doesnt abortion go against the commandment "thou shalt not kill"?
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I agree with you that abortions are wrong. I strongly believe that it is cruel and takes away the life of a child. Everyone should have the right to live and I believe it is selfish of someone to take away a child's entire life because they don't want 9 months of suffering. If they can't take care of the child there is always adoption. To those who say that a women should have the right to chose, what about the unborn child, shouldn't he have some rights or at the very least the right to live. Now this is also disapproved by religion as it goes against the 10 commandments as so forth but it is more then that, its a matter of love and selflessness, its morality and common sense. Abortion is murder and murder is wrong.
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God said "thou shalt not kill" and put a period at the end.  humans decided to add subclauses.
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There is no difference other than the one you pointed out--if the baby is not wanted, it is not considered murder.  Imagine if we applied this same logic to others who are "unwanted" in our society.
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The bible may say an eye for an eye. But one of the 10 commandments is Thou shalt not kill. No exceptions!
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Well, there is no where in the Bible that says, "Thou shalt not clone!"  I think that people are more concerned about where the stem cells are coming from than the actual cloning.  I don't think that we can actually clone a whole human being, because of the soul factor.  We are tho only thing that God made with a soul.  As for the cloning of human organs for transplant, I'm all for it if they can get the stem cells from a source other than aborted babies.  The sad thing is, abortion is a fact of life.  I hate it and feel it is murder.  BUT, now don't all yell at me and call me a hypocrite at once, IF these poor babies are going to be murdered anyway, cuz even when it was illegal people did it anyway, then why not make their lives count for something?  Wait for it...Wait...Just one more minute...Nope, I didn't get struck by lightening.  Whew, that was close.\n\nIf I were to be murdered, God forbid, I would want my organs and tissues to be transplanted to help save the life of someone else.  Should these babies be any different?
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it wont change true christian minds. Abortion is wrong...period.  It doesnt even matter to me if they are born that way or not.  We are told not to engage in homosexual activity.  They might not be able to help their desires but they can control their actions.  Some people are genetically prone to be controlled by a substance ie, drugs or alcohol. Their desire for that will be very strong but that does not mean its ok to act on that desire.
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hold up, isnt it the 5th commandment (i can never remember the order) that says "Thou shalt not kill"? so no the bible doesnt teach christians that they should fight holy wars and kill people who attack christianity, hell Jesus himself healed the bloke who had his ear chopped off when he came to arrest jesus (if ur a believer).\nbut im all for good entertainment so tell me what channel itl be on :)
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Murder is in the Ten Commandments. I think that takes precedent over pretty much anything (unless you mean embezzlement which = stealing which is also in there which means they are equal).
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NO, not right.  Your question is conveluted and misses the point completely.  I can't even respond becuase your conclusions come from no real reasoning.  The tall and skinny of it is this: our governement is not anti-life.  It is pretty clearly pro-life, and anti-abortion.  Consider the fact that there is currently a third trimester partial birth abortion ban.  This is the only kind of abortion that the Supreme Court has said would be acceptable to ban completely.  And the FEDERAL government did this.  It is not a people or a state issue.  It is no business of the government's what I do with my uterus - I would never presume to tell you or Ms. Rice what to do with yours, so stay the hell away from mine.  The fact is abortion is not a form of murder (argue it all you want, I am talking legally) , so your argument that we can't comitt murder in our bedroom blah blah really doesn't follow.  This is a privacy issue - the Supreme Court has held that our Constitution protects privacy interests in our own homes in many many different ways.  I suggest you consider the fact that this posting board ONLY exists becuase the Constition provides a free speech protection.  The government cannot come in and tell you not to express your opinion (thought the Bush White House apparently feels this doesn't apply to them...).  Get off your crazy high horse, your argument is so off and so full of misunderstings its not even funny.
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I think your last B is being a bit extreme don't you?I do not believe in abortion but I do not think it is the same thing as when pharaoh or Herod gave their edicts.It is still wrong but not the same.
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Sure, why not?  \n\nSociety determines what is and isn't morally wrong, not the bible. American society says that christians can eat pork, even though the bible forbids it. The bible says that women shouldn't wear jewelry, yet christian women wear it to CHURCH. The bible says you should kill a disobidient child, but we know that to be wrong.\n\nThe bible DOESN'T say that you can't marry an 8 year old girl, but we know it to be wrong. So, we do and avoid things because of social taboos, not biblical.
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Jesus named the two most important commandments:\n1. Love the Lord your God, with all your heart, soul and mind.\n2. Love your neighbor as yourself.\n\nPeople who bomb abortion clinics or anything else in the name of God, even people who bomb mosques, are not obeying God's command to love their neighbor and are thus misrepresenting God.  You can disagree with choices people make and not support abortion but still love the people who make poor choices.
