Richard Mourdock's rape comments: A Defense

TenPenny

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There you go again, attempting to define others. Regardless, you never said anythig about Christians. You said if you believe in a god, then you believe he's all knowing, all powerful. Which is false.

No, I said 'God', not 'a god'.

Which might explain your problem with Christianity.
 

Goober

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If you believe in God, then you have to believe that God intended it to happen.

I believe in God and God gave us free will- You point does not equate to many Christians beliefs. That She/He controls every action we make.

No, I said 'God', not 'a god'.

Which might explain your problem with Christianity.

Nope - She does not have a problem- You do- you personal opinion on what a Christian believes is false to say the least
Your own opinion is driving your bias against Religion. They are all the same- Well they are not.
 

Praxius

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Adoption.

And then that face comes knocking on your door when it hits 18, saying they're your child.... bringing it all back again.

If it's god's plan for a woman to get raped, then it must also be God's plan for the child to be aborted.... since we're speaking in generalizations and absolutes.

If everything is within God's plan, than no matter what we do or don't do is his plan, thus nothing is wrong.

That's why this kind of Argument of "God's Plan" is flawed and always will be.
 

Praxius

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The child isn't innocent, the child is guilty of sin, as all children are. LOL.

Don't know why you got a thumbs down for that, because based in the Roman Catholic teachings of Christianity, it's true and we are all born into Sin... in fact, I'm pretty sure that covers all Christian Sects, as that sin we're all born into comes all the way from Adam and Eve, which is one of the primary foundations of Christianity as we know it.

Adam and Eve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The story of Adam and Eve forms the basis for the Christian doctrine of original sin: "Sin came into the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all men sinned," said Paul of Tarsus in his Epistle to the Romans, although Chapter 3 of Genesis does not use the word "sin" and Genesis 3:24 makes clear that the couple are expelled "lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever". St Augustine of Hippo (354–430), working with a Latin translation of the epistle, understood Paul to have said that Adam's sin was hereditary: "Death passed upon (i.e. spread to) all men because of Adam, [in whom] all sinned". Original sin, the concept that man is born in a condition of sinfulness and must await redemption, thus became a cornerstone of Western Christian theological tradition..."

Guess some don't like the truth of their own religion and their religious hypocrisy regarding abortion and "protecting the innocent."
 

Praxius

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As a Tangent:

"Sin came into the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all men sinned"

If that's the case, all animals also die, so did they all sin too?

I thought it was just the snake... silly stuff.
 

gerryh

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Oh ya..... and the difference between me, Karrie, IBM and praxius,tp, dexter is that me, Karrie, IBM believe in Christ being our Savior, where as you other ding dongs don't even believe. Yet, here you are telling US what is what. That really is hilarious.
 

Praxius

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I'm curious. What was the reason Christ came to earth?

We were a bunch of sinful, corrupt orgy-infested evil doers and he was going to try and save us, which we ended up just killing the goof..... funny how he had to tell daddy to not smite us all for we didn't know what we were doing, as you'd think he would have already known that.

Oh ya..... and the difference between me, Karrie, IBM and praxius,tp, dexter is that me, Karrie, IBM believe in Christ being our Savior, where as you other ding dongs don't even believe. Yet, here you are telling US what is what. That really is hilarious.

Actually the difference is I used to believe.... then I started to actually think for myself, so I know just as much about what I'm talking about as you think you do.... maybe more :p
 

gerryh

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We were a bunch of sinful, corrupt orgy-infested evil doers and he was going to try and save us, which we ended up just killing the goof..... funny how he had to tell daddy to not smite us all for we didn't know what we were doing, as you'd think he would have already known that.

Simplistic thinking on your part will always give you the wrong answer.


Actually the difference is I used to believe.... then I started to actually think for myself, so I know just as much about what I'm talking about as you think you do.... maybe more :p


No, not a matter of "thinking for yourself", more a matter of not understanding and taking the easy way out.
 

Praxius

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Simplistic thinking on your part will always give you the wrong answer.

So over complicating numerously-interpreted stories made by 5 guys who apparently lived for over a hundred years in a time when general health was dismal and mortality rates were low... and taking various words and phrases meaning something completely different from what they state is the way to go huh?

No, not a matter of "thinking for yourself", more a matter of not understanding and taking the easy way out.

So trying to find the right path to take by following contradictory rules and teachings is the way to go huh?

Keep in mind... sometimes the "Easy Way Out" is the right way out.

I noticed you didn't bother to refute my above quote/reference towards how everybody is born into sin and that Adam and Eve's sins are passed down from human to human...... nor have you bothered to counter the whole thing about "God's Plan"
 

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This comment is freaking out the talking heads and leading to tepid denunciations across the Republican camp, but really what's so bad about this comment? It's a favourite rhetorical tactic of the pro-choice community to ask pro-lifers "what about rape and incest?" Assuming that this exception must exist doesn't really follow from the logic of pro-life though. If anyone pro-life says they only support abortion under these circumstances (and life of the mother), then you can't really trust them. They're either calculating cynically, aren't really pro-life, or haven't thought it out thoroughly.

If you believe that an unborn child has the right to life, then how does rape or incest negate that? There is no way to square it without special pleading.

And then there's the God intended it to happen comment, which Mourdock has oddly repudiated. If you believe in the omnipresent, omnipotent God with a plan for each and everyone, doesn't it follow that bad things are part of the plan as well? Admittedly that is a weaker argument, as the definition of God is elusive enough to be everything to everyone, but the point is that Richard Mourdock's comments are not shocking or surprising. They seem to follow logically from the worldview of many many people: God has a plan and unborn children are persons.

Should we be offended that he said this? Should Republicans distance themselves from him for espousing views they likely hold but don't have the courage to admit? He's being honest, and while I'd never vote for the man if I could, I can see clearly where he's coming from. If we can take anything from this, isn't it just proof that all of this is just an act, that politics is symphonic bull****, and the only reason why this man is being derided is because he played his own song?

You're right it does follow logically.

The problem is that rape, pregnancy and the questions surrounding abortion have nothing to do with logic in how we deal with them. They are strictly emotional issues.

Politics is just taking an emotional issue and trying to make it seem logical. More often than not, it doesn't work, which is why most politics reads as bull****.
 

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Sparrow

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First of all God did not create bad or good. He gave us all free will to choose the road we were to take for ourselves.

If we didn't have men who rape women there would be no problem. It is the fault of the men who do the raping, and I specify it is a minority of men. Look at history one of the weapons is raping women and girls which is still going on today.

Has anyone asked who many women get raped in the US and Canada each year? It would be interesting if we could get the numbers.

I object to any man tell me what to do or any woman who has not lived through rape or incest telling any woman what to do with their own body, as well as any religious zealot.
 

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There's not much point in arguing this kind of intricate theology with people. As so many have pointed out, everyone has their own definition of God, carefully crafted to suit their own biases and values. Sometimes it seems that there are as many definitions of God as there are people. My argument would be that these definitions are internally illogical and often contradictory. Cognitive dissonance is simultaneously holding two contradicting beliefs. The idea of God's plan and omnipotence runs counter to free will, but never mind that. My point is that saying rape is a part of God's plan is not far removed from the average theist's worldview. It follows from many people's interpretation of God.

Cordruy- I did not see this thread I will ask that my later thread be merged. My apologies

I'm not bothered really. ;)