Comments on: Thoughts for a Rainy September Friday

By: Silence? What’s That? | Careful Thought

Silence? What’s That? | Careful Thought — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:43:19 +0000

[...] Edelen at Cerulean Sanctum posts some thoughts on the notion of silence. I’ve been thinking a lot about silence. (I guess if [...]

By: Oengus Moonbones

Oengus Moonbones — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:55:42 +0000

Old Old Dire Dan: “Does a peace effort even exist in American churches outside of dead, liberal mainline denominations and a handful of Quakers?”

I dunno. But what constitutes a “peace effort” in your view? Please tell us who are so ignorant.

However, in explaining things, do avoid flighty abstractions and do make specific proposals involving real-world countries and conflicts. There are a lot of mean, nasty people out there. What happens when some of them really do want to kill lots and lots of people?

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:29:04 +0000

Not sure if this relates to the posting, but I wonder if Abraham Lincoln would be as outraged at abortion as he was over slavery. Because it was the issue of slavery that ultimately provided the impetus to go for him to aim for the White House and stamp the practice out, for good. I suppose one main difference between abortion and slavery is that there was a heavy regional component to slavery, which helped divide the Union from the Confederacy. Although, keep in mind that the Civil War was never fought over the issue of slavery.

To deflect one potential criticism, no I don’t think abortions will drop to zero if the law changes. Slavery still exists in parts of the world, including the U.S., though definitely not the way it once did. Perhaps with a change in the abortion law, the whole option of an abortion will not even come across people’s minds, people who want to obey the law (and have a respect for human life).