Oh my, the variety of thought-stopping labels that Christians throw at those who challenge them! I'm sure there are more than I know of, but I just got slapped with one of the most popular: "Bitter"
As in, why do you not play along to the tune I play, a la Matthew 11: 16-17?
When a pro-choice person refers to "a blob of cells" they are referring to a Blastula , the medical term for the first three weeks after fertilization of an egg. During this time, the three layers are forming that will become the placenta, and two other layers that will support the appearance someday of different organ systems. It literally is a blob. Seriously!
After that comes the stage of the embryo, again about three weeks. During these three weeks the development of an outer form takes shape, and while the rudimentary formations of necessary body systems is just beginning. Pro-lifers like to hand out little plastic "babies" of this stage of development. So, even though the brain or nervous system are not fully functioning at this stage, the outside is starting to take shape, and this shape misleads people into seeing the unborn child as a teeny tiny miniature adult. (Electrical twitches do start in the brain at the end of this stage, but that does not denote function.The heart will also regularly spasm soon, but the circulatory system is not yet functioning either.) That is not the reality.
From the above link:
So, when a pro-life person shows a picture of a dead fetus, asking "does this look like a blob of cells to you?" it's pure emotional manipulation AND it's deceitful!
Of course I objected to the manipulation, and the response was just classic fundy!
"Why are you so bitter?"
Next will come thought-stoppers like rebellious, sin of witchcraft, who knows what else? Ugh.
I just hid the conversation and am going to ignore her, in hopes of living the more detached life of the yogi. Let the fundamentalists be the ones all twisted up with anxiety and hate. I won't defend myself because the question is so irrelevant to the issue, there is no way to respond without giving the question merit. And so I will just be still and silent in the face of that question.
I could be accurately accused of "hit and run" posting, but that's only because any response would be allowing her to redefine the argument from the content of her post to the state of my emotions. And guess what? I don't have to allow that, and I don't feel guilty about it either, because I don't have to be perfect anymore!
As most of my readers know, once you've been called bitter, there's no way of proving you're not. People could see the peace on your face, hear the calm in your voice, while they are frothing at the mouth and still call YOU the bitter one. They would keep on in their own hysteria and never see beyond it.
I fear for my country, now that fundemantalist Christianity has stunted so many minds. Honest inquiry is foreign to them, as they look the their preachers, authors and organizations to tell them what to think. That is the only way an intelligent grown woman could show a picture of a mid-term fetus (20 weeks probably) and ask "does this look like a blob of cells to you?" She has done no personal research on either gestation or the pro-choice position. She just believes what she has been told by others without checking it out on her own.
*sigh*
May God have mercy on the USA and save her from his "followers".
As in, why do you not play along to the tune I play, a la Matthew 11: 16-17?
She posted a picture of Michelle Duggars dead child, and underneath is some drivel about "is this just a blob of cells" which is a misleading and dishonest question.16 “But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates,17 “‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
When a pro-choice person refers to "a blob of cells" they are referring to a Blastula , the medical term for the first three weeks after fertilization of an egg. During this time, the three layers are forming that will become the placenta, and two other layers that will support the appearance someday of different organ systems. It literally is a blob. Seriously!
After that comes the stage of the embryo, again about three weeks. During these three weeks the development of an outer form takes shape, and while the rudimentary formations of necessary body systems is just beginning. Pro-lifers like to hand out little plastic "babies" of this stage of development. So, even though the brain or nervous system are not fully functioning at this stage, the outside is starting to take shape, and this shape misleads people into seeing the unborn child as a teeny tiny miniature adult. (Electrical twitches do start in the brain at the end of this stage, but that does not denote function.The heart will also regularly spasm soon, but the circulatory system is not yet functioning either.) That is not the reality.
From the above link:
Following this stage, the term "fetus" is used, meaning "little one", because even though it will be weeks before the child could survive on its own EVEN WITH our amazing life-saving drugs, surgeries and interventions, from about week nine of gestation, the outside looks clearly human.Abortion
See also: MiscarriageSome embryos do not survive through to the fetal stage, which begins about two months after fertilization (10 weeks LMP). Embryos may be aborted spontaneously or purposely.Studies using very sensitive early pregnancy tests have found that 25% of embryos are aborted by the sixth week LMP (since the woman's last menstrual period), even if a woman does not realize it.[4][5] Abortions after the sixth week LMP happen in 8% of pregnancies.[5] The risk of them is "virtually complete by the end of the embryonic period," with a rate of only two percent after 8.5 weeks LMP.[6]The most common natural cause of abortion of an embryo is chromosomal abnormality,[7] which accounts for at least 50% of sampled early pregnancy losses.[8] Advancing maternal age and a patient history of previous spontaneous abortions are the two leading risk factors.[8][edit]Induced abortion
See also: AbortionThe majority of induced abortions occur during the embryonic period. For example, in England and Wales during 2006, 68% of them occurred by the end of the embryonic period.[9]Induced (i.e. purposeful) abortion of an embryo may be accomplished by a variety of methods, including both pharmaceutical and surgical techniques. Suction-aspiration is the most common surgical method of aborting an embryo within the United States.[10]Common reasons for purposely aborting an embryo include a desire to delay or end childbearing, concern over the interruption of work oreducation, issues of financial or relationship stability, perceived immaturity and health concerns.[11][12]
So, when a pro-life person shows a picture of a dead fetus, asking "does this look like a blob of cells to you?" it's pure emotional manipulation AND it's deceitful!
Of course I objected to the manipulation, and the response was just classic fundy!
"Why are you so bitter?"
Next will come thought-stoppers like rebellious, sin of witchcraft, who knows what else? Ugh.
I just hid the conversation and am going to ignore her, in hopes of living the more detached life of the yogi. Let the fundamentalists be the ones all twisted up with anxiety and hate. I won't defend myself because the question is so irrelevant to the issue, there is no way to respond without giving the question merit. And so I will just be still and silent in the face of that question.
I could be accurately accused of "hit and run" posting, but that's only because any response would be allowing her to redefine the argument from the content of her post to the state of my emotions. And guess what? I don't have to allow that, and I don't feel guilty about it either, because I don't have to be perfect anymore!
As most of my readers know, once you've been called bitter, there's no way of proving you're not. People could see the peace on your face, hear the calm in your voice, while they are frothing at the mouth and still call YOU the bitter one. They would keep on in their own hysteria and never see beyond it.
I fear for my country, now that fundemantalist Christianity has stunted so many minds. Honest inquiry is foreign to them, as they look the their preachers, authors and organizations to tell them what to think. That is the only way an intelligent grown woman could show a picture of a mid-term fetus (20 weeks probably) and ask "does this look like a blob of cells to you?" She has done no personal research on either gestation or the pro-choice position. She just believes what she has been told by others without checking it out on her own.
*sigh*
May God have mercy on the USA and save her from his "followers".
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