HellStrykeXL wrote:
NOW SCIENTIFIC OR SCRIPTURAL BASIS?! HEY JACKASS, IT'S CALLED A TEST TUBE BABY! WHAT THE HELL KIND OF BUERACRACY DO YOU FOLLOW!? EVERY BIOLOGIST AND ANTHROPOLIGIST AGREES THAT LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION, AND BECUASE OF THIS EVERY PASTOR MAKES THIS CONNECTION WITH THOU SHALT NOT KILL! SINCE THE FIRST TEST TUBE BABY IT WAS PROVEN BEYOUND A SCIENTIFIC DOUBT THAT LIFE STARTS AT CONCEPTION, SO I CAN'T POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT!
You understand that this ALLCAPS post has not only made your arguments laughable to your opponents, but I'm willing to bet that even those who agree with you would go so far as change their opinions just to dissociate themselves from you. (Unless you were replying in jest, in which case, bravo!)
Not every pastor makes the connection between "Thou Shalt Not Kill" and abortion. The ELCA (major Lutheran body in which I was raised) accepts abortion in certain cases. I'm sure other liberal Christian denominations have similar policies. It's the Religious Right you're thinking of, which unfortunately gives all Christians bad names.
And scientifically, nobody can agree when
human life really begins. I don't have a source. I'm just remembering my Freshman year Biology class. "Test Tube Baby" is a misnomer; it's conceived in a test tube, but develops in a womb. If you want to argue that an embryo is equal to a baby, we're sh*t out of luck, because that debate could go on forever without really going anywhere.
If I wanted to show any integrity in posting I'd address other points, but not today.
Is this why HellStrykeXL isn't on here anymore? Did he get kicked off for this? I emailed him and he did say he got bored with this site but I didn't think he would be so disliked. At least he isn't sending pictures of dead insurgents to you guys
Here's my opinion on the issue. After reading through all the posts here with have anything to do with abortion, I think people have the wrong assertion that if something is brain dead, it isn't alive. It doesn't really matter if it developes in or out of the womb, I think this dude really had a point here when he said that abortion is wrong. I wouldn't write out in all caps like he did, but I think being a soldier does that to you... Now I need to take back what I said to him in an email that he should come back on here because he probably is going to refer to this as his excuse for not doing it