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.Of all the current heresies, the one that sticks in my craw the most is not prosperity gospel, or NAR, it'a the smug elitism and lies from Buttigieg. In framing my arguments, please note.he professes to speak for the christian church, publicly.He certainly is welcome to live out his life and faith as he sees fit, but when you encourage others in wrong doctrine, and seek to hold political power,we who believe the Bible have the duty to speak out so others are not lost to his errors. First of all, he says the bible is mysterious,cannot be understood....which is a lie. hundreds of years ago, the Bible was printed in English. ( and now in almost every language around the globe) It was so everyone could read the Bible for themselves. This follows a tradition, obvious in the 4 gospels, of even average Jews, not just rabbis and scholars, being able to read the scripture.( I speak of course of Jesus. ) as a matter of fact, even soldiers knew enough to write lists ( recent archaeological find). What Pete proposes is an elite telling you what to think. Don't for heavens sake think you can read it for yourself. christianheadlines.com/contributors/mikaela-matthews/there-is-no-way-the-bible-should-be-taken-literally-pete-buttigieg-says.html meanwhile, his whole shtick about his "husband" is a lie. the family has been attacked...yet he wasn;t poor, wasn;t thrown out of the family.. some great unifier, isn;t he? Victimization and lies. You know people by their fruits well, his are rotten. https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/pete-buttigieg-is-weaponizing-a-false-christianity...to-attack-pro-lifers https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pete-buttigieg-brother-in-law-accuses-2020-candidate-of-lying-about-his-family-for-political-gain Now, about that life begins with breath ...thing. While it is true if you aren;t breathing you aren;t alive, the instance of God breathing life into Adam was a one time thing. Women aren't born fully formed, from the ribs of men.Natural reproduction was meant to take place,, ie all other humans would be born from their mothers, just like the rest of the creation.Jesus prayed for the dead he brought back to life. He didn;t breathe life back into them. The Two witnesses will have God breathe on them, and then they ascend. And I assure you whether they are modern men, or Moses and Elijah, they had mothers. In numerous places God refers to knowing the child in the womb.The one that is most pertinent, for now, is Mary arriving at Elizabeth's house ( being a person who had to know the truth.. was she pregnant with the Messiah? Gabriel told her Elizabeth was pregnant. past her time as a woman.. aged. So Mary travels to find out if the word was true ( gee she wasn;t a form of god, she didn;t have all knowledge. ) When she arrives... Luke 1 36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. 37 For with God nothing shall be impossible. 38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. 39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; 40 And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. 41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: 42 And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. 43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. 45 And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. A" fetus" six months in the womb, big enough to kick.greets a woman not even obviously pregnant yet.. at most she was a few weeks... however long it took her to travel. Confirmation received,A blessed time for all, over the next 3 months. The timing is implied..but I have every confidence Mary saw the birth of John. Was counseled and comforted. And was greeted on her return by Joseph taking her into his home., not stoning her or putting her aside. If these were people, in the womb, named and all, if David and the prophets could speak of being known from the womb, it is obvious there was a Jewish tradition of unborn infants being human. What about "the ripping of pregnant bellies' so often seen in warfare? you did not leave an enemy behind your back or in your midst. boys grew up to avenge their fathers ( true throughout the middle east, and I;m sure in other places as well) it should be obvious that this is not abortion. the mothers died as well. Murder, yes. and one that horrifies us. The law concerning hurting a pregnant woman..if she died, the perpetrator died. if she lived, he paid a fine. Obviously if the woman could have more children, this was considered fair. Children were .. everything .. in the Mosaic law. and this allowed women some protections. What about that oft quoted "even spilling seed is a sin?" I found this on chabad. org.(jewish organization) it echoes some very conservative christians. and is a total misrepresentation of the story of Onan. Onan's brother died. He took his brother;s wife as his.He and his brothers were born to Judah and "a canaanitish woman." We dont know if her pagan status affected them, I'n sure Judah taught them the ways of Israel.. Onan spilt his seed on the ground .God struck him dead. but his sin was not in a primitive form of birth control , it was in taking pleasure from the woman while not being willing to let her be pregnant, and raise a child in his brother's name. He disobeyed fundamental laws in effect even then. She was entitled to a child ( and got herself one of Judah himself, and he agreed she was more righteous than he was..and of a pure son of Jacob to boot. This is the lineage Jesus comes from.) Nowhere do I find a reference to a child drawing breath as suddenly being alive, the practice was for women to take the time to be cleansed ( recover from birth and be ready for sex) and more time was given if you had a girl child than a boy child. Certainly boys were circumcised the 8th day,and were named.not at their mother;s cleansing.Firstborn males had to be presented at the Temple, that implies traveling. so the whole "they weren't considered alive for a month" is not correct, or is a fable. Many babies died in the first month , that is true. A sorrow. but they didn;t consider those children "not alive." David's firstborn out of Bathsheba became ill apparently very early. He mourned and prayed for a week but the baby died. He said he would see his son again . He believed in resurrection. We are never told the child's name, but he considered his child his son. If Mr. Buttigeig has such a poor basic understanding of the Bible. would you trust him to teach you the basics of Christianity?Would you deliver yourself into his power , knowing he believes you are not a christian? Can you vote for those who will use any argument, even the bible, to keep abortion legal? ( this is about faith and your world view, not politics.) We believe we are evolved, not like past people, and yet the same old situations and arguments are presented again Gnosticism, elitism, and the last and final stage, the old/new religion, of the Whore of Babylon. Having an appearance of godliness, but nothing to do with God.predatory and soaked in blood. Please turn back to God. Read your bibles. the Holy Spirit is our helper in that. |
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