The Beginning of Life and The Bible

Well, that may work wonders, but Yahweh clearly defines himself as someone to be obeyed and not swayed by reason or prayers, e.g.: "⁶³ Just as it pleased the Lord to make you prosper and increase in number, so it will please him to ruin and destroy you. You will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess." (Deuteronomy 28:63) 

(Actually, in my opinion, this old religious figure in some aspects resemble Donald Trump in his insistence on POWER. As it is the depiction of this former toyboy for the goddess Astarte/Asherah doesn't strike one as a "good", benevolent or even considerate god even though that's an important part of modern, public beliefs about him: Sometimes he is even seen as a kind of Santa, bestowing gifts upon people which is not in accordance with descriptions one finds in The Bible).

To me beliefs, religious or not, are human made and thus may shift with social and historical conditions. As they are human made it's interesting to see that Yahweh often is described as the propagandist of ideas that in reality are against what The Bible professes. One of the subjects that undergoes such a modern transformation is life itself. When and how does life start is an important question when it comes to women and their abortion rights. I've often seen claims about the "sin" of abortions, even when founded on medical reasons, and this "sin" may be translated into "go against the will of God". However, those who say something like that obviously haven't read what The Bible says on the subject of life and babies. They simply propose something which they take for granted must be the message of The Bible.

 

According to The Bible life begins at birth, and not before birth. "Life" as such is defined as "breath", like e.g. in the legend of Adam in (Genesis 2:7): God ".... "breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul." As to the biblical respect for life of children as such then it seems non-existent: "Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones." (Psalm 137:9) The massacre of the innocents (Matthew: 2:16-18) tells the horrifying story of Herod having all male children of a certain age executed and there are no signs of a godly regret or even compassion. The Bible is NOT PRO-Child as such. Children are not protected by Yahweh whether in or out of the uterus.

 

https://auctoresonline.org/article/the-psychopathological-profile-of-the-biblical-god-called-yhwh-yahweh-a-psychological-investigation-into-the-behaviour-of-the-judaic-christian-god-described-in-the-biblical-old-testament 

 

https://www.ancient-hebrew.org/character-yhwh/index.htm 

 

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