The Bible on Abortion

I'm so sick of reading comments on other pages by these self-righteous jerks who think that the Bible is silent on abortion. They obviously haven't done their research, and have, at best, skimmed through the Bible.

The Bible is very clear on abortion: No way, no how. It is an abomination. It is a grave sin. We are all God's children. We have no right to take the life of another, even if that other is still growing in her or his mother's womb.

God knew us before He formed us in our mothers' wombs, "Before I formed thee in the bowels of thy mother, I knew thee: and before thou camest forth out of the womb, I sanctified thee, and made thee a prophet unto the nations." Jeremiah 1:5. I've heard some people say that this passage is about a prophet, so it is a special case. Well, first off, how do you know that the child you're carrying is not going to be a prophet? In fact, we are all baptized priest, prophet, and king. To say that this verse is about an extraordinary person is doubting the greatness God has destined in each of us.

Everyone has a soul from the time of conception. Psalms 51:5 says, "Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me." You can't be sinful if you don't have a soul. The Letter of James reminds us that, "...the body without the spirit is dead," (James 2:26). Being that an embryo must be living because she/he is growing, means that she/he is living, which means that she/he has a spirit!

"And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb... 'For behold, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears, the babe in my womb leaped for joy.'" Luke 1:41,44. How could St. John the Baptist recognize The Lord if he was not a conscious being? Yes, all creation bows before the Lord. Yes, St. John the Baptist was a prophet. Does that make this a special circumstance? Other than the recognition of the Lord, no.

Onto a darker topic: Hell. Well, Gehenna. In the Valley of Hinnom, there was a group of people, the Ammonites, who sacrificed to their god, Moloch/Baal. This sacrifice was of both born and unborn children. They were taken from their mothers' wombs, cut open, their blood drained, and then their bodies burnt. Any time these things are brought up in the Bible, it is referring directly to abortion and infanticide.

Gehenna is first mentioned in the book of Joshua, but does not have the meaning it does until it is mentioned again in 1 Kings, chapter 11.

However, Moloch is first referred to in Leviticus, 18:21: "You shall not give any of your seed to be consecrated to the idol Moloch, nor defile the name of your God. I am the Lord." This is directly correlating to the type of sacrifice that Moloch is given by the Ammonites in the Bible. Here, "seed" does not hold the meaning it does elsewhere in the Book of Leviticus, but means "offspring". It defiles the name of the Lord to give such a sacrifice.

"Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of the children of Ammon, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath ripped up the women with child of Galaad to enlarge his border." Amos 1:13. This vivid description of the sacrifices given to Moloch in Valley of Hinnom parallels today's description of abortion. It is a brutal sacrifice to an idol, and is a grave sin.

I will add more later, but this is just a basic note on how the Bible is AGAINST abortion. Anyone who says otherwise is a liar and blasphemer.

Independence

We just got done with Independence Day in the US. Patriotism for the country I live in. Well, I also have patriotism for countries which my family has come from (except britain).

I just was on Live Action Films' blog, and found that on their most recent blog post, someone had the gall to say that Youth Defence, a sister pro-life organization in Ireland, has been "discredited". The ONLY bad things I've ever heard said about YD is people calling them "fascist" and other unsuitable terms for being pro-life, Catholic, and Irish.

Youth Defence is not fascist. The people who call them this are pro-abort, anti-Catholic, anti-children, loyalist snobs. Youth Defence is about fighting for the right to live.

I'm a unionist/nationalist. I am Catholic and politically moderate. Being that I'm Catholic, I'm pro-life. If I lived in Ireland, I would be part of the Sinn Féin party.

I believe in life, liberty, and happiness for all! I fight for the right to believe, I fight for the right to live, I fight for the right of a people to govern themselves, to be free from tyranny and oppression. That's what being Irish and American is all about! Being free and standing up and fighting for what you believe in!

I can't wait until Ireland is finally free. Then there will be two Independence Days to celebrate.