--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 10/25/06 5:11:44 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > If you read the explanation above the word in Hebrew is not miscarriage but > > rather premature birth. If there is no further damage a fine is paid. > However > > if there is damage up to the ultimate damage , death, then the law of > > retaliation applies. > > > > Not according to the Talmud, which was finally written down about 2 thousand > years ago > based on the legal practices of the Jews during the time of Jesus. > > > > > 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. >
LIke duh. STriking someone is a criminal offense all by itself. 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/
