Bard, appreciate your scriptorial abilities but then these become matters of
faith, belief and the supernatural. These are not the basis of fact, and IMHO
pauline doctrine is heresy and false.
But that is nether here nor there. This is not a "witness" list and there is
IMHO many valid interpretations of scripture, some cited, especially old
testament, that gives validity to abortion and a woman's choice.
If you care to talk about religiousity and its use in conspiracy; or how
abortion is used to divide people. or some other aspect along logical lines.
But faiths and beliefs would best be left to one's personal closet with God.
And are off-topic for this list. Thank-you.
And what do you do with the "pagans?" Kill 'em? Enslave 'em? Take their land?
Declare their religions invalid? Are you superior? If so, why?
MHO
OM
K
In a message dated 4/9/00 6:37:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Sexual intercourse between a married person and someone who is not his
or her mate is adultery. (Ex. 20:14)
Fornication is sex between two unmarried people. The apostle Paul said
this is a sin against the body. He commands Christians to flee
fornication as a sin against self and God, for the believer's body is the
temple of the Holy Spirit (I Cor.6:18, 19), Paul says that if a
believer takes his body and joins it to a harlot (or someone who is immoral),
he is joining Jesus Christ to that person (I Cor. 6:15, 16).
It is very important to understand that neither fornicators nor adulterers
will enter the kingdom of heaven (I Cor. 6:9, 10).
In today's world, the term fornication is rarely used and immorality between
unmarried people is commonly accepted as a life-style.
But immorality, however commonplace, is a sin that will keep millions of
people out of heaven, unless they repent.
Insofar as abortion is concerned it is definitely wrong.
It is the taking of a human life, for the Bible shows that life begins
at conception. God fashions us while we are in our mother's womb
(Ps. 139:13). The prophet Jeremiah and the apostle Paul were called by
God before they were born (Jer. 1:5; Gal. 1:15).
John the Baptist leaped in his mother's womb when the voice of Mary, the
mother of the Lord, was heard (Luke 1:44). Obviously children in
the womb have spiritual identity.
From the moment of conception there is a progression of development that
continues through adulthood. God condemned the Israelites who were
offering their children as sacrifices to the heathen god Molech. Such
children were burned up in the fires of sacrifice (Lev. 20:2),
offered to a god of sensuality and convenience.
The same is occurring today, and by acting in this way we are saying that
human beings are not worth anything. This is a terrible blot on
our society.
The Bible is not more specific on the matter of abortion because such a
practice would have been unthinkable to the people of God.
For instance, when Israel was in Egypt, a cruel Pharaoh forced the Israelites
to kill their newborn babies. In the Bible this was looked
upon as the height of cruel oppression (Ex. 1:15-22).
The idea of killing their own children would have been anathema to the
Hebrews.
All through the Old Testament, women yearned for children.
Children were considered a gift from God. Women prayed not to be barren.
How could a righteous woman turn against her own children to
destroy them?
Abortion is not only unthinkable, it is also the height of pagan barbarity.
Blessings of Abundance and Health in all things Good.
ho tolmoon ti paralassein toon gegrammenoon ap' argees, ouk en hodoo
aleetheias
histatai.
He who attempts to alter any part of the Scriptures, from indolence
or incapacity, stands not in the path of Truth.
Epiphanius Against Heresies, Book I.
Bard
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