Koolaid_Man
01-24-2011, 06:49 PM
Now I'm generally not in favor of abortion but in cases of rape, incest or to spare the life of the mother I'm all for it.
Now pro-lifers (mainly conservative republicans) care and concern for the unborn seem to stop once the baby is actually born then it's every baby for himself. I wonder though how they reconcile this act of God. For the religious right...Remember King David of the Bible who had a soldier killed so that he could bang his wife...the women went on to get preggers and God then condemned the unborn child to die... and I imagine the only reason the baby was allowed to live while in the womb is because of possible difficult fetus extraction procedures back then that could have harmed the life of the mother...but if abortion in all cases was so wrong how come this fetus was condemned by God?
Any Takers?
Starting with 2 Samuel Chapter 11 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Samuel%2011&version=NLT):
While David was reigning as king he fell into a severe moment of human weakness: One night, as he walked along his rooftop, he spied beautiful Bath-Sheba washing herself. He allowed his feelings of lust to overtake him and he slept with her (vs. 2-4). This, in spite of the fact that he was already married to other women (1 Samuel 18:27, 30:5, 2 Samuel 3:5 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel%2018:27,%2030:5,%202%20Samuel%2 03:5&version=NLT)), and she was already married to Uriah, one of David's soldiers (vs. 3, 11). This illicit tryst resulted in Bath-Sheba's pregnancy (vs. 5).
David, in an attempt to cover up the adulterous tryst, called for the soldier Uriah to return to his home for a few days, hoping the couple would become intimate during this time (then he and Bath-Sheba could pretend the pregnancy belonged to Uriah instead of David). Uriah felt it would be unethical to sleep with his wife while the other soldiers were still on the battlefield, so he refused to go home to her (vs. 6-13). Because he couldn't cover up Bath-Sheba's pregnancy, he plotted to murder Uriah in a way that no one would find out -- he wrote a letter to the chief of the army, unwittingly delivered by Uriah himself, instructing that Uriah was to be abandoned on the battlefield to be killed by the enemy. The plot succeeded, after which David married Bath-Sheba. In time, Bath-Sheba gave birth to the baby boy (vs. 14-27).
Going in to 2 Samuel chapter 12 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Samuel%2012:1-18&version=NLT):
Right after the baby was born, God sent His prophet, Nathan, to rebuke King David for this string of sins he committed (lust, adultery, deception, and murder). David was wholeheartedly repentant for the actions he took, therefore God spared his life. However, God also told him that, although he was forgiven, he would still have to suffer the consequences for all his actions (vs. 1-13). One of those consequences including losing his newborn son (vs. 14)
For one week, the baby lay sick. During this time, David fasted and prayed, hoping that God would change His mind and spare the child. However, at the end of the seven day period, the baby died (vs. 15-18).
http://commontruth.com/DavidBaby.html
Now pro-lifers (mainly conservative republicans) care and concern for the unborn seem to stop once the baby is actually born then it's every baby for himself. I wonder though how they reconcile this act of God. For the religious right...Remember King David of the Bible who had a soldier killed so that he could bang his wife...the women went on to get preggers and God then condemned the unborn child to die... and I imagine the only reason the baby was allowed to live while in the womb is because of possible difficult fetus extraction procedures back then that could have harmed the life of the mother...but if abortion in all cases was so wrong how come this fetus was condemned by God?
Any Takers?
Starting with 2 Samuel Chapter 11 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Samuel%2011&version=NLT):
While David was reigning as king he fell into a severe moment of human weakness: One night, as he walked along his rooftop, he spied beautiful Bath-Sheba washing herself. He allowed his feelings of lust to overtake him and he slept with her (vs. 2-4). This, in spite of the fact that he was already married to other women (1 Samuel 18:27, 30:5, 2 Samuel 3:5 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel%2018:27,%2030:5,%202%20Samuel%2 03:5&version=NLT)), and she was already married to Uriah, one of David's soldiers (vs. 3, 11). This illicit tryst resulted in Bath-Sheba's pregnancy (vs. 5).
David, in an attempt to cover up the adulterous tryst, called for the soldier Uriah to return to his home for a few days, hoping the couple would become intimate during this time (then he and Bath-Sheba could pretend the pregnancy belonged to Uriah instead of David). Uriah felt it would be unethical to sleep with his wife while the other soldiers were still on the battlefield, so he refused to go home to her (vs. 6-13). Because he couldn't cover up Bath-Sheba's pregnancy, he plotted to murder Uriah in a way that no one would find out -- he wrote a letter to the chief of the army, unwittingly delivered by Uriah himself, instructing that Uriah was to be abandoned on the battlefield to be killed by the enemy. The plot succeeded, after which David married Bath-Sheba. In time, Bath-Sheba gave birth to the baby boy (vs. 14-27).
Going in to 2 Samuel chapter 12 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Samuel%2012:1-18&version=NLT):
Right after the baby was born, God sent His prophet, Nathan, to rebuke King David for this string of sins he committed (lust, adultery, deception, and murder). David was wholeheartedly repentant for the actions he took, therefore God spared his life. However, God also told him that, although he was forgiven, he would still have to suffer the consequences for all his actions (vs. 1-13). One of those consequences including losing his newborn son (vs. 14)
For one week, the baby lay sick. During this time, David fasted and prayed, hoping that God would change His mind and spare the child. However, at the end of the seven day period, the baby died (vs. 15-18).
http://commontruth.com/DavidBaby.html