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To: Lorianne
In one sense God is ‘pro-Choice’. He gave us free will. He could have made everyone think and act only in ways pleasing to him ... but he didn’t.

Is that what you mean?

Yes Lorianne that is exactly what I mean.

20 posted on 10/12/2007 9:44:57 AM PDT by Domandred (Eagles soar, but unfortunately weasels never get sucked into jet engines)
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To: Domandred; Lorianne
"In one sense God is ‘pro-Choice’. He gave us free will. He could have made everyone think and act only in ways pleasing to him ... but he didn’t."
"Yes Lorianne that is exactly what I mean."

This is not accurate, though, because pro-choice doesn't actually mean "endowed with free will."

I'll illustrate what I mean.

God also made us free--- in the sense that we are not puppets or robots --- so that we could choose to commit rape, torture, and armed robbery. But nobody calls themselves "pro-choice" on rape, torture and armed robbery. You don't, do you?

I didn't think so.

In this country, "pro-choice" means "Some human beings are protected by law from being murdered, but we have decided to exclude one class of human beings from the protection of the law, so that they can be attacked with impunity....if you choose."

If it were made legal to kill some other class of human beings --- say you could shoot redheads on sight---- you wouldn't call that pro-choice, would you? I hope you'd call it (at least) anti-redhead.

44 posted on 10/12/2007 4:47:30 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Point of clarification.)
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