On 6/14/06, Jim Guinee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Because it is. He is the only one who made such an assertion. Other respondents took the study and batted it around without focusing one iota on the identity of the person who posted it.
Well, I'm one of those "other respondents", and I had the same thoughts that Stephen had, but just didn't mention them. In fact, far from being ridiculous, I think that Stephen's assertion is obviously true. Sorry, Jim, but we live in a world drenched in propaganda from people with right-wing religious agendae (obviously including an agenda re. abortion, a topic almost never raised without an agenda) and it would be dishonest, delusional, or both to ignore that fact. I assume that the NEXT time that a study about the mental health effects of abortion is mentioned in a public forum, it'll be by someone who wants to draw attention to that study's conclusions. And the time after that, and the time after that, and the time after that, and so on. I was also very sorry to see Jim pull out the "religion under attack" line. As I pointed out once when this came up in the past, TIPS is in general not a very "PC" place, and I see no sign that religious beliefs and religious believers have been subjected to any special attacks. We think that lots of things are essentially "fairy tales", and again, it would be dishonest to make some kind of special exception for certain of people's false beliefs simply because those beliefs are associated with some religion. I'm not particularly surprised to hear that there are Christians who are "reluctant to get involved", but if it's because they're afraid that their beliefs will be challenged, they're asking for special status, whether or not they're aware of it. If it's because they're afraid they'll be labeled and ostracized, well, that hasn't happened to Aubyn, has it? I can confidently say that it never occurred to me to start dismissing her contributions, or even giving them special scrutiny just because I read her comment that she is "both a Christian and a psychologist". --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
