Lea Posted March 14, 2020 Posted March 14, 2020 51 minutes ago, Lilllabettt said: The death penalty is an issue about which decent non believers may reasonably disagree. Quote 52 minutes ago, Lilllabettt said: NB: unlike the death penalty or immigration or euthanasia the fact that fetal people are human and thus deserve basic human rights is not an issue on which decent people can disagree. It's a self evident truth. Denial of their human status is 100% the result of prejudice ignorance or bigotry. Well, I absolutely disagree on this. Neither euthanasia nor death penalty are something to disagree upon if someone claims the right to exist of all human life.
little2add Posted March 14, 2020 Author Posted March 14, 2020 There’s a dif between a innocent pre-born human and a blood thirsty, serial killer, serial rapest, pedophile adult human. Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil; may God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
Lilllabettt Posted March 15, 2020 Posted March 15, 2020 5 hours ago, Lea said: That may be, but the prolife movement doesn't claim 'the right to exist of all human life.' Catholics might. The prolife movement is not just Catholics.
Lea Posted March 15, 2020 Posted March 15, 2020 11 hours ago, Lilllabettt said: That may be, but the prolife movement doesn't claim 'the right to exist of all human life.' It's fine to pick one topic to fight for, but fighting for one life and taking others is at least inconsequent. 12 hours ago, little2add said: There’s a dif between a innocent pre-born human and a blood thirsty, serial killer, serial rapest, pedophile adult human. There is a different indeed, yet not in their right to life. That's what I meant and what I consider hypocrisy.
Lea Posted March 15, 2020 Posted March 15, 2020 @little2add Okay, call it dump, if you don't want to call it hypocrite. You happy now?
little2add Posted March 15, 2020 Author Posted March 15, 2020 5 hours ago, Lea said: happy now? No, not at all. What does dump have to do with anything?
Lea Posted March 15, 2020 Posted March 15, 2020 45 minutes ago, little2add said: No, not at all. What does dump have to do with anything? Oh, very funny. If there is no possibility for an ad-hominem argumentation, you decry the spelling of your opponent (who, in this case, is not even a native speaker). I'm very impressed.
Lea Posted March 15, 2020 Posted March 15, 2020 38 minutes ago, little2add said: Okay??? Oh, I was pretty sure you knew I meant "dumb" instead of dump. Sorry for that.
little2add Posted March 16, 2020 Author Posted March 16, 2020 13 hours ago, Lea said: There is a different indeed, yet not in their right to life. in the last year only a handful of wicked men convicted of brutal "heynis" crimes against humanity were executed in a humane and painless way, wile at the same time over 800,000 living human beings in the womb were brutally, painfully torn from their mothers body and disposed of in the garbage or there body parts sold to the highest bidder. a different indeed
Guest Posted March 16, 2020 Posted March 16, 2020 (edited) The reason I try to avoid threads on abortion is that they always wind up in what in Australia we call "a slinging match" or "one upmanship" (mea maxima culpa) and at times using language marked by violence. It is very sad indeed that charity with respect and a witness of brotherly love (mea maxima culpa), seems to go out the window on vitally important issues to Catholicism (and others) like the abortion and euthanasia issues. Perhaps it is why the anti abortion and pro-life issues are so unsuccessful rather often. We lost on a society level with birth control and exactly the same problems re relating to each other persisted back then often in general discussion/debate on the issue. Quote "Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing" John Chapter 15 "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth." Corinthians Chapter 13. I certainly fail totally to hit the marks/qualities of Love all the time, but now and then I manage (Laudate Dominum) to hit one quality of Love .......... or two or more.......... maybe............ if I am exceptionally blest and carried and do not resist. Quote "Even to your old age I am the same, even when your hair is gray I will bear you; It is I who have done this, I who will continue, and I who will carry you to safety." Isaiah 46 Edited March 16, 2020 by BarbaraTherese
Lea Posted March 16, 2020 Posted March 16, 2020 11 hours ago, little2add said: a different indeed Before I try to leave this conversation let me please just point out that we are talking about a fundamental question. Usually I'm not the person who likes to sort in binary systems, but here I see two options: A) There are circumstances under which killing a human being is allowed. B) The fundamental right to live is not be questioned. Have a nice day.
little2add Posted March 16, 2020 Author Posted March 16, 2020 May the Saint Michael the Archangel and the heavenly host Protect us and save us from the evil On earth as it is in heaven. Our Father Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Anastasia13 Posted April 12, 2020 Posted April 12, 2020 (edited) On 3/11/2020 at 7:33 PM, Lilllabettt said: Here's the reason. Because it's gross. When someone says "black lives matter" only a turd responds "all lives matter." But isn't it true that 'all lives matter'? Yes. But now we are talking about black lives, so turds should shut it. There are SO many people under 30 trying to turn the prolife movement into an "all lives matter" movement. And its 100% lame. Don't get it twisted now - all lives do matter. But we don't expect anyone to mention fetal rights at a protest against the death penalty. Why not? Think about it. If your reaction to someone denouncing abortion, or racism, or the death penalty is some form of whataboutism, as in "true, but" ... just go wash your hair man. When someone tries to make policies that take care of black lives while also addressing where police might be more vulnerable in some communities, they seem more convincing that they care about a practical application of the intent behind black lives matter than just their own single-minded cause. Rare is the day I have ever in my life heard a pro-lifer talk about making adoption more available (I think this came up once on a tv program in a profile show or a movie), and even more frequent is the opposition to making programs to help single moms and moms in distress because that would only cause them to spend their lives leaching off of the system or wasting other taxpayers dollars. ANY pro-life group I have ever heard in my life gives only and exclusively the answer to such women as those in high school, those who have had severe post-pardom depression, those in major financial need, and those who feared for their safety if they gave birth, was that they had to give birth anyway. I have longed for the day I would ever hear a pro-life group offer much practical consideration to the reasons why someone would support abortion (besides those limited to the belief that a fetus doesn't matter). Most of the political groups, at least around me, that would traditional identify as pro-life answer that any program to help those whose challenges keep them from having to live in poverty for the rest of their careers (unless they marry well) would just cause them to be leaches off of the system or dismiss them as already being leaches on the system. I know several pro-choice people whose stance is based on things I have brought up here and whose stance would likely change if the real life examples of these had solutions. Pro-life people never publicly address these in high profile pro-life work. Why? Shouldn't blue lives matter and black lives matter find a way to co-exist in support of life because both have meaningful contributions to public policy? Edited April 12, 2020 by Anastasia13
little2add Posted April 13, 2020 Author Posted April 13, 2020 The thing about feticide that is so sinful is the lack of faith that a fetus is alive, a human being with a soul, not just a blob of cells. It is scientific fact that a fetus is a living individual of the species Homo sapiens, the same kind of being as us, only at an earlier stage of development. Each of us was once a zygote, embryo, and fetus, just as we were once infants, toddlers, and adolescents. Life matters
little2add Posted April 13, 2020 Author Posted April 13, 2020 The notion that pro lifers don’t care or support human life after birth is another separate argument altogether. a straw-dog if you will.
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