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When we purposefully dehumanize an unborn (so we can justify doing our atrocious intent) - aren't we disensitizing something in us in the process?

Two people - both within the exact same reaching distance from you - are drowning. You can only save one. One is a grown-up who refused to wear a life-vest. The other one is an infant. Who will you save? Two people trapped in a burning building - both reachable within the exact same distance. You can only save one. One is the 16 year old who likes playing with fire - and actually started this fire The other one is a toddler. Who will you save? Not that we don't feel for those facing the dilemma of an unwanted pregnancy........but putting an irresponsible person in the same footing with her own hapless victim........doesn't make any sense. Today, engaging in unprotected sex is just simply irresponsible. Period. Same as knowingly going inside an ebola camp in Africa, without your mask on! Or, playing Russian roulette. I think, that's a big contributing problem to our society today - when we teach our youth that they really don't have to deal with, and carry the negative consequences that could arise from their bad behaviours. Society today is so foggy with what's right and wrong.......leaving children, who'd naturally rely on the adult for guidance, quite unsure. Surely something confuses the young mind when he hears mothers promoting the right to kill their own children (and society approves and even funds it)......and no matter what reasons they give for it, it still boils down to convenience. If society approves and backs the deliberate killing of an innocent, defenseless life - the ultimate of all atrocities to be committed by mankind - why do we expect life of any kind will have any value to kids who are growing up in this kind of mindset? I won't be surprised if years from now, a research study would shed light why kids are so easily victimized, or influenced to commit atrocities.

Gee...........I wonder where Rowling came up with that idea. I never read a HP book.....but apparently, it's supposed to have a Christian message. Of course, if true, all that will most likely be lost to those ignorant of the Bible - which means, they won't even realise - won't have any clue - they're being preached to, from a very, very different angle. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/fictionreviews/3668658/J-K-Rowling-Christianity-inspired-Harry-Potter.html You know some HP Latin incantations. Proves that showbiz marketing works - imagine that! I know about those terms because I played the harry potter game. Sorcerers are usually shown to be aided by a higher being (usually by their own god), thus they've been given their power. Anyway - "aquamenti" in Latin translates to "water in the brain." Sorcerers and wizards, and witchcraft are also mentioned even in the Old Testament. Think of the battle of powers - Moses and Pharoah's sorcerers! Countless writers have lifted something from the Bible. Just shows the enduring relevance of this Living Book!

Abortion is here to stay. No one will really try to bring this up.....so why make an issue of it? We have to. It may be legal now to slaughter our unborn even for no reason than just to say because I want to....... but that shouldn't mean we have to tolerate it without voicing out our disapproval, that we are strongly opposed to it, in fact. Atheist/secular anti-abortionists, see it as a human right violation - and they fight it on that ground. We Christians, fight it on the ground that it goes against Biblical teachings. We share a common goal. To be the voice for the defenseless unborn. Even if it's now legal to murder a child, keeping the issue alive may help a woman struggling with her decision, to do what is only righteous. Talking about it, still, saves lives.

Satan is deceiving. He tends to make what's offensive to God seems "righteous." He'll try to convince us, and justify that murdering an unborn is not murder since an unborn isn't a human, yet. And Satan will remind us, love is for everyone ....after all, didn't Jesus Christ teach all about love? Who else to love above all but your own self? Satan would strongly argue, if God resides within you, and you're supposed to love God above all else - shouldn't that mean, you have to put yourself above all else? He sows confusion! The ones who run on the policies that are blatantly anti- God, and goes against the teachings of Christ....... actually, work for the devil. Remember this verse? Ephesians 6:11 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. This isn't limited only to that US presidential election, you know. It's universal. It's the same thing even in Canada. Of course, we can't expect perfection from candidates.....after all, who's without sin? Christian Canadians must deal with this very same thing in choosing which ones they'd want to put in power.

