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Old 06-04-2004, 06:13 PM   #1
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I saw this exact bumpersticker yesterday. God is Pro-Life. God? Are we talking about God-who-drowned-the-world? God-who-killed-the-firstborn-of-Egypt? God-who-wasted-Sodom-and-Gomorrah-with-fire-and-brimstone? GOD? PRO-LIFE? After that shit?

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I saw this exact bumpersticker yesterday. God is Pro-Life. God? Are we talking about God-who-drowned-the-world? God-who-killed-the-firstborn-of-Egypt? God-who-wasted-Sodom-and-Gomorrah-with-fire-and-brimstone? GOD? PRO-LIFE? After that shit?

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Are most humans pro-life (not just in abortion terms)? If so, why do we execute humans, shoot them in war, and bomb homes with women and children in them? I guess by your logic, most of humanity isn't pro-life.

And of course, God is pro-eternal-life
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And of course, God is pro-eternal-life
Yeah, especially for those who will suffer in burning fire for that eternal life. Go God!

At least those wacky JWs believe infidels will be destroyed instead.
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Well said Magus! :notworthy

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Are most humans pro-life (not just in abortion terms)? If so, why do we execute humans, shoot them in war, and bomb homes with women and children in them? I guess by your logic, most of humanity isn't pro-life.
You call that logic? Read the OP: he was referring to "God." What do humans have to do with the topic? Nonsequiter.

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And of course, God is pro-eternal-life
"God" doesn't exist, but if he did, the Bible speaks volumes against what you just said.
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Are most humans pro-life (not just in abortion terms)? If so, why do we execute humans, shoot them in war, and bomb homes with women and children in them? I guess by your logic, most of humanity isn't pro-life.

And of course, God is pro-eternal-life
That must be why he doesn't value life on earth very much. Since this life is very short in the scheme of things, we humans need to try to get as much out of it as possible, since we don't know what comes afterwards, or even if there is any afterlife.
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I'd say the thing that gives me the most pause about God's alleged pro-life status is the 40-60% of zygotes (fertilized eggs - that magic time when a "new human" is created) that spontaneously abort.
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You call that logic? Read the OP: he was referring to "God." What do humans have to do with the topic? Nonsequiter.
Why is God anti-life by judging humans, but humans are pro-life by bombing women and children? Its a double standard.



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The U.S.A. was founded, in part, on the idea that we have a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The founding fathers may have held these truths to be self-evident, but there is nothing in the Bible to suggest such rights. (Perhaps this is why the First Amendment and the First Commandment directly contradict each other.)
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Right, Valdemar. "god" is a human fiction; and asserting "him" doesn't accomplish a damn thing. And attributing opinions & behaviours (such as "his" punitive responses) to "god"-the-NON-est, to support human assertions-of-value, is junk.
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