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Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Israel's Chief Rabbinate Condemns Abortion
I remember during the 2006 abortion ban campaign that we were told that no religion in the world prohibited abortion, that it was just something us fundamentalist Bible-thumpers made up.
I knew that was categorically false and refuted it at the time, but here is fresh proof of this falsehood.
From YnetNews.com, Israel's Chief Rabbinate says abortions are a grave sin, and is working to reduce abortions in Israel:
"The vast majority of abortions are unnecessary and strictly forbidden according to halacha because they are carried out even when the pregnancies do not endanger the mother's health," the rabbis wrote in their decision.
The rabbis believe that these types of abortions are a grave sin which may even delay the coming of the messiah. They base this assumption on an expression uttered by the Jewish sages which can be construed as signifying that the messiah will not arrive until all souls meant to be born to Jewish mothers are in fact born.
The halachic basis for the rabbis anti-abortion position is articulated in Genesis 9:6 which reads: "Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man."
The rabbis see fetuses as constituting a "man" based on a Gemara passage which states that a fetus in its mother's womb should already be considered a human being.
While there have been those religions in the past that have celebrated death (Mayan, Caananite, etc.), the world's major religions have always treasured life, from the womb to the tomb.
The only major religion today that celebrates death is humanism, and you can't be a faithful Christian, Jew, or Muslim and a humanist at the same time.
Unto Us a Child Is Born
Isaiah 9:6-7 For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of his government and peace
there will be no end.
He will reign on David's throne
and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it
with justice and righteousness
from that time on and forever.
Who is Jesus?
By Steve Tanska
Guest Column
“’For as [a man] thinketh in his heart, so is he’ (Proverbs 23:7). If there is anything peculiar to the Protestant churches which emerged from the Reformation, it is this: All life must be grounded in truth. That which we believe is going to determine what we do, and the life we live will spring inevitably from the beliefs that we hold.” D. James Kennedy, Truths that Transform.
WAS JESUS OF NAZARETH A REAL PERSON?
Viterbo Italy, north of Rome, 2006. Atheist Luigi Cascioli sued Rev. Enrico Righi for allegedly deceiving people into thinking Jesus was an actual historical figure. The judge eventually threw the case out, but it leaves the question for those who do not know; Would the atheist have won in court? Could he have won? What is the evidence? What should we believe?
This article will touch on some of the evidence and also ask the question; “who is Jesus?” (Full Article)
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