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AyaK 10426 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
10-24-12, 11:38 AM (EST)
96. "RE: Pregnancy from rape is somethin..."
LAST EDITED ON 10-24-12 AT 11:40 AM (EST)
I'm surprised you all find Mourdock's specific comment so horrifying. It's simply an extreme expression of Christian theology. The stupid part is that he believes in theocracy.
Let's review what Mourdock said. In a debate, he was asked about his opposition to abortion in cases of rape (N.B., that by itself should disqualify him). Mourdock said that he came to this conclusion because he realized that if someone became pregnant on account of rape, that was what God wanted to happen. This is the "controversial" statement, but it seems to me that it is completely consistent with the Christian view of an all-powerful God who nevertheless permits adversity to happen. It doesn't mean that God preordains rape, which I've seen alleged on Twitter -- but it does mean that God has the power to stop rape and chooses not to. In other words, God wants free will and the consequences that follow from permitting free will.
So I understand that claim, even though I strongly disagree, since I don't believe in God. But it's the further claim that this supports not having a rape exception in abortion law that I find disturbing. If God permits free will, why shouldn't the rape victim have free will not to carry the fetus to term? Since when did God say that the rapist gets free will but the rape victim does not? And why does God get the last say on laws? Have we returned to "Christian sharia"?
I thought Sherron Angle and Christine O'Donnell were as low as the Tea Party could go, but then they dredged up Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock. I guess the two nutty men were intended to establish gender equality among Tea Party nuts.
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