In 1979, McDonald\u2019s introduced the Happy Meal.<\/p>\n
Sometime after that, it was decided that the Bible teaches that human life begins at conception.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In \u201cThe \u2018Biblical View\u2019 That\u2019s Younger than the Happy Meal,\u201d Fred Clark of the Slactivist discusses the 1980s development of the idea that soul is implanted at conception. This is especially pertinent after my post yesterday on abortion and contraception. Here\u2019s a quote: In 1979, McDonald\u2019s introduced the Happy Meal. Sometime after that, it was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":845,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-worthwhile-reads"],"yoast_head":"\n
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