Pregnancy isn't the only thing that can result from rape, are they 'gifts' from God too?

[ck4829]

If a raped woman wasn't intended to get HIV as a gift from God then her body has ways of shutting that down. Who are we to question God's great plan and gift giving formula, right?

[LiberalLoner]

1. Maybe cancer is a gift from God too. After all it's kind of a form of life - just think of

Henrietta Lacks eternal HeLa cells...

[ck4829]

2. The way they talk about abortion causing breast cancer and then deny miscarriage does the same thing

I can picture them believing some old guy with a long beard is sitting in front of a giant computer pressing 'CANCER' and giving that and other 'gifts' to the sinners out there.

[imanamerican63]

3. This just goes to show.......

those who speak before they think has no clue to what ever they say! ie: Mitt, Sarah, Donald, Todd, Paul, Richard, and so many more??????? But they are from the same think tanks that are running on empty!!!!

[Risen Demon]

4. It's disgusting

The way these Rethug types think is delusional and self-absorbed. They'll always throw 'God's Will' at any wrong-doing as a way to either justify their ideals or protect their precious ego from admitting they are wrong.

[RKP5637]

7. Today, republicanism could really be classified as a form of illness. n/t

[RKP5637]

5. Surely the way some hype war, death and destruction, one can only conclude those are

gifts from god too.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

6. things like PTSD and intimacy problems get little attention

[ck4829]

9. I wanted to go further with this originally, but kept it simple

PTSD must be a part of God's plan for raped women though, and trying to give them therapy means you are some sort of demonic spawn.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

10. then I'm certain to go to hell

[ck4829]

11. And I'll be sure to follow you in

[ProudProgressiveNow]

19. Be looking for you guys.....

I will probably get there first.

[Odin2005]

20. A friend of mine still gets nightmares from being raped 3 years ago.

That shit doesn't go away!

[Iggo]

8. The rape itself is a gift from god.

Woo! Mysterious ways! Wooooo!

[tblue]

12. Maybe safe, legal abortion was a gift too

I mean, where do you stop? Anything that is or anything that happens can, by the same logic, be called a gift from God. And therefore:

Rape is a gift from God
President Obama is a gift from God
Marijuana is a gift from God
Illegal immigrants are a gift from God
The (imagined) War on Christmasr is a gift from God
High gas prices are a gift from God
Iran is a gift from God
Gun control laws are a gift from God

Everything else is a gift from God too

[ThomThom]

13. once again these god people are trying to force their narrow view

on everyone else
They don't seem to understand what democracy is or what it means to make a decision and go on.

[HopeHoops]

14. God wants you to have chlamydia.

[porphyrian]

15. Vote republicans out. n/t

[wiggs]

16. Good point. Thing is...these guys HAVE to come to the conclusion that Mourdock did...otherwise

they aren't internally logical. It's what happens when you start with two highly suspect suppositions: 1) God personally messes around in our lives all the time, causing this and tweaking that, including deciding where and when souls enter a body and 2) life begins at conception.

If you start there....you end up with Mourdock and Ryan. Another problem, then, is that they don't keep these suppositions and conclusions to themselves and their own families...they legislate, fundraise, and kill doctors so that YOU have to accept it all too.

[TwilightGardener]

17. It's God's will.

[LynneSin]

18. How about a lifetime of mental trauma...

I'm guessing that's a gift from God too?

[riderinthestorm]

21. Really good point too important to drop off the front page. K&R nt

[riderinthestorm]

22. Afternoon kick! nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

23. woman's body has a way of "shutting that whole thing down"