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Re: 7 years for women , life for a man (none / 0)

Is abortion mentioned in the bible? I'm not sure.

by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Thu Jan 22nd, 2009 at 02:20:32 PM EST
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Re: 7 years for women , life for a man (none / 1)

Abortion comes under the Sixth Commandment (thou shalt not kill). Course we could note that the Bible seems pretty heavy on the murder, executions, genocide and general blooc-soaked mayhem, so I think that's a bit of a selective reading.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Jan 22nd, 2009 at 02:26:26 PM EST
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Re: 7 years for women , life for a man (4.00 / 1)

That's the English translation. In modern Hebrew it means "thou shall not murder"; in the original Hebrew, who knows? My guess is something like "thou shall not commit manslaughter" which leaves genocide out, and isn't too clear on abortion. There was a detailed discussion recently in The Forward.

by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Thu Jan 22nd, 2009 at 02:37:17 PM EST
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Re: 7 years for women , life for a man (none / 0)

Abortion comes under the Sixth Commandment

Yes, but I think the premise is Psalms 139:13.

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Thu Jan 22nd, 2009 at 03:10:28 PM EST
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