Pathetic. Republicans love to shoot themselves in the head at the exact wrong time. This could cost us big time for NO good reason.
Acknowledging that God is the author of life doesn’t seem a bit controversial to me. Who else creates life? That’s a principle within our Declaration of Independence - that the inalienable rights are endowed by our CREATOR. And that includes rape cases.
The philosophy that we shape our own destinies in every respect is a bunch of hooey. We make our choices, but sometimes things happen in life that we are not in control of. When those things happen we can try to become our own master and damn anybody who stands in our road, or we can say that there may be a guiding Hand who is bringing good out of evil.
The reason these statements would be politically damaging is because Americans are too shallow and selfish to sort them out and realize the deeper truth. It’s that same shallowness that regards a baby - a precious gift of life - as a “punishment” for our daughters to not “be saddled with”.
We are scared sh!tless of the American people. We are afraid that everybody will be sucked in by a bunch of hogwash. I’ve come to believe that this election is really and truly a test of the American people. A day of decision. If the majority of Americans are as stupid and evil as we conservatives fear, then there is no amount of political sweet-talking or manipulation that can save this nation. Period. If we’re that dead already, let’s just get it over with.
It is hard to understand how some of our solid, conservative candidates could be so politically stupid. Akin's comments were just too awful to recover from, Mourdock's are not as bad but still an ridiculous self inflicted wound. All he had to say was "I am against abortion except in cases where the mother's life is at risk" and leave it at that. No need to elaborate on his struggle with the issue or anything else.
Mourdock spoke the truth to power.
His demonicRat opponents are bound and determined to kill as many babies as they can.
The only idiots I see are the pusillanimous fools masquerading as FReepers and Republicans.
exactly
G-d IS NOT micro-managing our lives
everything that happens to us is not a result of G-d micromanaging our lives (G-d’s relationship with Adam identified this)
G-d is never micromanaging the life of a rapist - they ignore G-d, or a rapist’s victim at the moment of the rape
to say that a child conceived by rape is a “gift of G-d” is to say that the rape was a gift of G-d
that is NOT Christian, religious, moral or anything but assinine
on the other end, after the rape, yes, every human life is precious, and once conceived, AFTER the child is conceived, that life is precious, to G-d and it ought to be to us
yet, to say it is a “gift” of G-d is in my view immoral
if that statement were not immoral then there really would be nothing wrong with rape as a legitimate form of human conception, when in fact to most Christians it is not even moral or ethical for a husband to rape his wife - so how can the rape and any result of it be “gift of G-d” - it can’t, anymore than can the trauma at the time, for the victim, and the trauma that can continue for years for the victim be called a “gift of G-d”
what evil does is never a “gift of G-d”
no Christian is correct when they excuse evil acts that humans do as “an act of G-d” (just as stupidly as when Pat Robertson faulted some of our “sinful” Americans for the attacks on 9/11).
when an evil act occurs, G-d has been and is being ignored by those committing the act - they have abandoned G-d and G-d has abondoned them (for the moment, they may repent later), therefore what they do is not a “gift” from G-d
afterward, we do seek gifts from G-d, to help us through what we must do to go one with our lives; we seek the gifts of G-d’s peace, G-d’s strength, G-d’s forgiveness for our enemies, G-d’s wisdom and G-d’s grace
but the rape - its is not a “gift” period