{aspiring_to_clarity} is right that this has gotten to be too much about condemnation. Amadeus, I don't condemn you for being a Christian and I think your viewpoints are worth consideration, even respect. I don't think your purpose was to attack or condemn me; whatever your purpose was, how does the
source of an opinion matter and not merely the opinion itself? It would take you only a few moments to glance over my posts and consider them but instead you are using that time to write about how confused I am. (For an example, even parrots and chimpanzees say some pretty bright things now and then.
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If you don't want to consider my viewpoint, fine. But how about we all return to the topic at hand and stay there, instead of making any kind of personal judgments?
In case your mind is at least ajar at this point, I'll ask you this: why do you think that God grants some the right to dictate what others can do with their bodies? You said "your body isn't yours," which does make sense in a Christian perspective. But why is it
yours any more than the woman's? Since the foetus itself can't voice its interests, doesn't it seem that the fairest balance of power is to give the mother the right over her own body?