Re: OT - "lie" vs "error"

In article <34f0f$42646629$45491f85$23624@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
LX-i <lxi0007@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Chuck Stevens wrote:

[snip]

>> I know lots of religious groups who think abortion is a Bad Thing and would
>> counsel their members most strenuously against it, but would not dream of
>> considering the idea of convincing the Federal Government to make sure
>> nobody had the right to act on their disagreement.
>
>Well, these religions are being hypocritical on the issue, then. If
>they feel it's wrong, why is it wrong? (One would assume, "because it
>takes innocent life".) So, they're not interested in the government
>preserving innocent life? What's the point of having the belief if
>you're not going to act on it?

It is one thing to act on belief, quite another to try to have those
beliefs be made the law of the land; the logical conclusion of the 'acting
on it' you posit above is a theocracy.

Not in *my* United States of America, thank you.

[snip]

>> I see. God forbid that someone should seek to have the same rights and
>> protections that you claim you deserve!
>
>You're right - I don't want those reprobates to have *any* rights, until
>they learn where that penis is *supposed* to go...
>
>(You wouldn't have any problem believing I was serious when I wrote the
>above, would you? You just don't understand my position, and from your
>responses to my questions, you don't seem to want to. For the record,
>the above was a joke.)

Interesting how I cannot recall you making any jokes about the way folks
insist on creating more useless eaters to consume natural resources.

DD

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