Re: Indy- This one should scare
< So did Bush cut off funding to third wold countries birth control programs because he just respects the Popes position or because those same programs also offer abortions? >
He cut funding because these programs not only provide abortions in other countries, but they try to change the laws in countries that ban abortions. If they want to do that, then they should not get tax money, as much of it comes from people who are against abortion. The same goes for Planned Parenthood in America, because they perform about 10% of all the abortions in the country, and recieve
< Quite the contrary, scripture quoters are just so value rigid that they have rather narrow parametere about interpreting whats bad. >
That is not just a religious issue. Many people have strong beliefs about what is right and wrong.
''Try thinking about it from the perspective that the world of fire and brimstone is real. If you know that it is real, that it is forever, and there is a way to avoid it, what do you do? Keep it a secret so you don't hurt anyone's feelings? Or try to keep people from going there?''
< I suspect the "flat world theory" of yore could have been justified by the exact same logic, even though all the scientific was pointing to the contrary. >
I don't get the analogy unless you mean that the flat-earthers tried to keep explorers from traveling too far so they wouldn't fall off the earth.
"Put that way, God has a place for everyone. Its just a matter of who will accept it."
< On this we almost agree. We probably would differ in our opinions of what his terms and conditions for acceptance are. >
Its a gift.
Lets say that I plan to give you money. I put it in a bank account for you. I give you the account number and bank's name, and authority to use the account. Then its up to you. All you have to do is to get it, or leave it there.
Why not just deliver the money to you?
Because I want to make sure you want it. I'm not going to force you to take it if you don't want to.
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