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And a jerk amongst you will murder a righteous man
And the foolish women shall flock to that jerk
Attend to him at his trial at the hands of Caesar
And the jerk shall grin, as though he hath consumed the shit of a ram
And the hand of the jerk shall raise in greeting
And the foolish women shall shake with laughter,
Loving the jerk and yearning for the love of the jerk
Because their own fathers do not love them.
(And the Lord, our Father, also does not love them.)
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These people just scare the shit out of me and I wouldn't feel safe at all if these nutjobs lived in my town.
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And Jesus is from the NT and that is where most Christians get their basis, that God so loved the world He gave His only son to cleanse our sins. Its not up to the Christians who are alive now to kill people in the name of God or Jesus or the unborn babies.
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Again, I get that the NT is supposed to be a do-over, but who is to say God from the OT isn't making a comeback and is pissed off, maybe He changed His mind?
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If they feel justified by Biblical law in killing Dr. Tiller because they see him as a murderer, what does his killing (or the support of that killing) make them? Ask any one of these crazies that question and they'll give you a blank stare then begin to babble on again about the "murdered babies". They seem perfectly comfortable overlooking one of the big messages found in both OT and NT - attend to your own sins first and do your praying and fasting in private.
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So, although it says "Thou shalt not kill" without any qualifiers, lots of biblical stories show righteous killings of infidels, wars, etc.
I'm not surprised so many people pick and choose what they want to hear. It basically encourages them to do so.
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But then, I wouldn't call these people mainstream Christians anyway... they're nuts.
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I think there was actually an early Christian writer who suggested ignoring the OT altogether. He was anathematized, unfortunately.
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Obv., I agree completely, which brings me to what I hate most about the way anti-abortion supporters justify actions like murder and intimidation... That is, their complete, willful ignorance of the book itself, and the fact that the book has a long, tediously complicated history of interpretation. Whenever I think about that, my rage threatens to lift the top of my head.
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See. You just have to apply AWESOME logic. And by "awesome" I mean "terrifying" and by "logic" I mean "craziness."
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People should think for themselves. Even the New Testament is just a compilation of writings of men, some gospels were written as much as 120 years after Jesus' death. It just kind of floors me when even seemingly intelligent people want to talk about the "kind and forgiving God of the New Testament." Of course, I think the only thing Christianity has on Scientology is a couple thousand years.
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Sadly, religion in general, and certain strains of fundamentalism/extremism in particular, does not encourage this. (I agree completely, though.)
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@thePrototype: @thesciencegirl: Ummm... the god of the NT ain't exactly sunshine and rainbows, kids. I find there's is this distinction made between OT and NT that is largely just picked and chosen to create a division that isn't as severe as people are lead to believe.
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Ergo, regular murder is okay.
QUOD ERAT DEMONSTRANDUM BISHES.
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Well that's a bit scary.
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However, in the last two years, I haven't had any problems. Nice, light periods (though I do get some heinous acne once a month).
My doctor only had me come in to check the placement of the strings once and never told me to check them myself. She moved to another state about a year ago, so I'm now somewhat concerned given the stories I've been reading!
As a note - I have the version of Mirena with hormones because the hormones help control the growth of cysts on my ovaries.
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When my ob-gyn was going to put it in, she needed to do a test on cells from my cervix first. Putting something SMALLER than the IUD in my apparently tight little cervix was Immensely screamingly painful.
What I was screaming was "ignore my screaming and do what your have to do!" but we were both so shaken by the experience that we decided on NuvaRing instead.
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I went to Planned Parenthood and the nurse answered all of my questions and told me to come back in a week for an IUD. Insertion was hellacious, even with two cytotec beforehand for cervical softening, and I'm still in the settling-in period where I have a lot of cramping. But I'm praying it works out, because it's like I have my brain back. I haven't felt depressed or had an anxiety attack in three weeks; I think my record on birth control was six days without some kind of horrible mood swing.
Also, PID is dangerous but it's not a guaranteed game-ender for your fertility. My mother had a Dalkon Shield which got infected and landed her in the hospital. She still had three oops babies later in life.
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Now I'm questioning how much of that was even true. For now I'm on the pill, but it's not ideal. Of course, I don't know that having even more cramps and heavy periods on top of already painful periods is any more ideal. But it's an option and obviously my doctor has some strange opinions about it.
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Also, the Mirena - unlike the copper IUD - actually makes my periods much, much lighter as well as my cramps. Because that was definitely a huge factor for me, more so than even avoiding pregnancy.
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I'd like to get a copper IUD, but before the pill my periods were 8 days and heavy, I don't want them getting worse. I also want my sex drive back and the crazies to go away. Mirena still contains hormones so I'm a bit iffy about that.
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As Megan stated, having the IUD insterted was painful. For me, it was a day or two worth of tear-inducing cramping. After the initial pain, I thought it worked well for me ... until about a year later, when one morning I felt intense cramping. I knew it wasn't my period - I was at work and was soon on the floor, crying and doubled over in pain. A coworker drove me to the ER, where, after loudly explaining that my cervix was cramping and no I wasn't "having pms", I was taken into a private room where a nurse inserted a speculum and took a look.
"The string has come out a little further than normal," she said. She pulled it a little, and then it was in her hand.
The IUD fell apart. IN MY UTERUS.
After a shot of something in the ass and some morphine and antibiotics, and 3 hours on a gurney waiting for an ultrasound to see if there was any damage to my uterine walls, I was sent home. Later that week, I had to go back to my gynecologist, and she managed to remove the offending broken piece still remaining in my uterus.
Needless to say, I was PISSED. And I will never recommend the IUD, based on the experience I had. I have been using the Nuva Ring for years now and I love it. I understand that the IUD is something that should be promoted as a generally safe form of birth control, I won't be the one to promote it.
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My doctor couldn't get it out. I have NEVER felt pain like when she tugged on the strings and ended up pulling my whole uterus because it turned out the Mirena had become imbedded in the wall of my uterus. (Not like the perforation that can happen when they put it in - apparently over time my uterus had grown scar tissue over the Mirena.
Many ultrasounds and one full-on surgery later, it was finally out. (Thank goodness I live in Canada, because if the medical costs weren't covered, the removal would have ended up costing me several thousand dollars.) Sadly, that isn't the end of the story. Because it caused such extensive scarring in my uterus, I may not ever be able to get pregnant. Within the next month or so I have a test (which is supposedly very painful) to try to determine the extent of the scarring.
When I talked to the surgeon after the removal, I asked how common this kind of "complication" was. Her response: it's incorrect to call this a complication, because that suggests that it's unexpected. In fact, this happens so often that it's "just one of the possible expected outcomes," in her words.
I'm not very pro-IUD right now.