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Originally Posted by Vendetta Ride
Perhaps you're misunderstanding me. I know the verses about prenatal life, and believe them. I simply said that the moment when the soul is formed is a technical matter, which it is.
"Soul" and "life" are two different concepts.
I despise abortion as much as anyone in this forum. I believe that abortion is manslaughter. Were you under the impression that I believed otherwise?
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I beg your pardon. No I was not under the impression you were for abortion.
I perhaps did misunderstand, though I don't believe there is a "technical" answer from our view to when the material and immaterial part of man form life. I believe that is an eternal question outside of human comprehension. But I believe that anyone who "teaches that a baby becomes a living soul when it takes his first breath" is wrong. That would make abortion not murder.
Theologians have their "opinions" of spirit, soul, flesh, heart, conscience, and when such combinations constitute life, but I believe God leaves no doubt about a living soul in the womb.