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The Disingenuous Religious Right By: Brian Webber on 4/23/2001; 4:31 PM (as told to me by a visitor to my website who wishes to remain anonymous) I am continually baffled by the radical extremist who put the life of cells in development or even a fetus over that of the life of a woman or child. I have asked these people repeatedly this question. Who would you chose to defend - a cluster of cells that have not yet even differentiated or a 12 year old child who has just been raped by her father and can be spared further emotional and physical trauma or even death by the simple remedy of taking a drug that will prevent the cells from implant themselves in her child developed womb? I have yet to get an answer from any of them. I must admit that it is a no win question for them. If they do chose to protect the child then I must ask why does this clump of cells whom they claim to be a full human being with all those rights of any human being is allowed to be in their terms "murdered" simply because of it's parentage or the age of the mother? Both of those should be entirely irrelevant if what they claim is true. If they chose the other option then they find themselves in the position of taking a stand that the great majority of Americans would find appalling. If they truly cared about the protection of developing life then they would be passionate about seeing that people had adequate birth control and sex education. They would encourage the use of masturbation and other means of dealing with what is the strongest drive humans have. I find these people entirely disingenuous, dangerous and anti-American. I can only hope that people soon come to their senses and turn the sound these people make off. We have many religious groups in this country that are notable outside the mainstream of the culture. The Mennonites, Hasidic Jews, Seven Day Adventist, etc manage to practice their beliefs and do so without forcing them on the entire population. For those of us who chose to listen to their messages they have much to offer. I have yet to hear anything that has lifted my spirit from the Religious Right. Perhaps when they start behaving like Christians rather than shrill spoilt children some of might stop shutting them out.
RE: The Disingenuous Religious Right By: Brian Carnell on 4/23/2001; 5:09 PM I didn't quite understand if you actually wrote this or you were quoting verbatim, but since you're publishing it here under your name I'm assuming you agree with its sentiments. I find these people entirely disingenuous, dangerous and anti-American. Weren't you the same person who just this weekend was asking people not to judge you after Richard reacted unfavorably to your article on gun control, etc? Aside from that, the single biggest mistake made by pro-abortion forces is exactly this sort of reaction. It's amazing how often people who call for tolerance of their own positions are so quick to toss around words like "dangerous," "disingenuous," "anti-American," or "wackos." I can only hope that people soon come to their senses and turn the sound these people make off. We have many religious groups in this country that are notable outside the mainstream of the culture. The Mennonites, Hasidic Jews, Seven Day Adventist, etc manage to practice their beliefs and do so without forcing them on the entire population. For those of us who chose to listen to their messages they have much to offer. I have yet to hear anything that has lifted my spirit from the Religious Right. Perhaps when they start behaving like Christians rather than shrill spoilt children some of might stop shutting them out. This is a line of reasoning I've never understood, since our prevailing moral and legal order is based largely (actually almost entirely) on Christianity. The Bill of Rights, for example, expresses concerns that were important largely to a bunch of Christians (white Chrisitians at that -- talk about being un-PC) that are nonetheless forced upon those of us who are atheists. I, for one, am certainly glad that people of faith listen to their consciences on moral matters, even when I think they are wrong.
RE: The Disingenuous Religious Right By: Brian Webber on 4/23/2001; 5:44 PM Well, I agreed with some of what he said, plus I like the guy so I figured 'what the hell' you know? Now I agree the un-American thing was out of line, but I didn't want to edit his material.
RE: The Disingenuous Religious Right By: Mark Morgan on 4/23/2001; 8:57 PM Note: since you didn't write this, Brian, I'm not "publishing" it. But everyone reads the discussion group anyways.
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