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Vaccination and religion have interrelations of varying kinds. No major religion prohibits vaccinations , and some consider it an obligation because of the potential to save lives. [ 1 ] However, some people cite religious adherence [ 2 ] as a basis for opting to forego vaccinating themselves or their children . [ 3 ]
Many people are using Bible verses to justify their stance against vaccines. David McNew/AFP via Getty ImagesA devout evangelical Christian friend of mine recently texted to explain why he was not ...
Selected Bible verses and perspectives Passage Perspective allowing abortion Perspective against abortion Genesis 2:7 (Garden of Eden narrative, see also Soul in the Bible § Genesis 2:7) - "Then the L ORD [note 1] God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being".
Soon after his death, Jesus' followers believed he was raised from death by God and exalted to divine status as Lord "at God's 'right hand'," [52] which "associates him in astonishing ways with God." [ 53 ] [ m ] According to Hurtado, powerful religious experiences were an indispensable factor in the emergence of this Christ-devotion. [ 55 ]
The crucifixion was not a divine sacrifice for the sins of humanity, the atonement (the forgiveness of sin through Jesus's suffering) "not the bribing of God by offerings", writes Wilson, but an "at-one-ment" with God. [64] Her views on life after death were vague and, according to Wilson, "there is no doctrine of the soul" in Christian Science ...
Both ancient Greek thought and ancient Jewish thought are considered to have affected early Christian thought about abortion. According to Bakke and Clarke &Linzey, early Christians adhered to Aristotle's belief in delayed ensoulment, [25] [failed verification] [26] [failed verification] [1] [need quotation to verify] [10] [need quotation to verify] [7] [failed verification] and consequently ...
As fully God, he defeated death and rose to life again. According to the Bible, God raised him from the dead. [21] He ascended to heaven, to the "right hand of God," [22] and he will return again for the Last Judgment and the establishment of the Kingdom of God. [23]
Futurism is a Christian eschatological view that interprets portions of the Book of Revelation and other apocalyptic sections of the Bible as future "end-time" events. [1] By comparison, other Christian eschatological views interpret these passages as past events in a symbolic, historic context, such as preterism and historicism , or as present ...