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The Great Ralph Towner, Live in Korea: "Anthem~Nardis"

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sagehen9/20/2020 11:06:49 am PDT

re: #159 Hecuba’s daughter

Can someone direct me to the biblical passage that condemns abortion?

There’s biblical passages that talk about abortions, and talk about the sanctity of the unborn, but they certainly don’t say what the anti-abortion folk would like us to believe they say.

Exodus 21:22 et seq — if you assault a pregnant woman in such a way as to cause a miscarriage… it’s not murder. The lost fetus is not a person. The penalty is financial compensation to the woman and her husband, but ABSOLUTELY NOT the penalty that would apply to killing a human being.

Numbers 5:11 et seq — if a pregnant woman’s husband suspects he’s not the father, there’s a ritual and potion to allow God to judge whether or not husband is right. If it turns out that the pregnancy was caused by adultery, terminating the pregnancy is REQUIRED.