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they resort to simple-minded slogans, which they repeat ad nauseam, despite correction.
iii) Reasnor disregards many examples in the Mosaic code where the law regulates evil customs.
Take purchasing foreign slaves. Human trafficking is evil. In this case, the Mosaic law makes the
best of a bad situation.
iv) Scripture nowhere says or implies that "support of regulationist bills reinforce the legitimacy of
abortion in the general psyche of the culture."
v) To say that "support for regulationist bills assume the legitimacy of the act it is regulating" is a
thoughtless statement that makes no effort to consider easy counterexamples.
For instance, Plains Indians couldn't defeat the American infantry. As a result, Indian tribes had to
negotiate treaties with the Federal gov't from a position of weakness. Did they presume the
legitimacy of the process? Hardly. But it was a choice between a bad negotiated settlement and a
worse alternative.