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ORIGINAL: fucktoyprincess ???? I am saying that abortion should be legal and that the decision of whether to have one or not should be an individual's decision. I am allowing for the MAXIMUM of alternative viewpoint by supporting the idea that there is freedom of religion and therefore, each individual should be free to choose their religion and to follow their religion as they see fit. You are supporting the idea that abortion should not be legal. Please explain to me how that allows for alternative viewpoints seeing as that seems so very important to you. If abortion is disallowed is this not allowing for only ONE viewpoint? Yours? Ultimately, this is at the heart of the argument. You either believe in religious freedom or you don't. Obviously, you don't. Therefore, for you to be raising the issue of respecting alternative viewpoints is facetious, at best. If we all agree to respect alternative viewpoints, then that leads us to my first paragraph. When I talked about your post I obviously mistakenly assumed you were on topic. I've been addressing the OP, whose initial post never mentioned abortion but rather posited an alternative view of the definition of life. I don't know why you went off on that tangent, but it's not the original topic. I was addressing your methodology because you put words in my mouth - still are - and won't even own that blatantly piss-poor tactic, which serves no point in a reasonable debate of ideas. I personally am pro-choice and think that religion assumes the purpose of G-d, instead of letting people fuck up on their own and get judged in the hereafter (that's what's supposed to happen if one follows the Bible, right...). Now ask me about my religious views, you might be surprised. The rest of what you said spun off from bad assumptions on your part, so I'll let you go back and try again. Needless to say, when you made the wrong assumptions about my intent, you fucked up large. I'll also own my part in not recognizing you were off-topic, that's my mistake and I'm man enough to admit and apologize for them; it doesn't excuse your replies though.
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