Abortion In Christianity

JoChris

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Numbers 5:15-31 KJV
Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance. [16] And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the Lord : [17] And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water: [18] And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord , and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse: [19] And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse: [20] But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband: [21] Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The Lord make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the Lord doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell; [22] And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen. [23] And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water: [24] And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter. [25] Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the Lord , and offer it upon the altar: [26] And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water. [27] And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that , if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people. [28] And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed. [29] This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled; [30] Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the Lord , and the priest shall execute upon her all this law. [31] Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.
The book of Numbers is also in Old Testament. Those laws were written for the Jews. There are no commandments of any type commanding Christians to kill non-believers/ people caught in sin/ terminate pregnancies.
 

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Apologies. I didn't notice your conclusion.

Are you suggesting that IF a woman had sex outside of marriage and as a result became pregnant....
Because she sinned in doing so (correct) she is permitted to terminate the pregnancy?
Something like that. If the baby is conceived from lust on the man or females part. Or the baby could of been conceived out of greed. How can the spirit be cleansed without the body? Is there some exception to greed and lust, just because babies are involved?
 

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Something like that. If the baby is conceived from lust on the man or females part. Or the baby could of been conceived out of greed. How can the spirit be cleansed without the body? Is there some exception to greed and lust, just because babies are involved?
That is personal speculation. Using that reasoning anyone could justify abortion in any circumstance.
All babies are born with an equally sinful nature. Therefore, no embryo is more depraved than others.
 

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Is there a such thing as taking the word of Moses out of context? I mean we are talking about the commandments that came from Moses. According to one of the quotes on scripture (from God according to Moses btw) Children are worth a certain amount of silver. It's not speculation to say God left out how much an infant is worth. It's reality
 

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The legal, ceremonial and moral laws were for the Old Testament Jews.
The moral laws are repeated in different ways/ re-worded in New Testament.
If you truly love your neighbour as Jesus comanded, you will not kill, commit adultery, steal, lie or envy their belongings.
 

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Gotcha. Not only do words not mean words in the Bible, but they are superseded by other words. You know this scripture that literally says to kill is only metaphorical, but the one that says not to kill anything is serious.
 

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The book of Numbers is also in Old Testament. Those laws were written for the Jews. There are no commandments of any type commanding Christians to kill non-believers/ people caught in sin/ terminate pregnancies.
I wasn't advocating but pointing to an argument that has been used.
 
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