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Originally Posted by ptownrob
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Unfortunately Steve, there is no when with these ideologues. You and I can rationalize and say, "Oh, come on, common sense says that you wouldn't sacrifice a mother's life for a two week old fetus." But that's not what they say. Their dogmas are not open to human interpretation. Period.
It's sad that both sides are so intransigent, but it is the reality of our culture.
Rob
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To me, there is no need to rationalize anything. I happen to agree with the Catholic Church's position that abortion and capital punishment violate the Sixth Commandment.
I don't think we're (humans overall) smart enough to say when killing any human is justified, nor is any scientific principle is by itself so infallible that terminating anyone's life based on "science du jour" is perfect.
Governmental killing, which is subject to political whims, is a very slippery slope. Each state has its own "rules" for state-authorized or state-condoned termination of life, and these "rules" have been very fluid. That doesn't say much for human ability to "interpret," as one would like to think that life-and-death - as absolute conditions - would not be treated as Will O' The Wisp concepts.
If anyone knows someone or some group smart enough to be infallible in life-and-death decisions, please let me know who s/he-they is/are.