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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The King James Bible actually gives advice on how to abort a baby if it was conceived out of wedlock. Not to mention all the time it said life begins at the first breath. It seems to be more about controlling women than anything else.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@Lilith02 @JAM Do you have the passages for that? I may need to use them

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The idea about breath is common in the old testament, Adam for example was given the "breath of life" and that was the moment he was considered alive. Just like the phrase "know in your heart" indicated that they believed human consciousness resided in the chest, they also thought breath was the indicator of life.

The Numbers text was supposedly a test from God to see if a wife had been unfaithful, and that's what Christians will no doubt claim about it, but in reality it's instructions on how to create a poison that WILL cause a miscarriage and then claim that it's God telling them she was unfaithful.

The one verse they use to support pro life isn't even an actual doctrinal idea. It's a poem from the book of Proverbs where the prophet Jeremiah was singing about how God had a plan for his life from the very beginning. Nothing about it is intended to be used as a medical interpretation about where and how life starts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@Lilith02 wow that is such a bizarre passage. thanks for sharing