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The reason religion is so powerful
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RE: The reason religion is so powerful
June 8, 2021 at 3:53 pm
I suppose I overestimated my skills as an educator.
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RE: The reason religion is so powerful
June 8, 2021 at 3:57 pm (This post was last modified: June 8, 2021 at 4:00 pm by The Architect Of Fate.)
Nope, because this wasn't education. But it was definitely "something" though Hehe
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RE: The reason religion is so powerful
June 8, 2021 at 5:20 pm
(June 8, 2021 at 7:53 am)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Never saw a wart or toe nail grow and go to college. Not to worry. You guys are in good company with those who denied the humanity of the politically inconvenient.

Move the goal posts much? If a zygote is human, so is a genital wart, no matter what it may or may not be capable of growing into. [Image: Eye_Roll.gif]
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RE: The reason religion is so powerful
June 8, 2021 at 5:36 pm
(June 8, 2021 at 5:20 pm)Ravenshire Wrote: If a zygote is human, so is a genital wart, no matter what it may or may not be capable of growing into.

"Wart ≠ Zygote" -Biology
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RE: The reason religion is so powerful
June 8, 2021 at 5:47 pm (This post was last modified: June 8, 2021 at 5:48 pm by The Architect Of Fate.)
Doh
Doh
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RE: The reason religion is so powerful
June 8, 2021 at 5:56 pm
(June 8, 2021 at 5:36 pm)John 6IX Breezy Wrote:
(June 8, 2021 at 5:20 pm)Ravenshire Wrote: If a zygote is human, so is a genital wart, no matter what it may or may not be capable of growing into.

"Wart ≠ Zygote" -Biology

irrelevant. Both are human and the argument Neo presented is that "unborn children", being human, should be granted rights. Do try to keep up.
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RE: The reason religion is so powerful
June 8, 2021 at 6:11 pm (This post was last modified: June 8, 2021 at 6:12 pm by John 6IX Breezy.)
(June 8, 2021 at 5:56 pm)Ravenshire Wrote: Both are human and the argument Neo presented is that "unborn children", being human, should be granted rights. Do try to keep up.

You've compared zygotes to toenails. That places you at a serious intellectual disadvantage. Your arguments would improve greatly if you distanced yourself from false equivalencies.
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RE: The reason religion is so powerful
June 8, 2021 at 6:15 pm
(June 8, 2021 at 5:56 pm)Ravenshire Wrote:
(June 8, 2021 at 5:36 pm)John 6IX Breezy Wrote: "Wart ≠ Zygote" -Biology

irrelevant. Both are human and the argument Neo presented is that "unborn children", being human, should be granted rights. Do try to keep up.
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RE: The reason religion is so powerful
June 8, 2021 at 6:18 pm
(June 8, 2021 at 6:11 pm)John 6IX Breezy Wrote:
(June 8, 2021 at 5:56 pm)Ravenshire Wrote: Both are human and the argument Neo presented is that "unborn children", being human, should be granted rights. Do try to keep up.

You've compared zygotes to toenails. That places you at a serious intellectual disadvantage. Your arguments would improve greatly if you distanced yourself from false equivalencies.

I've not argued that they're equivalent, only that they're human. You fell free to read in whatever you like, though. [Image: Eye_Roll.gif]
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RE: The reason religion is so powerful
June 8, 2021 at 6:20 pm
(June 8, 2021 at 6:18 pm)Ravenshire Wrote:
(June 8, 2021 at 6:11 pm)John 6IX Breezy Wrote: You've compared zygotes to toenails. That places you at a serious intellectual disadvantage. Your arguments would improve greatly if you distanced yourself from false equivalencies.

I've not argued that they're equivalent, only that they're human. You fell free to read in whatever you like, though. [Image: Eye_Roll.gif]
He has that tendency
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 “No matter what men think, abortion is a fact of life. Women have always had them; they always have and they always will. Are they going to have good ones or bad ones? Will the good ones be reserved for the rich, while the poor women go to quacks?”
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