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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Of course. I said "coherent" theory. Anything that talks about a sliding scale and balancing rights is probably non-religious, but it's also not coherent, except in the law school sense that it will provide some future court with some mumbo jumbo to justify a result. The idea that "life" (whatever that means) begins at conception, or that there is a discernable day at which one goes from "non-objectionable medical procedure" to "murder," is necessarily spiritual in nature.
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Interesting definitions of both coherent and religious.
Can you give me a coherent, non-religious analysis of how to distinguish between a minor and an adult for purposes of laws against statutory rape and pedophilia? Do you think there is a non-religious basis for jailing practicing NAMBLA types?