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Christian values also refer to "Do not kill"!  And that's what abortion does, it kill innocent children.  So, how could anyone that says they are a Christian vote for a party that believes in abortion!  I vote Republican.
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Wow, you sure brought on some original one liners with this one. Personally, I don't want a bunch of hypocritical spin doctor morons calling me great.\n\nAnd I take exception to this response:\n Remember the commandment THOU SHALT NOT KILL? that means NO KILLING! Who's the hypocrite? \n\nThe intent of the commandment was Thou Shalt Not Murder. I know that not all of us have access to a bible, but it's there- Exodus, Chapter 20. \n\nMaybe it's just me, but I think that there is a profound difference in killing an unborn child and removing toxic waste like Ted Bundy from our midst. Anyone who can't see the difference should probably go read The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule.\n\nSorry about getting off subject here, but I didn't see a whole lot of other valid points being made. And you have to admit, I was right about the cracks from the short bus stalker nimrods, wasn't I?
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No.  Everyday millions of young innocent babies are not killed through abortion.  Don't exaggerate the statistics.  If this were true every woman in america would be having several abortions a year.  \n\nSecondly, aborting an unwanted pregnancy and killing an adult human being are not the same.  A fetus is not equivalent with an adult.  Even if it were, the right of a woman to do with her body as she chooses trumps the right of an other to life.  \n\nLet's ignore the issue of whether or not a fetus is a person, and just assume they are the moral equivalent of an adult.  Think about it:  if you say that the right to life of even an adult human being trumps the right of people to the privacy and control of their bodies, then you would have to say that people could be forced to donate kidneys, blood, bone marrow, etc. in order to save lives against their will.  Why do we think that people should not be forced to do these things even if it means an adult human will die?  because we hold the right to the privacy and choice of what will happen to one's body over the right to life of those who may need that body for survival.  If we are not even prepared to force people to donate blood (a minor inconvenience) to save lives, how can we force a woman to go through pregnancy and birth (a much larger inconvenience) to save lives?  And if you are ready to force people to donate blood, do you think people should be forced undergo more extreme medical procedures, like kidney donations, to save lives?  If you think this is immoral to do, then you agree that the right to bodily choice overrides even the right of other adult humans, let alone fetuses, to life
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bismillahir rahmanir raheem. \n\nI will answer this to the best of my ability and knowledge and Allah knows best. First of all, pre Islamic Arabs did not kill ALL of the girl infants otherwise there would have been no more Arabs. But female infanticide did exist and was generally an economic concern more than anything, and had nothing to do with "bad omens", it says in the Quran "Kill not your children for fear of want". Prophet Muhammad (SAW) put an end to that practice of female infanticide. \n\nBut to answer your question, there is no concensus today amongst learned people, male and female but the predominant opinion is that Abortion is not allowed unless a physician says it is necessary to save the life of the mother. This is because our lives and bodies are not our own. They are gifts to us from our creator and only our creator has the right to take them away. But while we have them they are in our care and we are responsible for that. For instance, smoking has been shown to be harmful and the concensus opinion is that it is not allowed because of that. Taking a human life is the ultimate action in this way and it includes the taking of the human life that is growing in the mother's womb. Children also are considered to be a gift from Allah (SWT) and we are not allowed to kill them before or after they leave the mother's womb. \n\nA second, minority opinion, says that since the soul does not enter the body until 40 days after conception therefore abortion is legal for the first 40 days. This opinion is an extreme minority.\n\nSalim
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Another one of those questions concerning human behavior that can not really be answered...people just believe the way they do whether there is logical reasoning to it or not.\n\nI am not a religious person but I believe that Christian people who oppose abortion because as an adult, the potential abortee can help to convert other people to the prefered religion...heaven or hell is not the issue really.  If the child who could grow up to be another Billy Graham is aborted, who will preach the message of salvation?\n\nAhhh...I just gave an answer for the opposition...I'm pro choice.  I enjoy playing devil's advocate.\n\nOK.  So on the other hand, if we abort children who will not be loved or appreciated, we will also prevent higher levels of crime, satan worship and athiesm when a neglected child is grown and that child will automatically be rewarded with pie in the sky.\n\nThere, I've argued both sides equally...I'm still pro choice.\n\nWHO SAYS NO WHERE IN THE BIBLE DO THEY CONDONE ABORTION!!!!?????  Not only did the Bible condon abortion, they allowed children under the age of two to be killed at the parents, community or king's command.  Biblical parents could not only whip their children but were allowed by old testament law to stone them to death for disobedience!!!!  Knock off imaginary scripture!\n\nMore comment:  Nikki...killing people in war for oil is also playing God and disobey's god's command to not kill.  If killing is wrong for abortion, it is wrong for war too...It isn't anymore right to kill an adult than it is to kill a fetus...in my opinion killing adult fully developed human beings is even more wrong.  So much for "thou shalt not kill"