For a Christian, to have supported Trump instead of Clinton, is not based on shallow thinking, you know. It's not just looking at the policies on an individual basis - there's looking at the whole picture, too. There are those who'd waged war on God. You can't even offer someone any prayers without being attacked! http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/03/01/kevin-smith-forced-to-defend-chris-pratt-after-actor-offered-prayers-for-recovery.html Who do you think are the enablers? https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/04/21/christians-religious-persecution-migrant-ship-italy-column/26083829/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/04/28/hillary-cling-religion-god-policy-column/26462609/ Just imagine how worse the clime would be had Hillary won instead. So......who's really supporting the devil?

The latest John Sandford, Extreme Prey.

I'm glad to know about that shortcut. I've got numerous topics in other forums which I'd wanted to discuss here too.....but just the thought of having to rewrite the OP is reason enough to not go ahead with it.

......And liberals have used health and well-being to justify everything. "We know what's good for you......" seems to be their mantra! Legislations galore that chip away at our freedom, is their fave past time. Who determines what's the so-called "wrong" side of history? How is it determined? Of course, you've got to consider the intent behind it. Anyway.....irrelevant. The topic is about what the Bible says on homosexuality.

Bye.....

resorting to the usual personal attack - as expected from a lib? Being silly? You can't refute my arguments.....that's why.

The use of CONDOM - or any pregnancy-prevention method, is at the heart of the discussion about HAVING UNWANTED children! If women use preventive methods, there wouldn't be so many unwanted children! And I'm saying, safe sex isn't only about preventing pregnancy! Hello? Where have you been all these years??? A woman gets double benefit when she demands her partner uses condom! Tow birds with one stone, so to speak. If getting pregnant doesn't scares a woman, getting STD ought to! ....and now, you're babbling! Bye.

Going back to the title........I can't help but think of the irony! See, why the Dems policy is devil-friendly? STD must be one of the big reasons why God is so against fornication? Immorality?

You're from Wales? http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-36989496 Of course, you don't prevent STD by simply having a condom in your pocket!

What a pathetic lame response! And you seem to have a touching faith in other things than condoms. Is anything guaranteed 100% in life other than having bills and dying? What do they tell you to wear to prevent getting AIDS and HIV? You don't believe that? So, you don't tell your son to wear condoms? You don't remind your daughter about safe sex? If you're a parent, wouldn't you want your kids to develop a "fondness" for condoms? You think the term safe sex, is simply just for preventing pregnancy? No wonder STD is still such a big problem! https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2017/p0926-std-prevention.html Just shows you - by your response - all that pricey tag on so-called educating the masses about safe sex.......why it hasn't worked! And we want more education??? If education had done nothing here in this society - why do we expect it to work any wonders in Africa? You want to be more careful? No one stops a woman from using more than one kind of method at one time! What's wrong with condoms AND something else? Can't women figure that out?

You're wrong. The best of bad choice is to abstain from having that sex.....if you're not prepared for it! taking a cold shower isn't all that bad. We all know what could result from having coitus. It's the woman who may end up bearing the unwanted consequences - therefore, the onus is more on the woman - especially, in this self-centered climate we have - to ensure that she's prepared! If you have to supply the condom - go for it! Why gamble? Yep. Abortion has become just another pregnancy prevention method (after the fact)! Otherwise, there wouldn't be a high rate of repeat-abortions!

