[Vision2020] The GOP War On Women Accelerates

[Joe Campbell]

This makes too much sense, Bob!

On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Robert Dickow <dickow at turbonet.com> wrote:
> ----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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