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Originally posted by Pike1483
I personally am very Pro-Life and I beleive that life starts at conception. This comes from my code of morality, which comes from my upbrining, my own personal research, and overall, my Christian faith.
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Now that you mention Christian faith, I have to ask where Christians get the idea that God would be anti-abortion. In fact, the Bible doesn't address the morality of abortion at all, and the only verse I know of, in my research, that addresses the death of a fetus/unborn child, is Exodus 21:22-23:
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21:22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart [from her], and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges [determine]. And if [any] mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
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So, it appears that God (given that the Bible is the word of God) doesn't consider the fetus/unborn child to be worth as much as a post-birth human's life. He says that if the fetus/unborn child dies, that's "no mischief." and there are only minor punitive damages as deemed necessary by judges and the husband. Yet, if the woman is seriously harmed, that is what is considered evil. So, if even God doesn't think an unborn child's malicious death is worth more than a slap on the wrist, payment of a fine, or 20 lashes (etc), why do Christians now believe it is his will that they be treated exactly as post-birth humans? I don't question the tradition, just how it originated in the first place. it doesn't appear to come from the Bible/God Himself.