> Vox Faith Forum Questions > > 1. When do you believe life begins? Life begins when the kids move out and the dog dies. On a more serious note both the egg and sperm are alive. It seems very unreasonable to consider a egg or a sperm cell as a human. It seems just as unreasonable to consider a just conceived embryo as human. I would err on the conservative side by making the dividing line at 16 weeks. I am not saying that a 16 week old embryo/fetus is yet human, I don;t believe that it is, but just to be safe I'll say 16 weeks.
> > 2. What is a desirable place to intercept pregnancy? As soon as possible, before 16 weeks. > > 3. Do you feel that dispensing emergency contraception leads people to > more wreck less sexual behavior? I don't think so, but even if it did, it I believe that it would prevent more suffering in the balance than the alternative. > > 4. Some pharmacists refuse to dispense emergency contraception based on > their religious beliefs; do you think they should dispense it regardless? I believe that people have a right of conscience in such matters. However, I know that the religious right is constantly lying about Christianity and abortion. There is nothing in the Bible against abortion; In fact the most reasonable way to interpret the Bible is that it is okay with abortion. There was no problem with abortion in Christianity until modern times. Women had abortions until xxx number of years ago and it was not an issue within Christianity. While it is nice to consider the potential suffering of the fetus, I believe that the power elite in the Christian right have taken an anti abortion stance primarily as a wedge issue. To make matters worse, emercengy contraception is not consider an abortion by the medical profession. The religious right has decided to call this abortion fo0r political reasons. I believe that the lying of the relgious right must be stoped. If a pharmacist chooses on his or her own to not to dispense emergency contraception, fine. But the lying influence of the relgious right must end or they must forfeit their tax exampt status. Also things must be set uo so that enough pharmacist who are not concientious objectors are available to dispense emergency contraception. > > 5. What does being religious and Pro-Choice mean? The Bible has nothing against abortion. In fact, what little is mention about still born babies seems to indicate that living fetusus are to be treated as property. In my opinion each person should make up their own mind about abortion. The religious right should stop trying to use a wedge issue against poor and middle class Americans, to get them to vote for candidates who favor tax cuts for the rich and other issues. Ifv they continue to lie about their religion and try to influence public policy they should lose their tax exempt status. On Nov 7, 4:44 pm, "Liz Purkrabek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On November 12th there will be an interfaith discussion at > Rhodes college presented by the Voices for Planned Parenthood campus group > on the topic of faith and emergency contraception. I will be representing > an atheist perspective on the panel and have received the questions that I > will be asked to answer during the discussion. > > I am posting the questions and would love feedback. How would YOU answer > these questions, and what are common responses from Christians and/or other > religious groups? > > I am also attaching the flier for the event. > > Liz > > Vox Faith Forum Questions > > 1. When do you believe life begins? > > 2. What is a desirable place to intercept pregnancy? > > 3. Do you feel that dispensing emergency contraception leads people to > more wreck less sexual behavior? > > 4. Some pharmacists refuse to dispense emergency contraception based on > their religious beliefs; do you think they should dispense it regardless? > > 5. What does being religious and Pro-Choice mean? > > Faith forum poster copy.jpg > 251KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
