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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
1. You misquoted the Senator. He did NOT say "God intended pregnant rape victim" so you shouldn't have placed that in quotes as if it was a direct quote. Here's what he actually said:
"I struggled with it myself for a long time, but I came to realize that life is that gift from God. And, I think, even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happen"
MEANING, the LIFE is what God intended or allowed; not the rape.
2. Anyone who isn't Christian will probably not understand the concept or the belief that God can take something evil and turn it to good.
3. Anyone who sees a baby as a blessing, and life as a gift from God will understand the meaning in point #2.
4. Anyone who sees a baby as a burden or a curse will fail to comprehend.
I completely understand what the Senator was saying, and I tend to agree. Again, those who see a pregnancy as a curse will not be able to comprehend WHY it could be good coming from evil.
This is not a misstatement on the part of the Senator; it is a reflection of how different conservative values are from liberal values.
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the point is wether conception is a natural biological occurrence or something God ordains. murdock says he doesn't mean that God intends rape but pregnancy. if God intended the pregnancy the it follows that God intended the rape. the two occurrences are connected if God intends it. But if rape is the effect of free will and pregnancy the effect of natural bilogical occurrences then Murdock is an idiot.
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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
I don't believe God would ever prompt evil; in this case, rape. However, He certainly could allow conception, and it's sad that so many people see that as "evil" or a curse rather than the blessing it could be.
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the question is does god "intend" or ordain conception or is it a natural biological occurrence.
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