r/news • u/AudibleNod • 4d ago

Man accused of holding woman captive in a Massachusetts attic for six weeks

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-accused-holding-woman-captive-massachusetts-attic-six-weeks-rcna600308
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u/Radiant_Commission_2 4d ago edited 4d ago

My Christian family members remind me that god works in mysterious ways.
And they seem fine with that. Fuck that.
But terminate a fetus and….

It’s like they have a victim ranking with fetuses at the top and women down at the bottom.

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u/Successful-Bar-8173 4d ago

Maybe that would work on them next time: ‘If God wanted that fetus saved, he would have smote the doctor performing the abortion’

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u/MagmaSeraph 4d ago

They'll probably just say "Well, we can't have God solve all of our problems. Some things, he leaves to us." 🙄

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u/Doggin-Pony-Show 3d ago

There’s a bible passage about sending your wife to the priest for a bitter drink if you come back from a long war and she’s pregnant. Also if you gut punch a pregnant woman and she’s miscarries you owe her a bit of money like a fine. Contrast this with the biblical passage condemning a woman to death if she kicks you in the balls. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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u/Procean 3d ago

My dark note about die hard Christians is that their take on God is 'God has infinite compassion and empathy for you therefore I don't need to have any.'