The idea that God created humans that would eventually refuse to obey His commands and was then so personally offended by this disobedience that he could only forgive us for doing so by having us murder his only begotten son, is like me making a computer that I know isn’t going to work for very long and then being so personally offended by the fact it stops working properly, exactly as I knew it would, that I feel the only way I can forgive it for not being perfect anyway is to torture and murder my goldfish and then commemorate the event every week by eating fish crackers.
Most people don't realize that the Supreme Court has been in the hands of the Republican party since at least 1970! In fact, even in the landmark case of Roe v Wade that legalized abortion, SCOTUS was inhabited by 6 Republicans and 3 Democrats, and the vote was 7 to 2. One of the reasons is that the Republican Party has absolutely ZERO desire to win on the abortion issue. And that's because abortion gives the GOP a clear focal point with potentially unlimited organizing power. And it's an even simpler message to sell than religion, since we are "pro-life." (if that was true, however, they wouldn't be actively trying to repeal healthcare for up to 30 million Americans, nor would they be so pro-gun, pro-war, pro-death penalty, pro welfare cuts, pro- social security cuts, pro- drone strikes, etc). The Republican party officially became "pro-life" in 1976, thanks to Jesse Helms (R-NC). The only reason no serious challenge was brought within the pa...
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