Nun excommunicated for allowing abortion to save the life of a mother

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

But the saving her life part IS the abortion.

But what you said is "we're not really terminating a pregnancy." That's the part that I think is a mischaracterization. There's a difference between "we're doing this to save the mother's life/our goal is not to terminate a pregnancy" and "we're not really terminating a pregnancy."

Originally Posted by Drolefille

This is true, and it is just laziness that lets me break them apart like that. (Also probably the fact that I think Revelation has little to do with the 'end of the world' and more about Nero and the persecution of the Christians by the Romans).

Although interesting how the real end of the world stuff in Revelation -- the last few chapters -- draws heavily from Isaiah.

But there is a big difference between "go kill your neighbors and you can rape their women and take their stuff" and "Love thy neighbor." Again, simplified for the sake of my own personal laziness and the love of my Chipotle Burrito that I'm prioritizing.

I want a burrito.

Meanwhile, I'm reminded of the midrash (rabbinic teaching) telling of God's adminition to those celebrating when pharoah and his army were washed away by the Red Sea: "My children are drowning in the sea and you want to sing before me?"

And dekeguy, you posts -- which I always find interesting -- really would be a lot easier to follow if you were using the quote function.