Re: Evangelicals and the "New Christian Left"
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 3:36 pm
Since the question posed is "does the Bible support abortion", I think a good question is, what does it have to say about it? Personally, I don't think it makes a strong stance either way. In fact, you could argue from some passages that it makes a stronger case for than against because there are many cases of God punishing women with miscarriages, and there are other passages where God kills or commands the killing of young children and babies. The verse you tend to hear from the pro-life crowd is the one in Jeremiah about God knitting him in his mother's womb, but if you take that in the context of the rest of the chapter it seems to be referring to Jeremiah himself.
Unfortunately I'm a little too busy to get too deeply into this right now, so I'll probably come by later and post more specific scripture references, but feel free to use this as a jumping off point.
I think it's also important to point out that abortion is a pretty cloudy issue, and though I'd put myself pretty firmly in the pro choice crowd, I understand why pro life folks believe what they do since I was in that camp for many years myself. This is an issue where people on both sides sincerely believe what they're arguing is for the best, and that's something for us all to keep in mind just in case this gets nasty (as so many abortion discussions tend to be).
Unfortunately I'm a little too busy to get too deeply into this right now, so I'll probably come by later and post more specific scripture references, but feel free to use this as a jumping off point.
I think it's also important to point out that abortion is a pretty cloudy issue, and though I'd put myself pretty firmly in the pro choice crowd, I understand why pro life folks believe what they do since I was in that camp for many years myself. This is an issue where people on both sides sincerely believe what they're arguing is for the best, and that's something for us all to keep in mind just in case this gets nasty (as so many abortion discussions tend to be).