Okay, let's be real. This post is about abortion. After arguing, studying and cringing I've drawn a number of very inconclusive conclusions. Here are the verses I used.
Exodus 21:20-21
Numbers 5:11-31
These two verses show very unequivocally the stark contrast between our understanding of Abortion and the one presented in Mosaic Law. It should be clear that "life begins at conception" is at best an extra biblical dogma and at worst a lie. You are a fee American. You are aloud to hold to this dogma and you are aloud to lie.
The act of having an abortion is at best a waste of a pregnancy and at worst a sin.
In the United States, sin is legal. Varying degrees of morality are present. Our general rule is "as long as it hurts no one else" even though plenty of perfectly legal things (like lawsuits) hurt people all the time.
If you think abortion is a sin, then don't do it. If you are a man, why the hell did you read this far? If you don't think abortion is a sin, are you sure? If your wife, sister, daughter, or friend doesn't want to carry her rape baby, don't make her, but don't abort for convenience sake.
If you must draw a hard line in the sand, I strongly recommend "implantation" which is when the medical field begins using the term "abortifacient" to describe a pregnancy terminator.
The real issue here for me is divisiveness. People choose who to vote for, who to befriend, and who to flick off based on their convictions about this issue. You will NEVER agree with any one person on everything. Why not vote on something that office can actually do? Why not love your neighbor as yourself? Why not put down your fetal poster and share the gospel for once.
