To: Das Outsider
Speaking of Messiah: Picture this: Mary conceives in her womb, and then journeys "quickly" to the hill country of Galilee to visit her kinswoman Elizabeth. Elizabeth greets her: "And who am I, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?"
Who is "the Lord" in this picture? What is He? How big is He? Where is He?
29 posted on
04/14/2008 6:04:38 PM PDT by
Mrs. Don-o
(Mammalia Primatia Hominidae Homo sapiens. Still working on the "sapiens" part.)
To: Mrs. Don-o
Who is "the Lord" in this picture? What is He? How big is He? Where is He?
Mary was with child (Matthew 1:18, KJV)--not potential child, not fetus. You're right in pointing out that size, location, and the like don't define personhood, but the Roe-Doe gang has a penchant for moving the goalposts on the issue--provided they address it at all.
Are you familiar with the pro-abortion rights arguments from theism/the Bible? Your series of questions really serve as a fairly good challenge to those who would refer to themselves both as Christians and pro-choice.
By any chance, have you read Francis Beckwith's "Politically Correct Death?" It's an older one--1992, I believe--but is as relevant today as it was then.
31 posted on
04/14/2008 6:45:07 PM PDT by
Das Outsider
("Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions." --G.K. Chesterton)
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