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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't mind if people are religious, as long as they keep it to themselves.  Meaning: stop making laws based on your holy book and not on basic human morality.  [/quote]

Yes, this. My body is not a Christian body so I wish all the anti-abortion folks would stop invoking their religion to prevent me from making my own decisions about what to do with it. [/quote]

I’m not religious and I’m pro-life. I’m against killing human life. (I’m also against the death penalty, etc.)

I vote accordingly and it has nothing to do with religion. [/quote]

You could just not have an abortion and let other women make their own decisions. [/quote]
Pro-lifers think they are voting to save the life of the child. They think they're speaking for the voiceless unborn baby. An argument of "live and let live" doesn't address their underlying understanding of the situation or their motivation to vote on the issue the way they do.

As for OP's sister's larger problem, it seems like she is struggling more with hypocrisy and inaction among [i]people[/i] than God. If someone believes in God, why aren't they acting in ways that support God's people and God's earth? Why are people so bent on using God as an excuse to discriminate? The language of "why would God allow X, Y or Z" from someone who doesn't believe in God is really a way of asking believers why [i]they[/i] allow that in the name of God. And THAT question is not a bad question. Why aren't people better to each other? Why is humanity often just so awful?[/quote]

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