Christian Dishonesty: Intelligent Design and Life at Conception are Not Religious


Anti-abortion has run into an honest judge. When this happens religious zealots lose. 

Readers may recall the case in Ohio several years ago where a religious group claimed "Intelligent Design" was an explanation of the origin of humans on the same scientific plane as evolution. Then a memo showed up where Christians admitted "Intelligent Design" was a ruse to disguise the real message, creationism. A judge ruled goodbye Intelligent Design in public schools. 

Something similar has happened with abortion. I don't know what the ultimate end will be, but at this point a judge in Kentucky declared a human life at conception is a religious concept, not science. As I understand it, cases are now coming forward are not based on privacy like Roe.  They are based instead on use of religion to stop abortions. As readers know, anti-abortion zealots claim there is "science based" evidence the fetus is a human being separate from the mother. For a century or so the Catholic Church has taught the fertilized cell is a human being. The argument there is "science" behind this claim came up only recently. Before the "science" it was an unabashed religious idea.

If other judges find the "heartbeat" and the "DNA" ruses for putting religious views into law, the entire playing field will change. I call it a "playing field" because religious people think laws are a big game. They tried to game the legal system with the "Intelligent Design." They were so close to being successful even the dufus President W. Bush said both "scientific theories," Intelligent Design and evolution, should be taught in public schools. It remains a mystery how someone with so little capacity for rational thought could have graduated from Yale and Harvard and become President.

I remember the dishonesty of anti-abortion protesters back in the 1980's. They paraded in front of the abortion clinic in Fargo with pictures they claimed were of fetuses. Doctors familiar with these images said they were pictures of born babies. Gaming the publicity system was there, just like it was in Intelligent Design.

Using religion against anti-abortion was always thought to be a loser by choice people. Now that privacy may not carry the day as it once did the time to put religion on the chopping block may have arrived. 


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  1. GrandmaJuly 27, 2022 at 2:29 PM

    Thanks. I worked at that clinic and the actions of the “protesters “ were unbelievable, even screaming “don’t go in there we can help you “ for someone hoping for a positive pregnancy test.

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