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>>>In the final analysis, which is worse:
>>>1. Death (or Murder in this case).
>>>2. Or having to endure the pain, suffering, and ignominy of Rape or Incest.

So you are also opposed to the death penalty, to military actions of all kinds (including for self-defense), and the use of deadly force by law enforcement?

As you say, “He gives no exceptions to that rule.

Bear in mind that we are not discussing whethere life begins at conception, or not. That’s a different argument that you should have with other people. I fully accept that the fetus conceived in a rape on a teen girl is a life nonetheless.

I’ll even concede that it’s murder to abort the fetus of a rapist from a teen victim.

Where we depart is here: I would bite the bullet and recognize that this is a fetus conceived in violence and that it is therefore an affront to God. It certainly is an affront to the victim. Every moment that fetus remains in the teen’s womb is not merely an unpleasant reminder of the original rape, but literally a continuation of it.

So you are also opposed to the death penalty, to military actions of all kinds (including for self-defense), and the use of deadly force by law enforcement?

Apples and Oranges comparison.

One is the action of one individual against another without cause and without prevarification.

The other is a punishment for a crime administered by the state.

For the first, God states you are not to do it.

For the second, God states you, or the state, or required to do it.

So in answer to your question I most assuredly believe that the Death Penalty, administered by the State as a punishment for killing someone else is both just and righteous and necessary.

Where we depart is here: I would bite the bullet and recognize that this is a fetus conceived in violence and that it is therefore an affront to God. It certainly is an affront to the victim. Every moment that fetus remains in the teen’s womb is not merely an unpleasant reminder of the original rape, but literally a continuation of it.

The problem with that is that there is no support in the Bible for that interpretation.

It is based on your emotions and feelings vs. the will and commandments of God.

And when you or I or anyone else make decisions based on something as emotions and feelings, we quite easily end up in error.

The thread is about changing the party platform. I posted the principle in the platform vis a vis abortion/the right to life. You were offended by that principle. I asked you how you would change that. I’m still waiting for an answer.