CS writes:
But I don't think its so much about "saving life" as it is about "punishing wrong-doers".
And that about sums it up.
So you can see why they're not championing for the reduction of natural abortions.
The whole issue of saving souls and safeguarding the rights of poor little zygotes is just a pile of old nonsense.
Well, it could just be a post-hoc rationalization - which I realize doesn't mean it isn't nonsense; but it could still be an honest approach.
They don’t actually care about these things or think of them as real people any more than I do.
I dunno about that... they might.
It’s all about defining human life in emotive ways so that they can apply words like kill and murder to abortions and then view themselves as the messengers of God’s disapproval and retribution.
I'd bet there's more to it for people who believe that unborns have souls.
CS writes:
I don't think we can doubt the sincerity of their belief
I don’t doubt the sincerity with which they wish to impose their nonsensical beliefs onto others. What I doubt the sincerity of is the claim that this has much to do with saving souls or safeguarding the welfare of poor little conceptuses.
I don't doubt that there are people out there who do sincerely want to save the souls of the unborn, etc. But I don't think that's a position arrived at through study and thought, its more of a position from ignorance.
What I doubt the sincerity of is questions like When does human life begin? because they only seem interested in science providing an answer that justifies their condemnation of others. And the whole 60% thing rather pisses on that fire.
Well, to be fair, the author of the OP was unaware of that and seems to be having cognitive dissonance in accepting it. But that doesn't mean you ought to speculate on his motives.
Seriously what is the point of imbuing a few cell conceptus with a soul for a day or two? So it can exert it’s freewill and be divinely judged on it’s actions? It’s laughable. Why not just cut out that pointless step and put the soul in heaven (or wherever it is supposed to end up) from the get-go?
That's a whole 'nother discussion...
The whole notion of every conceptus having a soul is entirely potty and those who try to take that position in order to impose their beliefs on others should be shown just how insane their position is.
I doubt the entirety of it. I'd bet a lot of them are ignorantly sincere and just haven't thought, or don't want to think, it all the way through. I don't think thier motives are as malicious as you're painting them, but no doubt some of them are. The militant pro-life crowd is nothing to admire, and they'll lie for Jesus, but I don't think they represent the whole anti-abortion crowd.
I, myself, am pro-choice even though I'm anti-abortion.
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