22nd March 2013
“In the Middle Ages there were no laws on abortion, and it was not until the 1580s that Pope Sixtus V decided that all abortions were a sin. Even then early term abortion was tolerated up to the mid 1800s.”
“In the Middle Ages there were no laws on abortion, and it was not until the 1580s that Pope Sixtus V decided that all abortions were a sin. Even then early term abortion was tolerated up to the mid 1800s.”
March 22nd, 2013 at 14:24
… and even then the punishment for being involved in an abortion was excommunication. Big whoop! What is weird today is all the nut bags who take punishing abortionists to a level the church doesn’t even support.
March 22nd, 2013 at 16:03
That’s why the Church is so committed to making it against the law – they have no real punishment so they have to get the law to do it for them.
March 22nd, 2013 at 16:13
Just came up on my daily quote site:
A society without religion is like a vessel without compass. Napoleon
Too bad that he couldn’t know that a gyroscope would do just fine…
March 22nd, 2013 at 20:23
I like it Jeff. The gyroscope bit that is.
Abortion, like the death penalty, simply requires more thought than most folks are willing to commit to.
And relying upon a particularr clergy person’s interpretation of ancient texts is terribly lazy.