Whoa. Forcing women to have sex? Because, unlike the Unholy Self-Huggers, the "Holy Buggers" sees the fetus as a human being. The fetus NATURALLY goes through his developmental process, which still continues after he's born. I know and have heard of so many "unwanted" children.......having been adopted. The demand for adoption is high. Anyway...... Therefore, we should terminate all unwanted people? That's the rationale behind it, isn't it? Who's the one who'd had sex........ and as a result, had created an "unwanted" child? I know of people who regretted having a child when they're dealing with a two-year old! Therefore, some day....it'll be okay to kill a two year old! Unholy Self-Huggers don't want any pain and sacrifice.....they don't want any inconvenience! They don't want to take responsibility, and accept consequences. If you see something hateful - then, take out the cause of the problem! It's not the children! I'm sure liberals will be howling if we ever demand that women who've had repeat-abortions should be made barren. .......could it be because a lot of them lack parental supervisions? Parents are both busy juggling careers...... so they can buy a bigger house, a boat, and go to the Bahamas every year - and then, they can plaster and show them all off on facebook? A lot of addicts come from wealthy families. https://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/drug-policy/rich-teens-adolescents-drugs-alcohol-parenting .......could it be that children nowadays are just like "accessories?" Anyway......don't worry. The day will come when a parent - especially a mother - will be given the right to terminate her dependent child, at any age. The only bullies I see in this picture are the big folks who're ganging up to murder a defenseless child. Only a woman with a dysfunctional brain would see that as the green light to indulge reckelessly! There is still risk of consequences from having an abortion - physical, and PSYCHOLOGICAL! Why take an unnecessary risk? A woman with normal brain would think that it's imperative to have safe sex......... ...........because these days, it's not only an unwanted child you could end up with unprotected sex! In case there are women with dysfunctional brains reading this - let me put it more plainly: you could also get STD! FYI, Some STDs are getting meaner! https://www.medicaldaily.com/syphilis-update-2017-drug-resistant-stds-could-be-devastating-globally-406187 What happened to PREVENTATIVE approach?

The title of this topic is quite ironic. I think it aptly refers to supporters of Hillary. When we look at policies that are promised to be implemented once a candidate wins, which platform is more devil-friendly?

It's one thing to judge Trump on the basis of his leadership, but it's quite another when folks are judging him as a "sinner." Oft times, the very same people who brings up the Trump-is-a-sinner card, are usually the very same people who JUDGE that any Christian who makes judgement on homosexuality as sin........is a hypocrite. They can't even see the big difference: we are allowed to discern right from wrong (and we use our judgement in doing that). What sensible person doesn't use his judgement everyday, with practically everything he does? Discerning and judging a behaviour as wrong, isn't the same as judging a man for his sins!

It seems to be the general misconception among many that, Christians - following the footsteps of Jesus - should be non-sinners. That any sinner who claims to be a Christian, or a Christian who endorses someone like Trump, must be a hypocrite. The Christian-hypocrisy card is often used by non-Christians to discredit Christianity. However, those are red flags that clearly show that those who bring up those arguments are ignorant of the Scriptures. They're clearly arguing about something they don't understand. Another misconception surrounds the term, peace. https://bible.org/seriespage/lesson-41-war-within-romans-721-25

Satan can masquerade as Jesus to fool us. https://www.gotquestions.org/angel-of-light.html That's why it's imperative to read (and study) the Bible.

Hold a sec. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43596919 If the Pope actually stated what was quoted from him, then he must believe it. Just because it was stated in a private meeting has nothing to do with it.....except that he's preaching to Catholics something (hell) he personally does not believe in. Anyway..... Why is it so easy to believe what the Pope says, and yet find it so difficult to believe Jesus? Here's what's said about hell in the Scriptures. "fire" Matt 7:19, 13:40, 25:41 "everlasting fire" Matt 18:8, 25:41 "eternal damnation" Mark 3:29 "hell fire" Matt 5:22, 18:9, Mark 9:47 "damnation" Matt 23:14, Mark 12:40, Luke 20:47 "damnation of hell" Matt 23:33 "resurrection of damnation" John 5:29 "furnace of fire" Matt 13:42, 50 "the fire that never shall be quenched" Mark 9:43, 45 "the fire is not quenched" Mark 9:44, 46, 48 "Where their worm dieth not" Mark 9:44, 46, 48 "wailing and gnashing of teeth" Matt 13:42, 50 "weeping and gnashing of teeth" Matt 8:12, 22:13, 25:30 "torments" Luke 16:23 "tormented in this flame" Luke 16:24 "place of torment" Luke 16:28 "outer darkness" Matt 8:12, 22:13 "everlasting punishment" Matt 25:46

I'm getting depressed. CTV is starting to suggest and float the idea that Ford is hiding from the press.