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AlbertCat

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15. As usual..... it comes down to simplification...

Reply to Heddi (Original post)

Tue Nov 18, 2014, 12:44 PM

Nov 2014

Y'see it's just a pill you take.... or something. Like aspirin!

People who don't seem to come away with a general view of what science....all science.... shows us just think it's as easy as taking a pill. Kinda like anti-choice people who just think that the egg gets fertilized (somehow....) and then it's just a "baby"!

Science shows us that EVERYTHING is way more complex than you can imagine, and way more interconnected than you can POSSIBLY imagine. People who don't "do" science never think things thru. After taking some pill.... it just works. Right? Kinda like saying "god did it" when it comes to complex and mind boggling things.... like evolution or sex.

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My hormonal contraceptive story - why it isn't just "buying rubbers at 7/11 like the rest of us" [View all] Heddi Nov 2014 OP

K&R and glad to be the first to ask EvolveOrConvolve Nov 2014 #1

I think because many of them really *aren't* progressive. Heddi Nov 2014 #3

RACIST! Rainforestgoddess Nov 2014 #6

Sorry...just made homemade Crab Rangoon Heddi Nov 2014 #8

I actually heard a Democrat, a female Democrat, say she was happy about the SCOTUS decision progressoid Nov 2014 #11

I agree 100%, deucemagnet Nov 2014 #2

Thanks. I'm ready to be over with it Heddi Nov 2014 #4

That joke should be on a Kotex wrapper. deucemagnet Nov 2014 #17

I hope your story will not fall on only deaf ears Rainforestgoddess Nov 2014 #5

The sad thing is that many of the "buy rubbers" people are married to a woman. Heddi Nov 2014 #7

You are awesome. trotsky Nov 2014 #9

damn, you have been through a lot RussBLib Nov 2014 #10

This has left me gobsmacked for years...decades kdmorris Nov 2014 #12

I'm sure there's a litany of stupid excuses how none of this is actually the fault of religion. AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #13

And if we would just stop being such bigoted atheists... trotsky Nov 2014 #14

As usual..... it comes down to simplification... AlbertCat Nov 2014 #15

I care. AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #16

Thank you so much for this amazing post theHandpuppet Nov 2014 #18

Hey sweetie, thanks for sharing your story Heather MC Nov 2014 #19

Thanks, and why I care... onager Nov 2014 #20

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