| Retrasado said: Wait a minute. You think that if a majority of the country believes murder or stealing is ok, it should be legal? Also, if you want to bring the Bible into this discussion, try this verse on for size: Exodus 21:22 (KJV)
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...was that supposed to be a serious question? Abortion isn't a crime in our country because it doesn't hurt anyone else and the mother has to bear the consequences of the choice herself. Her body, her choice.
Murder is a crime because you infringe upon someone's else's right to live.
Why should the Bible influence our social policy? Our country doesn't have an official religion and we have a doctrine in the Constitution that says there should be a permanent separation of church and state.
The point is it doesn't matter what the Bible says about the issue because the Bible isn't our Constitution our country's law. I agree that the Bible probably condemns those who have an abortion, but the Bible doesn't determine our social policy, we do.
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