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Pass The Mic

Abortion and the Black Community

Pass The Mic

The Witness

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.91.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

“Why don’t you care about the abortion that’s happening in your own community?” “You talk about lynching and slavery but abortion takes more black lives every day” sigh If you’ve ever heard (or said) statements like these, this episode is for you. Jemar and Tyler are back to tackle the elephant in the room. Tune in for a candid conversation on the history of abortion views in the American church, the problems with the church’s approach to the conversation, and what a prophetic imagination ultimately looks like. This is not for the faint of heart (Y’all know how we do at Pass the Mic), but we hope it challenges you to move beyond the caricatures you’ve heard to a more consistent public witness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Dynamic Voices for a diverse church. This is Pass the Mic.

0:12.2

Greetings and God bless. Welcome to another episode of Past the Mic. Dynamic Voices for

0:17.1

a diverse church powered by the witness, a Black Christian collective. I'm your

0:21.7

host Tyler Burns. You can follow me on

0:23.9

Twitter at Burns 23 follow at your own risk. And joining me as always is the

0:28.9

president of the witness, the man, the myth, the legend, the best-selling author.

0:32.8

Mr. Blue Check verified himself,

0:34.4

Jamar Tisbee, what's going on, brother?

0:36.5

Hey man, I'm doing well, I'm doing well.

0:38.1

It's good to be back on the mic with you,

0:39.7

and I just have a little quick story.

0:41.3

Uh-oh, here we go. No, it's, No it's it does have to do with you this time but okay all right I was

0:46.4

I was gonna be like yo you just not even gonna tell me before we press record but go ahead

0:51.1

get your story off. You know you, something will happen that's like a five in terms of seriousness or intensity.

0:59.1

And you know those people that will always react on like a level 10.

1:02.6

Yeah, like I'm kind of one of those people, I think behind the scenes, but not publicly.

1:07.8

But anyway, go ahead.

1:08.8

I could definitely see that about you, which is why, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, so my wife is also one of those people and we

1:16.1

we have this little thing going I just want to stop right here and give you an

1:20.3

opportunity to get out of it no no it's already I want to give you a chance to save yourself.

1:26.2

She started it and put it out there publicly first so I'm just following up.

1:30.8

Uh-huh. Look, so I'm really trying to help her along, right? So she has this, this really big aversion to snakes. And as the loving partner I am, I occasionally send her pictures and videos to try to show her that hey, they're not all the bad. No, bro. They're no animals. They're not a big deal, right? So far she has not appreciated it, but but finally this time she just took it way beyond, way beyond the beyond.

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