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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank

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To: Win Smith who wrote (5884)2/16/2001 5:08:08 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
Saying that 'human life begins at conception" is a theological position

No it isn't. It is true that many people who believe that human life begins at conception have certain theological beliefs, but the belief that human life begins at conception is no theological.

Theological -
Main Entry: theo.log.i.cal
Pronunciation: -'lä-ji-k&l
Function: adjective
Date: 15th century
Variant(s): also theo.log.ic /-jik/
1 : of or relating to theology
2 : preparing for a religious vocation
- theo.log.i.cal.ly /-ji-k(&-)lE/ adverb

Theology -

Main Entry: the.ol.o.gy
Pronunciation: thE-'ä-l&-jE
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English theologie, from Latin theologia, from Greek,
from the- + -logia -logy
Date: 14th century
Inflected Form(s): plural -gies
1 : the study of religious faith, practice, and experience; especially : the
study of God and of God's relation to the world
2 a : a theological theory or system b : a distinctive body of theological
opinion
3 : a usually 4-year course of specialized religious training in a Roman
Catholic major seminary

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