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TalkingDog

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11. Break it down: Causing the miscarriage is a lesser offense.

Reply to Kurmudgeon (Reply #6)

Mon Feb 20, 2012, 11:51 AM

Feb 2012

In english:

If men "strive" (try?) and hurt a pregnant woman, causing a miscarriage, but nothing more, he will be punished to the degree that the husband and judges determine to be fair.

If the men do anything more to the woman (rape, beating... IDK) then it will be eye for eye, tooth for tooth.

So the punishment is for hurting the woman, NOT killing the fetus.

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The ‘biblical view’ that’s younger than the Happy Meal [View all] salvorhardin Feb 2012 OP

Thank you for the post, very informative CanonRay Feb 2012 #1

Thank you for sharing this. MinneapolisMatt Feb 2012 #2

Fascinating! I loved the comment on slacktivist about twins and chimerae Pholus Feb 2012 #3

Good Twin/Evil Twin. DCKit Feb 2012 #13

Thanks for the clear thinking ewagner Feb 2012 #4

Hard to tell salvorhardin Feb 2012 #8

Wow. tanyev Feb 2012 #5

Why don't you reread Exodus 21:22-24? Kurmudgeon Feb 2012 #6

My views are not stated salvorhardin Feb 2012 #7

It's interesting the poster you're replying to doesn't offer any comment about such change. 2ndAmForComputers Feb 2012 #18

Why would anyone care what people in the Bronze Age _ed_ Feb 2012 #9

The bit where it says "he shall pay" is the giveaway muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #10

Break it down: Causing the miscarriage is a lesser offense. TalkingDog Feb 2012 #11

If we are reduced to proof-texting out of the Levitic code, we have a world of problems. Thats my opinion Feb 2012 #14

This is the correct answer. 2ndAmForComputers Feb 2012 #19

In your opinion, what does "if mischief follow" mean? Looks pretty vague. 2ndAmForComputers Feb 2012 #17

The men don't JUST cause a miscarriage. They harm her in a substantial way. TalkingDog Feb 2012 #20

Numbers 5 is why. Sal316 Feb 2012 #24

Interesting - a literal reading of that would support abortion after rape muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #27

Help out an ignorant non-religious person. rhett o rick Feb 2012 #12

The only place in all the Bible where abortion is dealt with is Numbers Chapter 5. Thats my opinion Feb 2012 #15

So if you ask Rick Santorum if abortion is acceptable under those conditions TalkingDog Feb 2012 #23

No evangelical here, (most of them have never read the Bible) but I have read it. TalkingDog Feb 2012 #22

I love that blog starroute Feb 2012 #16

I admire Clark's writing too salvorhardin Feb 2012 #21

Fascinating. I had no idea about this. Thanks for posting. cbayer Feb 2012 #25

The Didache is pretty explicit. rug Feb 2012 #26

Yah... most evangelicals have read the non-canonical works TalkingDog Feb 2012 #28