For those who take the bible literally, and believe every word to be true, i ask your take on this:
Genesis 2:7 NIV
"the LORD God formed the man [e] from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. "
Is that not an argument stating that all living things become living when they take their first breath. Couldn't this mean that the fetus is not truly a living being?
Now, I realize christians will likely be pretty inflamed by this statement, but I am trying to spark an honest debate here. If you are going to take the bible literally, shouldn't you take all of it that way?
If you're answer is "You are taking that out of context" or "that is not what was meant", please save it as it has been heard.
2007-01-07 07:55:06 · 14 answers · asked by ? 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
BRAVO!
...to the answer below me, it's living because inside the mother the fetus is a parasite. It lives off of the mother. ANd to the answer below that one, that says nothing. THere is no useful info what you said. No point to be made with what you said...at all
2007-01-07 07:57:34 · answer #1 · answered by ur a Dee Dee Dee 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
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2016-12-28 08:10:12 · answer #2 · answered by dirks 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No where does the Bible say someone isnt living until they take their first breath, breathing life into Adam is how life started. John the Baptist lept for joy in his mother's womb when Mary told his mother about the baby (Jesus) she was carrying. Do you think God or anyone else thought he wasnt alive?
Very weak argument.
2007-01-07 08:03:02 · answer #3 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The creation of Adam was a non-standard, one time event.
Human child birth is the process God prescribes for all others, and the Church teaches definitively that life begins the moment a living soul is infused into the child, at conception.
2007-01-07 09:38:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God gave us life and by His breath and word, it was done so. A fetus IS a living being. If an unborn child was not living, how could it grow inside a mother's womb for 9 months and be born? If an unborn child was NOT living, how could it develop for nine months, then breathe and cry when it's born? It would be stillborn if it wasn't alive in a mother's womb.
2007-01-07 07:58:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
i agree. people must take in to considerationthat teh bible was written before we knew that teh fetus breathed through tube inthe womb. so in the olden time, your first breath would be when you are born.
it also depends on your take of litterally. this could mean that they have to take it with or without all of the medical advances. without means that abortion isn't bad, and with means it is.
i'm running myself in circles, but there always is to run around. loopholes are created by the writters of laws and things so they can do what they what morally and legaly. the first breath could be a loop hole.
2007-01-07 08:07:55 · answer #6 · answered by wasnt_invited 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the same sense, A fetus would not be a person. A person would be made from the dust on the ground. So anyone who was ever born is not a person.
2007-01-07 08:04:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A Fetus has a beating heart. Sorry but your argument to justify murder is a weak one at best.
Abortion being murder is not a religious matter but a matter of humanity. If I was an Atheist I'd still be Pro-life as I'm against the murder of anyone.
2007-01-07 08:02:18 · answer #8 · answered by Bahaus B 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
A fetus "breaths" the fluid untill birth. And just to add i thought all christians/ catholics were suppose to take it all literally
2007-01-07 08:01:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The bible also says:
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart;" Jeremiah 1:5
So you tell me?
2007-01-07 08:00:05 · answer #10 · answered by so so 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