“My Body, My Choice” and Other Pro-Abortion Myths

Actually I'm still pissed at Henry VIII for his schism against Rome in 1534 and for having Thomas More and John Fisher beheaded for not acquiescing to his declaring himself head of the Church of England.

But since the Episcopalian Church was founded under such ignoble circumstances, perhaps the Rev. Ragsdale's appointment is just a fitting and logical conclusion to a long, sad story. For Henry, Thomas More's very existence was an inconvenient reminder of his desire to exercise his own will without restraint, and so More had to be done away with. For the abortion supporter, the unborn life in the womb represents a similar reminder, and thus it also must be eliminated.

I have no animus toward's Ragsdale's lesbianism. That is her affair. What I find abhorrent is that a person who ostensibly represents the Gospel of Jesus Christ is promoting the violation of the most basic and God-given human right--the right to life--that is embodied in the Commandment, Thou shalt not kill (murder). 

Don't worry, the writers of the article hold similar views I'm sure...they were quick to denigrate the Episcopalians.



Well, your view that women wanting an abortion are making some sort of philosophical statement about "free will" is...interesting, but speculative to say the least.



How very noble of you...I'm sure she feels the same about whatever sexual relationship you find yourself having.



How does your commandment feel about abortion to save the life of the mother? What if it's only possibly to save the life of the mother? I don't suppose the commandment allows for any complexity in the question does it?

Biology is a lot more complicated than your favorite book allows. The law should take that complexity into account as much as possible.

I understand your position, but I do not agree with it in most circumstances.

i believe most women whose lives will be threatened  (meaning “death,” not “physical disability” of some kind) by a pregnancy know in advance of the danger.  (Yes, I said “most”), so they are having unprotected sex KNOWING their lives will be in danger.  

since they knowingly take the risk, I still don’t like that the child faces the death penalty for their poor choice.

Again, nobody knows for sure...but interesting that you should ask...this article was posted just today:

We May Finally Understand the Moments Before the Big Bang

Physicists may have solved a decades-long mystery about how our universe came to be.

There's a hole in the story of how our universe came to be. First, the universe inflated rapidly, like a balloon. Then, everything went boom.

But how those two periods are connected has eluded physicists. Now, a new study suggests a way to link the two epochs.

In the first period, the universe grew from an almost infinitely small point to nearly an octillion (that's a 1 followed by 27 zeros) times that in size in less than a trillionth of a second. This inflation period was followed by a more gradual, but violent, period of expansion we know as the Big Bang. During the Big Bang, an incredibly hot fireball of fundamental particles — such as protons, neutrons and electrons — expanded and cooled to form the atoms, stars and galaxies we see today.

www.livescience.com/physicists-model-reheating-universe.html

Again, what do you think happened?

Duplicate

Luca... What was that thread you started that went into this stuff in depth?