[Sinfidel]

jimmyjet wrote

way, way too many people have married these 2 issues.

the rc came out against it. so most atheists, at least at the beginning, came out on the other side, just like you guys have done.

if the rc says black, then we must say white

when hitchens lends his support for pro-life, the theistic community says no, we would rather kill babies than give any credence to an atheist.

if i accomplish one thing in this thread, it is to absolute, positively separate those 2 issues with a very sharp knife.

the issues themselves are completely separate. it is only the 2 sides of the deity issue that erroneously combine them.

there are 2 issues. since they are mutually exclusive, there are 4 possible mathematical stances.

belief in god and pro-life, belief in god and pro-choice, no belief in god and pro-life, no belief in god and pro-choice.