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Originally Posted by billethkid
from our arm chairs with no personal involvement or emotional attachment it is so easy to intellectualize either yes or no depending on the circumstances.
The premise is....do you believe in taking a human life.....yes or no?
No shades of gray...many might think other wise if there was ever a consideration for weeding out the too old or the too sick. Why is that a stretch for the imagination? The taking of a life is the taking of a life no matter how it is served up. BTK
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I'm confused by the sentiment here? No shades of gray? Yes or no? Are you therefore against capital punishment? What about "a life for a life" which Jesus Himself categorically condemned? What about taking the life of an enemy? Jesus was unequivocal about that too- telling Peter "Our Rock" to put away his sword and healing the ear of his enemy?
Later revisionists starting with Paul turned Jesus' words into "gray" areas. But Jesus himself was clear ad concise- it was black & white, not gray.
Meanwhile chachacha asks, "does anyone know the statistics for what percentage of abortions in this country are actually for rape, incest, sexual abuse or life of the mother?" Probably no more than the misrepresented numbers of D&E ("partial birth") abortions. I'm not defending it- just letting you know that the percentage that are D&E are extremely minor related to the total of abortions (and yes, there are far too many abortions in this country)- how about helping out by educating sexually active people about birth control! Oh, that's a sin too. Can't win for losing.