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  2. Christianity and abortion - Wikipedia

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    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".

  3. History of Christian thought on abortion - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Religion and abortion - Wikipedia

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    The Hebrew Bible has a few references to abortion; Exodus 21:22-25 addresses miscarriage by way of another's actions, which it describes as a non-capital offense punishable through a fine. [ 70 ] [ 71 ] The Book of Numbers in the Hebrew Bible describes the Ordeal of the bitter water ( sotah ) to be administered by a priest to a wife whose ...

  5. History of abortion law debate - Wikipedia

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    Basing himself on the Septuagint version of Exodus 21:22, he deemed abortion, while deplorable, to be less than murder. He also affirmed the Aristotelian view of delayed hominization. St. Fulgentius opposed abortion even for the purpose of saving the woman's life, saying: "But let the child be brought to term and baptized and saved from ...

  6. Abomination (Bible) - Wikipedia

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    The term shiqquts is translated abomination by almost all translations of the Bible. The similar words, sheqets , and shâqats , are almost exclusively used to refer to unclean animals. The common but slightly different Hebrew term, tōʻēḇā , is also translated as abomination in the Authorized King James Version , and sometimes in the New ...

  7. Some would have us believe the Bible prohibits abortion. It does not. While Psalm 139 tells us God knits us together in our mother’s womb, it is only when God breathes into our nostrils “the ...

  8. Bible, abortion rights, social issues drew Henderson County ...

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    The 18-year-old said her motivations to vote were abortion rights and Project 2025. "They kind of terrified me and the women in my family," Tidwell said. "Just wanted to do my part."

  9. Christian views on birth control - Wikipedia

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    The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Baptist denomination in the world and largest Protestant denomination in the United States, initially welcomed the invention of birth control and legalization of abortion, but the rise of the Moral Majority 1980s and increased opposition to abortion led to a more nuanced view which generally approves ...