In September and October of 1998 I was engaged in a debate on the KOF List with a fellow Keeper of the Flame on the subject of abortion. He contended that we ought to view the issue pragmatically, and stop arguing for a total ban on abortion. At the very minimum, he argued, abortion should be legal from conception up to the tenth week of gestation. Of course, this position was completely at odds with what the Ascended Masters have said on the subject. And the only reason that I could think of that a Keeper of the Flame would advocate such a position was because of a condition of gross ignorance as to what the Masters have actually said on the subject. It was at that point, that I determined to compile everything the Ascended Masters have said on the subject, so that no Keeper of the Flame would ever reside in such a state of ignorance again.

     Because that debate served as the impetus for this project, I have saved all the documents related to it, and provide them here as a supplemental resource for those who have an interest in such background information.

by Steven S. Showers (in blue) by [POR] (in grey) by List Administrator (in dark grey)

     While there were several participants in the debate, I have included the three primary participants, which include me (posts color codes in blue), the Keeper of the Flame referred to above whose name has been reduced to the initials "POR" (posts color coded in light grey), and the list administrator (posts color coded in dark grey).