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You did say “parasitical,” good point. Children that are older would still fit the same definition of “parastical,” especially newborn children. Would this mean they are eligible for killing? (Som...

A parasite always involves a separate species that comes from outside the host. An embryo is neither. Its not a separate species and comes from a fertilized egg from the mother and father. It doesn...

You say that the genetic material is virtually the same in any embryo at “that stage of development” I’m not sure when “that stage” is, but it is my understanding that there is some significant disagr...

You say that you do not impose your ethics on others and that I am “very comfortable” doing so, (which is a bit of a leap from my statement that an innocent human life should not be killed—why is tha...

You say that you do not impose your ethics on others and that I am “very comfortable” doing so, (which is a bit of a leap from my statement that an innocent human life should not be killed—why is tha...

The term “facts on the ground” is not meant to imply that a person’s body is a battlefield. It’s a well known phrase which means that, when assessing any given situation—whether you are analyzing a ...

When a woman is pregnant, the facts on the ground are that a human life is present with the unborn child. Other than fiat, or simple proclamation, how does an inalienable right exist to terminate tha...

In a nutshell, people are pro-life because biologically and genetically, fetuses are human lives and their protection coheres with how our society legally and philosophically defines the human person ...

What you say is true--most reporting on Christian/Conservative matters is heavily slanted or made up, which is why I was surprised at the surprisingly un-biased sounding coverage by Gothamist. Kudos ...

Insulting?...

Squirrel, Was the piano player guy a hoax? I've always wondered about that, but nobody that I knows has ever heard of that story. Does anyone have a link to that being resolved?...

The Catholic Church is the largest charitable organization in the world. It feeds, shelters, and cares for the poor the world over. It runs countless hospitals, schools and other agencies solely to ...

Are there units given or is it just a number? Does it count the total carbon/greenhouse gases in the atmosphere or just that which is anthropogenically produced? Is this supposed to be helpful or ju...

Virgil, You make some good points...notably, that most of the American Catholic community--left, right and in-between--doesn't want William Donahue (sp?) to speak for them. He is, as you say, as bad ...

# 11 Few Catholics "whine" about being a persecuted minority, per se. I think a lot of us do legitimately complain about being persecuted unjustly and being too easily misconstrued and judged. The C...