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Originally Posted by Chris T
Well that has to be a rhetorical question. I think (I hope) you're indulging in a little reduction to absurd-but-logical conclusion here, because I know you wouldn't advocate such compulsory abortion and I think I know that you don't think I would advocate it ...  ... however, I don't think your reduction is valid because my starting point is the rights of and the protection of the child, and I think abortion is a fundamental abuse of the rights of the child. 'Nuff said about abortion though, that's another thread all by itself. |
Yes it was rhetorical and I was trying to point out how spurious extrapolations can be. Of course I know you wouldn't agree with the point.
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I completely respect your right to have a view, and to live your life according to that view. However on the matter of religious people influencing the lives of others, well I'm afraid it comes with the territory. Christianity is an evangelistic religion. It makes claims to absolute truth, i.e. the universe is a certain way, and this requires a certain response from everyone who lives in it, and it places on believers the obligation to share that truth with the whole world.
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So you honestly believe that gives people with a religious conviction the right to influence the lives of those who donââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢t. Does that give OB the right to force you to get rid of your TV because she believes it is evil? No, it doesn't, she has a right to believe that but not to force that belief on others.