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You not gonna sit there and tell us you're not a sinner are you? And what are you gonna do about your sin when you meet your creator? Are you prepared to tell him that you don't recognize his authority and he has no business judging you? Just how are you gonna face him? Your disbelief in him isn't gonna negate you answering to him. Better get your head out of the dark place and quit being obtuse. Everyone on this planet is a sinner. There was only one ever came who wasn't and you don't believe in him. Where does that put you?
Originally posted by windword
reply to post by cantyousee
You not gonna sit there and tell us you're not a sinner are you? And what are you gonna do about your sin when you meet your creator? Are you prepared to tell him that you don't recognize his authority and he has no business judging you? Just how are you gonna face him? Your disbelief in him isn't gonna negate you answering to him. Better get your head out of the dark place and quit being obtuse. Everyone on this planet is a sinner. There was only one ever came who wasn't and you don't believe in him. Where does that put you?
Peddle your street corner preacher "hell, fire and damnation" elsewhere! This is ATS and you're not going to convince anyone here that Hobby Lobby should be able to discriminate against women because of the above Bible thumping sentiments!
Wake up! This isn't 2013 BC, please join us here in 2013 AD!
Now on the other hand, what of you are wrong.
Originally posted by Emergingtruth
reply to post by cantyousee
I guess from your sarcasm you think this is a joke, is it a joke that thousands of innocent people around the world are murdered each day? Is it a joke that thousands of lives each day are snuffed out before they have a chance to experience life? Is it joke that there are thousands of people each day who decide to kill themselves because they lose all hope in the world and in humanity? Is it a joke that there are thousands of people each day who are forced to work against their will in factories in China and other places around the world? Is it a joke that there are thousands of people each day who die because of hunger and famine? Is it a joke that there are thousands of people each day who die from diseases that have no cure? Is it a joke that there thousands of innocent people each day who are either physically or psychologically abused/ tortured?
Originally posted by grey580
I see you're reading the Constitution but not understanding.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
You, as a person, can freely express your opinion. Though it might have repercussions. So just be careful.
(Side Note: for example yelling fire in a theater. Not all speech is protected especially when imminent lawless action could arise because of your speech.)
Now the Government, on the other hand, has what it can do or say or support clearly defined.
In the establishment clause. The constitution says the government may be neither in favor or against any 1 religion or be in favor or against non religion. It must support everyone equally.
On the grounds of abortion being against your beliefs/faith. There is no way in the world that the government could pass a law based on said beliefs.
It would be unconstitutional.
Originally posted by windword
reply to post by LadyGreenEyes
A fertilized egg is NOT a person, not even close. It deserves no rights of personage, that's just crazy talk! A woman, however is a person, with rights to her own self determination.
Taking oral contraception or using and IUD doesn't make anyone a murderer.
Originally posted by windword
reply to post by LadyGreenEyes
Viruses and bacteria have DNA too.
A fertilized egg is NOT a person. Using oral contraception or an IUD doesn't make one a murderer.
What the Constitution states is that the government cannot establish a religion, meaning, a state church, as some countries have done int he past. It doesn't mean that those involved in government lose their right to free expression of their religion, though. What good would freedom be if those running the government did not enjoy the same freedoms as other citizens?
As for a law, no, you can't base one on beliefs, and I have never said anyone should. You can base one on science, though. When an egg meets a sperm, and they join, you have a unique person, with their own DNA. That's scientifically verifiable. That person should be as protected as any other citizen. Protection should not be based on developmental stages, or how much a person might feel or perceive. Such factors in a law leave far too much room for interpretation, and for abuse. Separate human DNA leaves no room for interpretation, and is thus a better standard. The issue is how one defines a person. If we leave little loopholes, then eventually, those can grow, and anyone could be called a "non-person".
Personally I wish that science could figure out a way to gestate a baby outside a womb so that we'd never lose more kids to abortions. But that's still science fiction.