southernhybrid
Contributor
You are obviously blinded by your beliefs Lion. No point in arguing with you. I read that nasty book when I was young. It always bothered me as a child that I was told to believe such horrible stuff, but being a child, I believed what I was told to believe. Luckily, I was able to see the light in my late teens and early teens. But, I do realize that many people need some type of mythology to get them through the day. I just wish it wasn't such a harsh, sexist, often hateful mythology as that in much of the Christian holy book.
I will add that the verse in Exodus only says not to kill. It says nothing about ending a pregnancy. It says nothing about a fertilized egg or a fetus being the same as a living child. It says nothing about who or what isn't supposed to be killed, so I could interpret that to mean that we should all be vegans and never kill any living thing.
The Bible can be interpreted however the reader wants to see it, as it's an ancient book of mythology, nothing more and nothing less. Prior to the movement that politicized abortion, I never knew of a Christians who made a claim against abortion. Nope. That's why all the Christian nurses who I worked with in the late 70s and early 80s never seemed to have a problem with abortion, at least not when it came to the choices of other women. That's the way it should be.
And, even if the Bible did condemn abortion, which it obviously doesn't, one's religious beliefs should never be forced on those who don't share those beliefs in a democratic society. There are human universals, but anti abortion and anti homosexuality beliefs have never been universal beliefs.
I will add that the verse in Exodus only says not to kill. It says nothing about ending a pregnancy. It says nothing about a fertilized egg or a fetus being the same as a living child. It says nothing about who or what isn't supposed to be killed, so I could interpret that to mean that we should all be vegans and never kill any living thing.
The Bible can be interpreted however the reader wants to see it, as it's an ancient book of mythology, nothing more and nothing less. Prior to the movement that politicized abortion, I never knew of a Christians who made a claim against abortion. Nope. That's why all the Christian nurses who I worked with in the late 70s and early 80s never seemed to have a problem with abortion, at least not when it came to the choices of other women. That's the way it should be.
And, even if the Bible did condemn abortion, which it obviously doesn't, one's religious beliefs should never be forced on those who don't share those beliefs in a democratic society. There are human universals, but anti abortion and anti homosexuality beliefs have never been universal beliefs.