus/ |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=The Sunflower}}</ref> drawing a parallel between modern abortion and ancient Israel's infanticidal practices in its worship of [[Moloch|Molech]]. Like the original abolitionists, the group also describes crimes primarily in terms of the category of [[sin]], such as terming the sin of [[Slavery|chattel slavery]] as the sin of "man-stealing," a word borrowed from Exodus 21:16.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0apXX4dI2Yg |title=Abolitionism Defined and Contrasted with Incrementalism |language=en |access-date=2024-04-10 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>

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Abolitionists Rising is an American anti-abortion organization based in Oklahoma. It is known for its complete opposition to abortion and debates with pedestrians and college students.

Theological position

As indicated by the Norman Statement[1] posted on the organization's website, Abolitionists Rising is Protestant and views the United States as being under divine judgment, and cites the widespread affirmation of a "holocaust [against preborn children]" and many other forms of moral degeneracy as evidence of this condition.[1]

Advocacy for abolition and nationwide repentance

Abolitionists Rising asserts that its objectives are the "abolition of abortion, the repentance of the nation, and the glorification of God,"[2] and that it exists to "spread abolitionist ideas and support abolitionist organizations, projects, and legislation."[2] This means that they also engage with people when they come up to discuss their opinions or questions about Christianity, the Bible, or the gospel in general.

The organization has won several members of the pro-life movement to the abolitionist stance, including the Southern Baptist Convention.[3][4] It also works with other abolitionists and organizes "Repent With Us" conferences and participates in Abolition Day with the likes of Sen. Dusty Deevers and Joseph Silk.[5]

Key principles

No exceptions

Because Abolitionists Rising views abortion as infanticide, it sees the nuancing between different types of abortion (to allow it in cases of incest, rape, etc.) as unjust discrimination against preborn human beings based on family history and circumstance of conception. (Namely, a child conceived in love is no more deserving of life than a child conceived in rape.)[6] For this reason, it pursues an immediate end to abortion, without making exceptions.[2]

Abolitionist, not pro-life

Abolitionists Rising is also particular about its distinction from the pro-life, or incrementalist, position—which makes compromises with the pro-choice movement—and deems the latter to be unacceptable. In using the term "abolition," Abolitionists Rising also draws a parallel between pro-abortion rhetoric and pro-slavery rhetoric (i.e. My plantation, my choice vs. My body, my choice).[7][6]

The organization says that there is a similarity between the religious motivation during the Second Great Awakening of the original abolitionists and their own, in regard to their common belief in the idea that humans, from conception onwards, are made in the image of God and thus deserve equal protection under the law of the land.[8] Owing to such convictions, the organization's website states, "We deny that secular argumentation alone is sufficient to address the sin of abortion because secular reasoning cannot provide a justification for objective truth or human rights."[9]

Activities

Online advocacy

Like other abolitionist groups, Abolitionists Rising promotes laws and policies that advocate for the outlawing of abortion, indiscriminate of circumstance. In part due to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and in part due to the group's viral videos on social media (such as via YouTube Shorts),[10] the organization gained significant traction in 2023.[11]

Appeal through art

Much of the artistic content generated by Abolitionists Rising is unique and is created by T. Russell Hunter, one of the main debaters often featured in the organization's social media content. Many of these artworks are put on posters, which are held up at art walks and other public streets to prompt conversation.[12]

Theological engagement

The Abolitionist Rising debaters go on college campuses to debate with students not only on abortion, but also often in conjunction with a broad range of other theological topics, such as the gospel,[13][14] typology,[15] religions other than Christianity,[16] sins other than abortion,[14] divine forgiveness,[17][18] logic,[8] history,[19][20] and philosophy.[6]

The debaters also opt for the use of biblical language. For example, they consistently describe abortion as "child sacrifice,"[21] drawing a parallel between modern abortion and ancient Israel's infanticidal practices in its worship of Molech. Like the original abolitionists, the group also describes crimes primarily in terms of the category of sin, such as terming the sin of chattel slavery as the sin of "man-stealing," a word borrowed from Exodus 21:16.[22]

Abolitionism

Among the ideas that Abolitionists Rising promotes, the following include some of the most prominent ones that are employed most repetitively or effectively:

Against pro-choice arguments

  1. Arguing "My body, my choice" is morally equivalent to arguing "My plantation, my choice"; both pro-slavery advocates and pro-choice advocates employ the same argument—that some human beings are not fully human (slaves and preborn humans, respectively).[7][6][23]
  2. Arguing "It's my choice" equivocates the matter of abortion by euphemizing (softening) the latter part that follows the sentence: "...to abort (murder) my child."
  3. Believing in universal human rights and yet requiring viability as an essential human characteristic is unjust and hypocritical. Comatose patients, born babies, and many paralyzed people are fully human even though they are dependent on other bodies in order to survive.[24]
  4. Claiming to believe in the bodily autonomy of every individual and yet rejecting a preborn neighbor's autonomy is hypocritical; the child's body is not the same as the mother's.
  5. In cases of rape, the abortion punishes the child (an innocent) for the sin of the father (the rapist), which is unjust. The rapist should bear the guilt and be executed, not the child in the womb, who has done nothing wrong.[25][26]
  6. Opposing the death penalty for rapists and yet still supporting abortion is unjust and hypocritical; you have no problem terminating the innocent, but not with clearing the guilty (the rapist).
  7. Pro-choice arguments that cite rape as a valid exception for abortion do so in bad faith; the arguer is usually trying to justify all cases of abortions, not merely the ones subsequent to rape.

