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Originally posted by Code 3
The reference to a firefighter was the reference to courage. A human life being saved is something that should be held above all else. The mind DOES heal. the dead baby does not.
Rape is a horrible thing, but killing an unborn child is worst. Even is it is the offspring of the offending rapist.
LIFE IS NOT EASY.
Somtimes a person weather they volunteered or were chosen by fate, needs to do the right thing.
We must do what is right. No matter what wrong has been done to us.
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear"
Originally posted by James the Lesser
Thats another thing, if they perform abortion, and it is killing, won't they be judged by god?
Originally posted by James the Lesser
Something the bible says is god's job, not peoples?
Originally posted by James the Lesser
So when someone kills a doctor/nurse/blows something up, they are doing god's job and are sinning.
Originally posted by James the Lesser
Well, more sin with the killing of people.
Originally posted by saint4God
But is that any reason to penalize a child for being a product of it?
Originally posted by riley
I do not think a born child should be penalised at all for being a product of rape.. but the woman should not be penalised for being raped by having to carry it. Either way the decision is harming one or the other..
Originally posted by riley
in essence we are weighing up which life has a higher priority.
Originally posted by James the Lesser
Pete, read the whole topic, sure your eyes may begin to bleed, but do it. We disscussed that a looong time ago.
Also, it isn't killing! It isn't alive, it can't die. It is like a tapeworm, it's "alive", but it isn't alive. Or a virus, it's "alive" but it isn't. it needs a host or it ceases to exist. A fetus doesn't become human until around the 4-5 months, and abortions are not done in that time period. And it is something the christians came up with as an excuse to kill more people.
Then you answer all of the questions.
Originally posted by steggyD
You're right about question 5 now. I don't think he avoided it, probably just answered it the wrong way. Now that I reread it, I see that. But guess what. I don't lay the laws of the land here on Earth, so it is not by my demands. But life is a journey, full of tests and challenges. So, even the unwanted child should be allowed to take this journey through life and gain whatever experiences the child wishes. But as I have stated more recently, I am not here to judge, that's for their makers.
Your remaining responses to my questions are requested.
Originally posted by saint4God
But is that any reason to penalize a child for being a product of it? Because the child is borne of this circumstance, does s/he have to grow up to be a rapist too? Is a child merely a product of genetics alone? Show the child unconditional love and the return may surprise you. Nobody disputes rape is horrible. Death is horrible. Destruction is horrible. But we live through them and should not close our eyes to the truth. We cannot continue to live in the past when the present needs us here.
(Precedence: Please do not assume I know nothing about this.)
Then you answer all of the questions.
Originally posted by saint4God
No, the decision is to harm the mother mentally or kill the baby. There is a difference.
I cannot speak for anyone else's selfishness but speaking as a parent, if either me or my child could live, guess which I'd choose?
Originally posted by SomewhereinBetween
Your remaining responses to my questions are requested.
Originally posted by SomewhereinBetween
By the way, are you male or female?
Originally posted by riley
You have no idea what you would choose because you are male and couldn't even start to imagine what it would be like to concieve through rape. Calling them selfish is shameful.
Originally posted by James the Lesser
They were performing a C-Section. They tell you in the link they are doing a C-Section. At 5 months is illegal to do an abortion for it is a human at 5 months, can live outside the womb with a ton of machines, unless there is a threat to the mothers life. You do realize that there are rules, right? 5 months is in the second trimester, making any abortion other then life threatning to mother is illegal.
Anyways, look at the area the surgery was done, it is in the stomach area, not the vaginal area, making it a C-Section, not an abortion. And IT SAYS IN THE LINK! C-SECTION! NOT ABORTION! I swear, this is like taking a picture of someone who was shot in a war and then saying "Ban guns! Look what they do to people!" The picture, and the story are 2 different things.
Anyways..... sorry, bad attempt to make abortion look like murder. Now, if you get a picture of a 3 day old fetus doing this, then you would have an arguement. But using a picture of a 5.3 month old baby during a C-Section and then saying abortion kills is wrong.
BTW Great Picture, did the baby not die from the spine thingy? Was the surgery successful?
[edit on 8-3-2005 by James the Lesser]