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TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
2. Wait till Islam wakes up. The soul does not enter the body of...
Sat Apr 16, 2022, 05:24 AM
Apr 2022

the fetus until 120 days. After that, pretty much all muslims prohibit it, but before then, it's as wild as Christendom. Rights are all over the place, but it seems more liberal than Texas through most of Islam.

jaxexpat

(7,785 posts)
3. In some cases, the brain does not function in the body even after 80-100 years.
Sat Apr 16, 2022, 05:48 AM
Apr 2022

The "soul" cannot enter the body without the expressed permission of James Brown. Just a fact!

Wow! I feel good, I knew that I would now
I feel good, I knew that I would now
So good, so good, I got you

Wow! I feel nice, like sugar and spice
I feel nice, like sugar and spice
So nice, so nice, I got you

When I hold you in my arms
I know that I can do no wrong
And when I hold you in my arms
My love won't do you no harm

And I feel nice, like sugar and spice
I feel nice, like sugar and spice
So nice, so nice, I got you

When I hold you in my arms
I know that I can't do no wrong
And when I hold you in my arms
My love can't do me no harm

And I feel nice, like sugar and spice
I feel nice, like sugar and spice
So nice, so nice, well I got you

Wo! I feel good, I knew that I would, now
I feel good, I knew that I would
So good, so good, 'cause I got you
So good, so good, 'cause I got you
So good, so good, 'cause I got you

[Outro]
Hey! Oh

See? I told you.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
4. Excuse me, but what and where exactly is a soul?
Sat Apr 16, 2022, 05:59 AM
Apr 2022

I don't believe that there's any anatomy book anywhere in any language that scientifically describes - with graphic images - what and where a "soul" is.

Ya know why? Because there's no such thing as a soul. It's merely a poetic term. So all that BS about a soul popping into a fetus at so many days is just that -- BS.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
9. No, was referring to a Jewish belief
Sat Apr 16, 2022, 06:40 AM
Apr 2022

and I don't care what any religion says about a "soul." There's simply no such thing.

ShazzieB

(18,641 posts)
6. It only applies to Christians. SOME Christians.
Sat Apr 16, 2022, 06:13 AM
Apr 2022

Not all branches of Christianity forbid abortion. The Catholic Chuch has always forbidden it, of course, but evangelicals and fundies didn't used to get up in arms about it. It was a non-issue when I was growing up in a fundie household, just something that was never talked about.

I never even heard the word "abortion" until I read an article about Sherri Finkbine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherri_Chessen) in Life Magazine, and I had to ask my mom what the word meant. I think I was 14 at the time. She replied very matter of factly; my mom was as fundie as it gets, but she didn't have any strong feelings about abortion one way or the other.

Meanwhile, Catholic kids were already getting the whole "abortion = murdering babies" indoctrination. It wasn't until some time after Roe that the fundies and evangelicals starting jumping on that bandwagon. I guess making it legal was what set them off. As long as it was a clandestine thing that nobody talked about, they just sort of ignored it.

And even now, as rabidly anti abortion as some Christian denominations have become, there are others that still regard it as a personal matter and don't make a big deal of it. Outlawing abortion is definitely in opposition to the religious beliefs to that segment of Christianity. It would be interesting to see that tested in the courts.

 

oldsoftie

(13,538 posts)
8. Well someone needs to file a lawsuit based on that. Which I didnt know of
Sat Apr 16, 2022, 06:39 AM
Apr 2022

Totally different approach.

muriel_volestrangler

(102,475 posts)
11. Getting serious, no, this isn't how law or religious freedom works
Sat Apr 16, 2022, 01:38 PM
Apr 2022

Some Muslim traditions allow a man to have 4 wives, but that doesn't mean "religious freedom" means the law of country must recognize that. "Equality before the law" is not "your personal religion, or ethical stance, defines how you follow the secular law".

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