--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 10/25/06 2:58:01 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > The Old Testament gives this punishment for causing a miscarriage (makes no > distinction > between deliberate or accidental): the one responsible must pay a fine to > compensate the > father for his loss... > > > > Another argument against abortion can be found in the Old Testament legal > code, specifically Exodus 21:22-25. > If men who are fighting hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely > but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the > woman's husband demands and the court allows. But if there is serious injury, you > are to take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot > for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise. The verses > appear to teach that if a woman gives birth prematurely, but the baby is not > injured, then only a fine is appropriate. However, if the child dies then the law > of retaliation (lex talionis) should be applied. In other words, killing an > unborn baby would carry the same penalty as killing a born baby. A baby > inside the womb has the same legal status as a baby outside the womb. > Some commentators have come to a different conclusion because they believe > the first verses only refer to a case of accidental miscarriage. Since only a > fine is levied, they argue that an unborn baby is merely potential life and > does not carry the same legal status as a baby that has been born. > There are at least two problems with this interpretation. First, the normal > Hebrew word for miscarry is not used in this passage (cf. Gen. 31:38; Exod. > 23:26; Job 2:10; Hos. 9:14). Most commentators now believe that the action > described in verse 22 is a premature birth not an accidental miscarriage. > Second, even if the verses do describe a miscarriage, the passage cannot be used to > justify abortion. The injury was accidental, not intentional (as abortion > would be). Also, the action was a criminal offense and punishable by law. >
And the old testement fine for beating your wife, or having multiple wives? Since there is no punishment, I guess its good to go. Can't wait for Christian Nation USA. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
