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My premise was simply stated and based on logic. If the fetus is human then it shares the same right as any other human to not have its life extinguished.

No claim that all life is sacred.

No discussion on the nature of evil.

Just a simple binary based on the fact it is illegal in all 50 states and in Federal law to take a human life. But, of course, there are legal exceptions to those laws. And as always, the devil is in the details.


To be an atheist is to maintain God. His existence or his nonexistence, it amounts to much the same, on the plane of proof. Thus proof is a word not often used among the Handdarata, who have chosen not to treat God as a fact, subject either to proof or to belief: and they have broken the circle, and go free.
To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness.

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Or to put it another way, Theodicy (is god just or not, from Theos god and dike as in justice but specifically moral justice as in custom)

The Problem of Evil

Fīat jūstitia ruat cælum / "Let justice be done though the heavens fall"

are trying to capture the world and boil it down into language, and then turn that language into law via logic, and via that logic then create a form of policing of other people's behavior.

No it is not simple, and saying it is simple is bullshitting and also telling other people FUCK YOU!















For example in my state I can be an asshole under current law, logic, and circumstances. I can narc on my neighbor and get paid a $10,000 profit for I hate someone. I can make their life miserable and get paid for it, for I get my $10k in my little neighborhood of Houston ( hey that pays my property taxes. ) And the person whose life I am now going to ruin is now responsible for HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of legal expenses.

I get to do terrorism via legal code, I get to do something close to yet not quite the same as ratting on my neighbor during WW2 and say they are frickin dirty jews and here they are legal authorities, do what you will. What does my texas law cover, a WHOLE FRICKIN LOT

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-abortion-law-explained/

Yes this is extremely Hyperbolic, but here is the rub, it is FRICKIN' REAL and not simple. It is the truth, the stinkin' truth and not hyperbole or exaggeration.

Texas Monthly covers what you can be sued under SB8
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that is the trouble here - 25/04/2022 05:02:46 PM 887 Views
"The party of "bodily autonomy"" - 26/04/2022 04:51:05 PM 711 Views
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The issue is abortion. - 26/04/2022 07:39:00 PM 671 Views
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Simple, it was wrongly decided. - 26/04/2022 09:51:27 PM 656 Views
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I honestly don't give a fig about the constitution here... - 26/04/2022 07:00:57 PM 722 Views
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Uhhh - 26/04/2022 07:54:13 PM 690 Views
I mean, yeah. - 26/04/2022 09:58:19 PM 686 Views
You seem to be arguing with an alternate version of me... - 27/04/2022 04:46:46 AM 852 Views
Broad popular support? - 27/04/2022 04:54:49 PM 696 Views
Cannoli is not wrong. - 26/04/2022 05:09:49 PM 731 Views
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Was the Catholic Church EVIL . - 26/04/2022 07:01:50 PM 721 Views
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And I am problematizing your claim - 26/04/2022 08:34:17 PM 799 Views
Theodicy - 26/04/2022 08:55:50 PM 752 Views
Re: Theodicy - 26/04/2022 09:45:35 PM 737 Views
and yet... - 26/04/2022 10:35:58 PM 709 Views
What is the Andrea Dworkin line again? - 26/04/2022 11:06:30 PM 673 Views
You're correct about that. We are most assuredly talking past one another. - 26/04/2022 11:39:01 PM 659 Views
Have not had a drink yet. - 26/04/2022 11:46:59 PM 679 Views
Leaked draft opinion - 03/05/2022 06:42:20 PM 743 Views
John Roberts confirms it is real - 03/05/2022 07:37:26 PM 695 Views
Results were leaked, not opinions. - 03/05/2022 08:02:10 PM 636 Views
If you want to parse the history you are welcome to do so. - 03/05/2022 08:32:06 PM 728 Views
You're either being willfully ignorant or disingenuous - 03/05/2022 09:26:49 PM 718 Views
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“Wants to get the word out there ASAP” - 05/05/2022 02:02:00 PM 663 Views
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He said, not coming up with any retort of his own. - 09/05/2022 03:04:07 PM 655 Views
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Don't blame me for your failures. - 09/05/2022 05:21:48 PM 721 Views
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Precisely. - 06/05/2022 09:22:16 PM 651 Views
Obvious intent my ass - 05/05/2022 06:32:10 AM 691 Views
Treasonous Pieces of Junk - 05/05/2022 01:58:23 PM 641 Views
I cannot commit treason - 06/05/2022 09:20:20 PM 673 Views
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Projecting what? - 09/05/2022 05:02:59 PM 656 Views
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Go look up what it means to “project” - 13/05/2022 05:04:19 PM 652 Views
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actually, Trump was impeached - 05/05/2022 02:05:16 PM 669 Views
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you wrote: - 06/05/2022 09:34:09 PM 633 Views
Ummm - 06/05/2022 09:42:57 PM 641 Views
Interesting is one word for it... - 05/05/2022 06:38:23 AM 637 Views
That's your thought.... - 06/05/2022 05:34:21 PM 693 Views
Hardly just mine - 06/05/2022 09:23:32 PM 643 Views
Interesting... - 06/05/2022 10:33:56 PM 678 Views
Roe has restrictions - 07/05/2022 03:16:32 AM 660 Views
So popular opinion is what decides recognition of life... - 06/05/2022 10:44:08 PM 674 Views
Nice try - 07/05/2022 03:19:35 AM 634 Views
No one said that, and you know it... - 07/05/2022 05:56:04 AM 648 Views
Well that's a lot of empty noise - 07/05/2022 02:46:48 PM 636 Views
Then stop listening to yourself… - 07/05/2022 06:56:45 PM 796 Views
Serious reading comprehension fail here... - 08/05/2022 05:01:28 PM 682 Views
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And the Minoans practiced child sacrifice... - 09/05/2022 11:51:44 PM 674 Views
So we are in agreement if we circle around - 10/05/2022 02:34:19 AM 637 Views
Well, we agree it will get worse - 10/05/2022 04:05:33 PM 673 Views
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Roe imposed nothing - 09/05/2022 05:05:36 PM 689 Views
Actually, it does impose - 09/05/2022 05:19:38 PM 889 Views
Re: Actually, it does impose - 13/05/2022 05:09:04 PM 637 Views
Roe imposed abortion on states that banned it. - 09/05/2022 05:26:56 PM 696 Views
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Cool - 16/05/2022 12:10:57 AM 742 Views
So our state energy grid - 16/05/2022 01:41:50 AM 713 Views
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That is precisely what I am afraid of - 16/05/2022 08:07:41 PM 599 Views
That can literally be flipped right on to the other side. - 16/05/2022 08:19:02 PM 633 Views
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Who the fuck cares? - 17/05/2022 12:54:48 PM 718 Views
Parody account strikes back! - 17/05/2022 07:14:24 PM 640 Views
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There is an easy answer for you. - 09/05/2022 03:53:42 PM 653 Views

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