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JWriter -> RE: Is the "Christian Right" movement "revenge-based" rather than theologically based? (8/5/2011 10:23:49 AM)
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stripping away flexibility needed to negotiate on issues as diverse as policies in the Middle East, abortion, health care and the federal budget.
In my viewpoint, this is true of all political or religious groups, in that to be truly "For" something, you must necessarily, whether you say you are or not, be "Against" the things that deny it and/or are opposite of it.
If you are for abortion, you are against anti-abortion. If your against abortion, you are for anti-abortion. It's that simple. It doesn't matter WHY you have made that choice, the choice is made and the line is rigid, and, that is exactly why it is supposed to be MAJORITY rule. If the majority is for it or against it, they will get what they asked for, at least in theory. It doesn't matter how loud the minority is, if it is something the majority thinks they are wrong about.
There s nothing wrong with being for this, or against that, and saying it boldly. That's what people are supposed to do. That is why America exists, is because some people were really frigging sick of being told that they did not have the right to choose such things.
I do believe we should stop at murder, and, just make it wrong for everyone, even the woman who is carrying the child she wishes to murder, and, I do have the right to say so. I do not have the right to make her believe it, though, since the laws are in her favor. Well, then, do I have the right to try to change the laws? If not, why not? The people who believed the opposite of me went ahead and got them changed, from when it used to be illegal to have abortions, didn't they?
If you think it is wrong, if you think it is right, whatever it is, live by those standards, proclaim those standards, and hope the majority is with you, The incessant whining that people do over people refusing to kowtow to their beliefs, people refusing to do what they want, is ridiculous. If you want to force people to agree with you, you're a tyrant, and, have no right to complain if you think someone else is being tyrannical, as well.
There is no flexibility and negotiation when it comes to things that cause death. There is no such thing as a little bit of being dead. War causes death, abortion causes death, lack of health care or the wrong care instead of the right care causes death. One does not need to be considerate of everyone else's feelings. One needs to actually be right, in doing what is best for all, which means people need the information and they need to take responsibility for using that information to make their own informed decision.
I, personally, think the Christian Right movement is enormously wrong, on many fronts, including the fact that they (Christians) are to be no part of this world and that means not engaging in politics. But, they are humans, citizens of a country, and, have the right to be heard, the same as anyone else and they will be heard, having the same motives as every other political organization on the face of the earth: to have things their way or as close to it as possible, because, they think they are right.
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