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Originally posted by: Warbler
it is unfortunate that we can't discuss these kinds of topics without getting upset at one another.
JediSage: I just read Titus Chapter 1 verses 5 through 7 from the Kings James Version of the Bible. There did not seem to be anything there that would prohibit female clergy.
As for Abortion, wheither someone its somone who had unprotected sex or rape, the real question is when does life begin? If it begins at birth, than abortion is not murder. If life begins at conception, then abortion is the taking of human life and (imho) would be wrong wheither or not the conception was rape. When does life begin?...I can't answer that one. But that is the question that needs to be answered.
"....and ORDAIN elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: If any be blameless, the HUSBAND of ONE WIFE, having children..." emphasis mine.
I had really hoped to withdraw from this, because I don't want us to be upset with eachother. However, even if there were uncertainty about when life begins (which there's not), should we not choose to protect life? For example, if you're driving on a dark road one night, and see a shape in the road that may or may not be a person, should you speed up? Or try to avoid hitting it?