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To: palmer; MHGinTN; rdb3; Southack; irksome1; Coleus; Alex Murphy; Yaelle; mafree; Always Right; ...
The best recent example of supressed empathy is the local snipers.

You are more analagous to those "snipers," you advocate ritual mass murder out of some ethereal "empathy." If this is what your religion is about, why not say so?

Next, you'll try to tell us in your progession of fallacies we should all bow down to your altar of pagan idols.

Not me, I'm an atheist, I am a political constituency of the party in power and I VOTED PRO-LIFE. I will not bend my knee to your false gods or your ad hominem arguments.

This folks, is the Religious Left I speak of, pay attention...

334 posted on 11/12/2002 9:49:29 PM PST by Sir Francis Dashwood
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To: Sir Francis Dashwood
Please don't ping me.
348 posted on 11/12/2002 11:02:27 PM PST by Southack
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To: Sir Francis Dashwood
You are more analagous to those "snipers," you advocate ritual mass murder out of some ethereal "empathy." If this is what your religion is about, why not say so?

There's a difference between advocating murder (I do not) and punishing a woman over an arbitrary distinction such as (in your case) mitosis. I do not see any moral difference between aborting just before or just after mitosis. I don't think either case requires any legal sanctions.

Next, you'll try to tell us in your progession of fallacies we should all bow down to your altar of pagan idols.

I specifically would not do that. We must make a political determination based on our moral principles. Should abortion be illegal and what should be penalties be? In your case I can't see how your logic would rule out executing the mother for any abortion infraction after mitosis.

Not me, I'm an atheist, I am a political constituency of the party in power and I VOTED PRO-LIFE. I will not bend my knee to your false gods or your ad hominem arguments.

I am agnostic. I try to respect and understand the views of religion in this debate but I pointed out that they are indeed religious distinctions. First, life can't begin at any "moment" because moments are arbitrary, only processes are real. Second, based on my humanity and empathy with humanity, I don't find anything immoral about killing fertilized eggs.

This folks, is the Religious Left I speak of, pay attention...

If you say so.

368 posted on 11/13/2002 4:01:51 AM PST by palmer
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