RE: Abortion: 10 years as an atheist and I still don't get it
April 10, 2019 at 5:33 pm
(This post was last modified: April 10, 2019 at 6:20 pm by Simon Moon.)
(April 10, 2019 at 3:10 pm)tackattack Wrote: Again, why can't I add feoticide to that list? I agree that person-hood isn't the trick, but did you have any comment on my example of justifiable feoticide?
Here's a hypothetical for you.
Let's say that there is a newborn baby whose mother died, that for some medical reason, needs to have a further 7 months of life support from an adult. The infant could be connected to this person's body, who would then be their life support.
Let's further say, that you are a perfect genetic match, and are the only person available to keep this baby alive for 7 months, so it could then live a full and normal life. Without you, the baby will not survive.
Would you be okay with the government mandating, by law, that you be connected to this infant for 7 months? Why, or why not?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
