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Originally Posted by peter12
I'm not sharing his perspective at all. I am just saying that from a certain, more enlightened perspective, the point is an interesting one to contemplate.
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Absolutely. But lets face it, no bible thumper can really be considered "enlightened". Enlightenment does not come from religious proselytization. And that, of course, is why this debate is so polarizing. Both sides are so convinced of the truth of their dogma they are simply unable to comprehend the possibility that there is another view point.
The morality of abortion is virtually impossible to debate from any kind of enlightened perspective for this very reason. There are a million different viewpoints on when a person is a person, and I wouldn't trust a single person who came up to me and said their view was the correct one. In the end, we each decide where we stand. The closest this debate will ever come to enlightenment is when everyone has the confidence in their own convictions to say "this is what I believe, but I respect that you may believe different."
There will never be a uniform opinion on where the morality line falls. And with that in mind, there is no possible way that a law could be written to satisfy the morals of everyone.