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jmowreader

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20. The term they use is "miscarriage"

Reply to TomSlick (Reply #19)

Tue May 14, 2019, 09:22 PM

May 2019

But yeah, that's exactly the point: if you find one of your wives having sex with another guy, you take her to the priest and he performs this chemical abortion on her.

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Maine Senate reverses course, ends religious exemption for vaccines [View all] jpak May 2019 OP

"We are pushing religious people out of our great state," rurallib May 2019 #1

"She said that like it was a bad thing" -- it is for the other 49 states. We don't want them either progree May 2019 #5

Kind of overreacting, eh? nt SWBTATTReg May 2019 #6

Actually, I was underreacting. My true reaction is that they can go fuck themselves progree May 2019 #14

You're exactly right. I was pointing that out exactly, a nutter subset that would actually move ... SWBTATTReg May 2019 #15

Better than wheeling them out feet-first on a gurney, Lisa. Maine-i-acs May 2019 #2

You got THAT right!!!!! MyOwnPeace May 2019 #8

Not all religious people oppose vaccines but some churches do. Maggiemayhem May 2019 #3

The religious objection isn't just "fear" jmowreader May 2019 #9

And refusing vaccines - and endangering actual children - will unabort the fetuses? TomSlick May 2019 #17

I agree jmowreader May 2019 #18

A truly weird passage. TomSlick May 2019 #19

The term they use is "miscarriage" jmowreader May 2019 #20

Oh, I've GOT to ask my anti-choice church folks about the passage. TomSlick May 2019 #22

Better ask them about all of the other Buy-bull passages where god orders abortions: AZ8theist May 2019 #24

The only one of those that's even close to abortion is Hosea 9:14. Jedi Guy May 2019 #25

Concur. TomSlick May 2019 #26

To me it kinda seemed similar to what some religious sects do with snakes. Jedi Guy May 2019 #27

The analogy is correct IF the "bitter water" really was an abortifacient. TomSlick May 2019 #28

"and their women WITH CHILD shall be ripped up" AZ8theist May 2019 #29

Sounds like killing a pregnant woman, which is quite a bit different from abortion. N/T Jedi Guy May 2019 #30

Semantics. AZ8theist May 2019 #31

Not really semantics, no. Jedi Guy May 2019 #32

Nope. AZ8theist May 2019 #33

So in your mind, killing a pregnant woman is the same as performing an abortion? Jedi Guy May 2019 #34

You missed my point completly. AZ8theist May 2019 #35

And as I pointed out initially, only one of those verses seems even close to talking about abortion. Jedi Guy May 2019 #36

Bullshit. AZ8theist May 2019 #39

Words have meanings. Sometimes there's room for interpretation, sometimes not. Jedi Guy May 2019 #40

The only place religious nutters belong The Mouth May 2019 #4

Wow Oppaloopa May 2019 #7

That was close johannsyah May 2019 #10

How and why are religions against vaccines? perdita9 May 2019 #11

There is one vaccine (chickenpox) Sgent May 2019 #37

Good first step Hulk May 2019 #12

I'm quite proud of West Virginians. Staph May 2019 #13

Smart and proof!! NT SWBTATTReg May 2019 #16

Well good for the Mountain State! hatrack May 2019 #21

Right there with you Sgent May 2019 #38

Good LogicFirst May 2019 #23