Against pro-life arguments

  1. Legal immunity for women who abort their preborn children gives special murder rights for mothers.[27][28]
  2. Decriminalizing, and therefore destigmatizing, abortion fails to keep parents accountable and therefore leaves more motivation for them to abort (murder) their preborn children.[29]
  3. Letting women get away with abortion without legally treating them as murderers denies women the chance to recognize their sin, repent, and be reconciled to their Creator.[30]
  4. God is completely holy and therefore detests the bloodshed that the pro-life movement concedes in order to appease the pro-choice side (namely, by passing laws that outlaw only some abortions).[31]
  5. Those who profess Christ and support the decriminalization of abortion to a certain point are being hypocritical and logically inconsistent by condoning murder.[32][33]

Assault by a police officer

Due to the controversial topic of abortion, the debaters of Abolitionists Rising often face overt hostility from passersby, including from various members of a local security staff or outspoken opponents, including being told to debate only in the free speech areas or to remove themselves completely from a public area. In 2023, there was an encounter with an off-duty police officer and his friends, who threatened physical violence against the debaters by throwing the cameras down on the ground and ramming one of them with a car.[34][35]

References

  1. ^ a b "Norman Statement". Abolitionists Rising. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  2. ^ a b c "Who We Are - Abolitionists Rising". abolitionistsrising.com. 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  3. ^ Silberman, James (2021-06-24). "How Abortion Abolition Became Southern Baptists' Official Stance". The Federalist. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  4. ^ "Abortion 'abolitionists' in Kansas and other states want to charge women with murder". KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR. 2023-06-22. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  5. ^ "2022 Abolition NOW EFBC Conference Registration". Free The States. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  6. ^ a b c d Abolitionist Takes On A Bunch Of Students. Retrieved 2024-04-10 – via www.youtube.com.
  7. ^ a b "You're Arguing In Bad Faith!" Pro-Choice Activists Debate Abolitionist. Retrieved 2024-04-10 – via www.youtube.com.
  8. ^ a b Pro-Choice Students Offended By Basic Logic. Retrieved 2024-04-10 – via www.youtube.com.
  9. ^ "Norman Statement - Abolitionists Rising". abolitionistsrising.com. 2023-03-01. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  10. ^ Writer, Staff (2024-02-21). "'Abolitionist Rising' Becomes Most Viewed Anti-Abortion Channel on YouTube, Besting Major Pro-Life Orgs". Protestia. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  11. ^ Sherman, Carter (2023-12-14). "An 'abortion abolitionist' became an Oklahoma senator. The fringe is celebrating its big victory". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  12. ^ "Ideological enemies". WORLD. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  13. ^ Angry Woman Hears Gospel. Retrieved 2024-04-10 – via www.youtube.com.
  14. ^ a b Sharing The Gospel At A Gay Pride Festival. Retrieved 2024-04-10 – via www.youtube.com.
  15. ^ What About Abraham?. Retrieved 2024-04-10 – via www.youtube.com.
  16. ^ Witnessing To A Jehovah's Witness. Retrieved 2024-04-10 – via www.youtube.com.
  17. ^ Evangelizing a Post-Abortive Catholic Who Denies Her Sin. Retrieved 2024-04-10 – via www.youtube.com.
  18. ^ Christ Can Forgive That. Retrieved 2024-04-10 – via www.youtube.com.
  19. ^ Telling the Truth about Slavery (while talking to a modern day racist). Part 1/2. Retrieved 2024-04-10 – via www.youtube.com.
  20. ^ Abolitionists Visit the Medieval Fair. Retrieved 2024-04-10 – via www.youtube.com.
  21. ^ Harvey, Sascha. "OPINION: Keep your 'abolitionist' rallies off my campus". The Sunflower. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  22. ^ Abolitionism Defined and Contrasted with Incrementalism. Retrieved 2024-04-10 – via www.youtube.com.
  23. ^ Was That Racist?!. Retrieved 2024-04-10 – via www.youtube.com.
  24. ^ She Didn't Expect That. Retrieved 2024-04-10 – via www.youtube.com.
  25. ^ Abortion in the case of rape and incest. Retrieved 2024-04-10 – via www.youtube.com.
  26. ^ Culture Wants to Punish Children More Than R*pists. Retrieved 2024-04-10 – via www.youtube.com.
  27. ^ Special Rights. Retrieved 2024-04-10 – via www.youtube.com.
  28. ^ This is What's Wrong with the Pro-Life Movement: Special Murder Rights for Mothers. Retrieved 2024-04-10 – via www.youtube.com.
  29. ^ "Abortion 'abolitionists' in Kansas and other states want to charge women with murder". KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR. 2023-06-22. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  30. ^ Abolition Requires Repentance, Not Just Course Correction | David Buboltz's Talk Summary. Retrieved 2024-04-10 – via www.youtube.com.
  31. ^ Silberman, James (2021-06-24). "How Abortion Abolition Became Southern Baptists' Official Stance". The Federalist. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  32. ^ Interview of Abolitionists Rising founder, T. Russel Hunter (#CrossDefense). Retrieved 2024-04-10 – via www.youtube.com.
  33. ^ "Abortion 'abolitionists' in Kansas and other states want to charge women with murder". KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR. 2023-06-22. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  34. ^ "Abortion abolitionist says he was assaulted by off-duty officer in Kansas". Live Action. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  35. ^ Gelder, Austin (2023-03-21). "New anti-abortion group clogs Stuttgart municipal phone lines, city and emergency services plead for mercy". Arkansas Times. Retrieved 2024-04-10.


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