What I found amazed me. I want to pass it on to any Pagans or others reading this blog.
There is NO mention of abortion in the Bible. Here is a site that purports to give the Biblical case against it.
Scripture mentions human life being in the womb at some point, but it NEVER mentions that conception is where Biblically important life begins. All one can tell from the Biblical passages is that at some time while in the womb the fetus becomes a person. To my knowledge mo one has ever argued otherwise.
In fact, I was amazed, truly amazed, to discover there is no direct mention of abortion anywhere in the Bible. None at all. The closest is Exodus 21:22-25, which the above site does not mention. But this passage does not support the religious right claims, it rebuts them:
And if men struggle with each other and strike a woman with child so that she has a miscarriage, yet there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman's husband may demand of him; and he shall pay as the judges decide. But if there is any further injury, then you shall appoint as a penalty life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
Violently causing a miscarriage is punished by a fine, and an uncertain one at that. Every other injury is compensated by the principle "an eye for an eye." If the mother is accidentally killed, the responsible party is still executed. But if she miscarries, only a fine is levied.
Very creative Biblical interpretation indeed is needed to conclude from this passage that abortion is murder. This is a pretty weak reed to split a country, murder doctors, and terrorize others in the name of some God or other.
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Jeremiah 1:5
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,before you were born I set you apart
Proverbs6:16-19
One of the 6 things God hates is the hands that shed innocent blood.
If god knew you before he formed you in the womb, if he set you apart before before you were born, Than you must have been innocent from the time of conception.
You can not just read the bible, you have to be in the word and have knowledge of the spirit of the bible to understand it. I pray that the holy spirit comes upon you, Enlightens you, and brings wisdom to you as you read his word, and I pray that he brings you peace beyond human understanding.
Dude it is sad to see how dumb you are! I strongly recommend you find somone alot smarter than them and let them teach you. You don't want to step out into eternity someday in your present mental condition. It won't be pretty!
Bob, In Jeremiah god is talking about making a prophet. He's not regarding all fetuses as life, he's talking about his plan to make a prophet, and then making him. You have to read the surrounding words to put it in context. I know that's not what you want to do, but that's how it's supposed to be read.
First of all to end this, when God says not to sacrifice your children to Molech he means it.... Thus yes, it is a sin, to lie is a sin as well, so judge as you be judged but do not deny the word of God less you seek his wrath....
The rationality of your argument equals the rationality of your religion.
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