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- From: jviv@usmi01.midland.chevron.com (John Viveiros)
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- Date: 22 Jan 93 22:00:34 GMT
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- In article <1724@tecsun1.tec.army.mil> riggs@descartes.tec.army.mil (Bill Riggs) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan16.060120.1218@Princeton.EDU> niepornt@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (David Marc Nieporent) writes:
- >>
- >>As long as we're into generalizations, most fascists (Oops, I mean
- >>pro-lifers) don't really care about babies at all, they just want to
- >>punish women for having sex. This is a most glaring sign of immaturity,
- >>as they can't tell the difference between the real world and a silly
- >>book that was written 2000 years ago.
- >>--
- >>David M. Nieporent
-
- > And let's add insensitivity and narrow-mindedness to the list of
- >David M. Nieporents vices.
- >
- > I suppose that one could make the "silly" assertion that the Bible
- >was an accurate reflection of the world 2000 years ago. What would be the
- >difference between that and the statement that the Bible is irrelevant to
- >today's "enlightened" social thinkers.
- >
- > You know, like Dave.
- >
- >Bill R.
-
- I agree with the point that David makes about the focus on punishing
- women for having sex. Often, the prolifers will make an exception for
- women who had sex against their will. Such as for rape and incest.
-
- So much for being for the baby's life being important.
-
- While I call myself a Christian, I'm sure some people would debate the
- point. Afterall, I don't take someone's word for what the bible says, I
- read it for myself. My version of the bible has very little to say
- about certain things we consider to be moral absolutes. Like sex. I
- just don't find a whole lot to cause the big fuss we give it. I mean,
- it's like THE MAJOR SIN in the Roman Catholic church (as far as I have
- heard). Afterall, you can't do it and effectively serve God.
-
- Which commandment is that? Where did Jesus say this? If you ask me,
- there's more in the bible about what to (or not to) eat and drink than
- pertains to sex. And no one pays attention to those.
-
- Occasionally, I get this picture of God laughing about how we make so
- much of a big deal about Paul's being upset with some people he thought
- were promiscuous.
-
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