“Sexually progressive cultures gave us literature, philosophy,
civilization and the rest, while sexually restrictive cultures gave us the Dark
Ages and the Holocaust”
25,000 Years of Erotic Freedom
Alan Moore Abrams
I would add; Fatwas, suicide bombers, the subjugation
of women and the dehumanization of women.
We are watching the demise of Roe vs Wade strictly as a Christian political agenda.
THE ABORTION ISSUE
What we know is abortion brings about the termination of a life never
lived.
Other Terminations:
War
Police use of deadly force
Self-defense killings
Capital punishment
Euthanasia
Abortion
Contraceptive
Masturbation
Grounds for opposing Abortion:
Religious beliefs
Humanitarian
Grounds for pro-choice:
Humanitarian
Personal freedom
Freedom from religious oppression
Opposition to the subjugation of
women
Grey areas: rape, incest, age, financial responsibility, retardation,
emotional instability; physical or mentally deformed fetus, world over
population
It is next-to-impossible to have an intelligent discussion on
the subject.
Intelligence = Critical Thinking and Logical Reasoning
Critical Thinking = Access to Facts and Understanding Causality
Logical Reasoning = Critical Thinking to Therefore
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OBJECTIVE VIEW |
BELIEF VIEW |
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Verifiable facts |
Unverified facts |
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Personal experience |
Opinions of others |
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Understanding causality |
Cultural indoctrination |
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Logical reasoning |
Emotional reasoning |
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View can change and modify |
Rigid belief unchangeable |
SUBJECT CLARIFICATION THAT BRINGS
CONFRONTATION
I believe therefore I should
I believe therefore you should
You believe therefore you should
You believe therefore I should
Christian churches have always been obsessed with sex and the sexual
promiscuity of women all the way back to Eve.
The abortion issue is basically a Christian Taliban’s obsession with the
sexuality of women and the wish to legislatively control the sexual activity and sexual
reproduction of women. The Catholic
church and the Protestant fundamentalist churches wish to legislate Christian
doctrine. Laws have been proposed to
jail women who receive abortions, and the proposed Texas law would allow
vigilante action against women, abortion providers and supporters of women’s
rights.
the Ol’Buzzard
You're absolutely right!
ReplyDeleteHere in TX, we've already taken a huge step backwards for women and women's rights. It's makes me sad to think we are back to the 1960's and am fearful we will continue moving backward. What will be next?
ReplyDeleteYou didn't sleep last night at all now did you? I can tell because this blog entry is so freaking well thought out. You gave both pro and con thoughts on the measure.
ReplyDeleteI commend you for it. But I have always wondered that when you blog about something with such deep thoughts why didn't you ever run for congress. I always think that you could have been one hell of a senator and I mean that with all my heart.
Pam is so right. We here in Texas are moving backwards with such speed that I'm guessing that by the time I die that the women of Texas will be living in the stone age and that it will take hundreds of thousands of years yet to come just to bring us back to the present. It's so sad but absolutely true.
All of the above.
ReplyDeleteIt's not so much a Christian war on women when it comes to abortion as a right-wing political agenda that seized on "right to life" as a handy tool for motivating a certain class of voters. If the Christians who claim to be so worried about the sanctity of life, they'd also be agitating against the death penalty (with the exception of Catholics, they aren't) and promoting prenatal and antenatal care. They'd also realize that the Bible says life begins when a person takes their first breath and not at conception, but most of them have never read or bothered to understand the Bibles they keep thumping.
ReplyDeleteGiven the way that the right-wing loves to tout states' rights, it would be nice to see more states follow Colorado's lead, but that's not likely to happen any time soon.
I really hope there is a hell for the likes of Paul Weyrich and Falwell Sr. because they are the ones that made abortion a political issue in order to get the bible-bangers to vote for the GQP.
ReplyDeleteAnd now that the unwashed masses are getting their abortion bans, they need a new straw dog: Critical Race Theory! It's so goddamn cynical.
ReplyDeleteWell said... I agree... our Eyes need to continuously be on the Ball since so much infiltration is being attempted for the Fanatics and Zealots, the unhinged and Radicalized, to get into positions of Power and Authority as they run for Offices of all kinds, especially at levels people don't pay as much Attention to. Right now in many States the Book Banning, Far Right Lunatic Fringe, Home Schooling/Private Schooling Types are running for School Boards in Public School Systems... so they can screw with the Educations of our Children... since screwing up their own Kids simply is not Enough apparently.
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