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Here\u2019s another thing we\u2019re against: we\u2019re against cruelty to animals. Yes, we think that animals are God\u2019s creatures too. They were created to be our pets and our providers and our companions in life. We were created to be their stewards and overseers, and that we should treat all God\u2019s creatures with compassion and kindness. We like St Francis and the stories of him preaching to the birds and converting the wolf of Gubbio.<\/div>\n

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However, we also think human beings are more important than animals. While it\u2019s a terrible thing to club a baby seal to death, we think it is actually a more merciful way to die than partial birth abortion in which a human baby about to be born is, instead, delivered feet first, has a scissors rammed into its skull, then has his brains sucked out. We also think its worse for a baby who is born alive after a botched abortion to be smothered or left on a cold steel table in an abortuary to die. We also think it is worse for an unborn baby to be poisoned in the womb, cut up into little pieces and sucked out of his mother\u2019s body by a medical vaccuum cleaner.<\/div>\n
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\u201cBut you only use the most terrible examples!\u201d the abortionists cry \u201cMost abortions take place before six weeks when the result of conception is only a collection of cells.\u201d<\/div>\n
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But is not every human being \u2018a collection of cells\u2019? <\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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