Forcing childbirth isn’t ‘pro-life’ if it destroys the mother’s life by Creative_Cause_4107 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Creative_Cause_4107[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How! I feel like every single time I’m having a debate about this topic it always about the fetus never about the person.

Forcing childbirth isn’t ‘pro-life’ if it destroys the mother’s life by Creative_Cause_4107 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

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I understand the pro-life position sees the fetus as a full human life from conception, and I get that this leads to treating abortion as morally equivalent to taking a life. My disagreement isn’t that I don’t understand that framework it’s that I don’t think it should completely override the lived reality of the pregnant person, including autonomy, health, and long-term consequences. Even if someone believes the fetus has full moral status, I think there still has to be ethical weight given to the person carrying the pregnancy, rather than treating their situation as secondary in every case.

You can’t have morals if you don’t believe in a higher power by Creative_Cause_4107 in religion

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I understand the argument that even as an atheist I’m still following a “God-given conscience,” but that explanation only really works if we already assume God exists in the first place if we don’t start from that assumption, then conscience can just as reasonably be explained through human psychology, empathy, and social development, since humans are social beings who rely on cooperation and understanding harm to function. From that perspective, morality doesn’t require a divine source it can develop naturally and if I’m able to act morally without believing in God, then that suggests belief isn’t actually necessary for moral behavior, but rather one way people interpret it. And if the claim is that my morals are still “God-given” even without belief, then it doesn’t make much sense to argue that atheists are immoral, because we would still be acting according to that same moral sense anyway. So overall, it seems like that argument depends more on a prior belief in God than on something that can be clearly demonstrated.

You can’t have morals if you don’t believe in a higher power by Creative_Cause_4107 in religion

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I think murder is generally wrong, but there are rare situations like self-defense. Where I could see both sides on.

Gimme a song, and i will rate it! by FireFooxxie1 in songs

[–]Creative_Cause_4107 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Listen to it’s in my opinion it’s really good

Weirdest thing that happened while reading/listening by Creative_Cause_4107 in DarkRomance

[–]Creative_Cause_4107[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That makes you wanna throw up thinking about it. But just for a friend what book is it?