--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sgrayatlarge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > David states: If the Republicans want to simply say "I am against > abortion" > and let it go at that, fine. But in the name of all that is truth and > all that is sacred, let them stop using the blood soaked hands of > Moses, the Bible and the church for their justification. > > -David, you are hysterical!! Thanks for the laugh. > > Steve > > > -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "oneradiantbeing" > <oneradiantbeing@> wrote: > > > > Abortion, by William Edelen, (Taken from: www.williamedelen.com) > > > > The Republican National Committee, the big shots, are meeting. > > Do you know what they are going to debate? A proposed abortion > > litmus test for all Republican candidates. My gawd! Thomas > > Jefferson, James Madison, John Adams, where are men of your > > stature and brilliance now that we need you? > > > > In this "debate" the "Bible" and "God" are words that are going to > be > > raining down like balloons at a Republican convention. A few facts > > will puncture those balloons. If a person wants to simply say "I do > > not like abortion." That's fine. That's their opinion and they have > a > > right to it. But when they start using the bible, the church and > God > > to justify their position they do not seem to realize how inane, > > unhinged and comical they appear. > > > > In papal theology they use the phrase "the sanctity of life from > > conception onwards." There is no reference in either the Old or > > New Testament to the "sacredness" or "sanctity" of either human > > or fetal life. All through the Bible, people are murdered and > slaugh- > > tered by the millions. The lack of "sanctity" of the fetus is all > > through the Old Testament. 2 Kings 15 reads: "All the women > > therein that are with child shall be ripped up." Hosea 13:16 reads: > > "The infants shall be dashed to pieces, and those with child ripped > > up." God tells Moses how to mix a potion for an abortion if a man's > > wife has become pregnant by another man (Numbers 5:11-31). > > Deuteronomy 21:8 gives us instructions on how to kill our sons if > > they are "rebellious." Deuteronomy 13 tells us how to kill our > > wives and children. Jesus shows no concern for fetal life: "Blessed > > are the barren and wombs that never bore, and the breasts that > > never gave suck" (Luke 22). Lack of space precludes my listing > > hundreds of other biblical passages. Pro-life? You've got to be > > joking. > > > > In the Bible, human life begins with breathing, not conception. > > The Hebrew word to describe a human being is "nephesh . . . the > > breathing one." It occurs 854 times in the Hebrew Bible. The history > > of the Christian church has never been pro-life. Today, those using > > the church and the bible for justification of their pro-life > position > > condemn abortion as "murder of the unborn," while the church > > itself has one of the most horrible, unjust and cruel murder records > > in the history of our species, of both the "born" and "unborn." > > Millions slaughtered by instruments that stagger the human mind. > > > > If the Republicans want to simply say "I am against abortion" > > and let it go at that, fine. But in the name of all that is truth > and > > all that is sacred, let them stop using the blood soaked hands of > > Moses, the Bible and the church for their justification. > > >
Steve, I didn't state it. Edelen did. That was his essay. I just posted the article. Peace, David