‘ they’ would put ‘their’ energy…., with spellchecker one should always proofread, sorry.

@jam, I did not claim the GOP opposes contraceptives. I claimed that if those (whether GOP or other) vociferously opposing abortion were serious in that claim, the would put there energy in agitating for comprehensive sexual education combined with easy access to contraceptives.

How so?

Sorry. but what a load of rot.

But what do you mean by “truth”? If the physical world is all there is, and empiricism is your only tool, then you really are denying that truth as such exists: There are only meaningless patterns of data, observed and predicted in an endless cycle. In a world where everything blindly fits into a preordained but quite meaningless pattern, there is no place for a unique, unrepeatable human person who breaks the pattern — an “I”, or a “you”, much less an “us”. There is no possibility of meaning or value or identity. That’s what one signs up for when they choose such a worldview. So they make the most of it.

It’s true that water is made up of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. It’s true that humans developed from other animals via evolution. We are not the result of any of the creation myths of the various religions. Facts are true. God is not a fact. You believe he is real. He is real for you. That does not make him reality. Yes, the physical world is all there is, but there is also imagination. What we imagine may or may not be true. God is part of your imagination. I don’t deny that it’s possible that God is real, but I think it’s highly improbable. It’s also possible that there’s a teapot orbiting the Sun between Earth and Mars (Google Russell’s teapot), but it’s improbable and I don’t think it’s there. Whether it’s there or not, it’s not a fact until it’s proven. There is no proof of God’s existence. Some people believe he is real. That’s all.

We don’t need belief in a god to have a full and wonderful life. In fact, you could argue that it’s more likely if you don’t believe in a god. This is all there is. We have to make the most of what we have.

It is if they support those who want to prevent access.

Yes, God is truth. If you don’t believe in God, and you believe that the physical world is all there is, then what do you mean by “truth”? Is it true that “Honesty is the best policy”? Or that “All men are equal”?

@HH: Yeah, but the claim was that the GOP opposes “access” to contraception. That’s not true.

The lamestream media discredited themselves way before Trump. Then the Internet came along, and suddenly the great unwashed, the deplorables, suddenly found themselves empowered to hold the big media accountable. Credit Trump with being astute or instinctive enough to get that.