[Vision2020] The GOP War On Women Accelerates

[Robert Dickow]

----Nick Gier wrote: -------------------
Hi Roger,

I find the unnecessary taking of life abhorrent .. They (Ancient Jews) also
believed that the fetus was not a person until it drew its first breath,
because the Bible says that breath is life.

Nick
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To use Rabinical argumentation, one might argue that we could interpret
'breath' as simply a physical behavior (inhaling/exhaling) that is necessary
to facilitate respiration. We could separate inhalation/exhalation from
respiration in the womb, and just concern ourselves with respiration. That
is to say, a born person (not necessarily a 'born again' person) needs to
respire (absorb oxygen at a cellular level), so one inhales/exhales in order
to accomplish respiration. But in the womb, inhalation/exhalation is
unnecessary, since the mother's blood supplies the oxygen, nutrients, etc .
It is respiration per se that is necessary to sustain metabolic processes.
'Breathing' therefore, in the sense of respiration (oxygen/CO2 exchange)
starts right away.. at conception. But then, the ancient Jews didn't know
about O2/CO2 gas exchange, the Krebbs Citric Acid Cycle, or any of that
other cool stuff, so they most likely really *did* mean
inhalation/exhalation in the form of drawing breath from the air, only
possible upon or very shortly after birth. 

 

Dear Readers, if you are someone who also believes that the intent of our
'Founding Fathers' should govern our modern interpretation of the laws
strictly as set forth at the drafting of our Constitution, it would be
logically consistent, based on the great heritage of our ancient religious
forebearers and phrases in the Holy Bible, to accept it also that Life
begins at birth, not before. I admit though that in certain cases, life for
many people actually starts some time after puberty, if ever.

 

Bob Dickow, troublemaker

 

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