(April 10, 2019 at 6:21 am)Thoreauvian Wrote: Good points. Yes, there are other issues involved in deciding moral questions. I was adding a couple. I liked Robvalue's post about not trivializing the debate.
Many of our moral choices are between bad and worse. Imposing a one-size-fits-all rule because of a religious idea is the problem at the heart of the debate. It's far too over-simplified.
The funny part is that Christians have no legitimate reason to be pro-life. Despite "no one coming to the father" without Jesus, Christians inexplicably believe that aborted babies go to heaven. Further, the Bible endorses forced abortions in the event of infidelity (on the woman's side, of course) via magical potions. See the latter half of Numbers 5.
They might chuck around quotes like, "I am wonderfully and fearfully made" or "I was knitted in my mother's womb" but they will scream about context if you mention, "Happy is he who takes thy little ones and smashes them over rocks." Well, the context is that the Jews really hated their Babylonian masters. Is that a good enough reason to fantasize about murdering babies?
Jesus is like Pinocchio. He's the bastard son of a carpenter. And a liar. And he wishes he was real.
