Re: >^..^< The cats on Candlemas 2008

In article <U1opj.41959$ow.26499@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 "Karl Johanson" <karljohanson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> >> Abortion is a comparatively minor sin, according to the Bible.
> 
> ><<big snip>>
> 
> >Your citations are ALL from the OT, concerning the Mosaic law.
> 
> Two examples rates an all caps "ALL"? Hmmm...
> 
> The 'New Testement' clearly states that all the leaders or all nations 
> are there at god's will, as there is only god's will and that you must 
> submit yourself to that will. In your country's example: Richard Nixon 
> was the leader when it was made it illegal for individual states in the 
> US to ban abortion. That (according to the New Testament) was god's 
> will.

I don't follow the logic of your argument. You seem to be assuming that 
if God makes it possible to do something, he must also approve of you 
doing it-that the only possible view of a world controlled by God is 
something close to "everything permitted is required, everything not 
required is prohibited." Surely that's inconsistent with the Catholic 
position on free will.

One could just as easily argue that God arranged for the Supreme Court 
(not the President) to prevent states from making abortion illegal in 
order to test believers, giving them an op****tunity to resist the 
temptation to sin.

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