darth_ender said:
Well, much as I enjoy this debate, I don't think I'm going to argue with you if you think that a perfectly fair analogy is crazy without providing any rational reason. You don't have to like it, but both were/are legal, and yet some people saw/see such as acceptable while others saw/see such as unacceptable. Nothing crazy about that. But I think I'm done defending definitions since I feel like I am continually taken out of context (not just by you, mind you).
Comparing the legality of abortion to the legality of genocide during Nazi Germany is the dumbest fucking idea I have ever heard of. So no, I will not be offering much "rational reason" for saying an analogy is crazy.
Sorry if I'm coming off as snotty. Not my intention.
I know, I just think you need to step back and realize how ridiculous this conversation has become. This is beyond semantics.
EDIT: As for the Bible, I'm not sure if you mean in reference to abortions or just using the term at all. Frankly, I'm not sure...but searching on the BibleGateway, it appears that the term murderer is used a few times in the KJV, but not just plain murder. As for the NIV, it gets a bit more usage as both murderer and murder.
Now doing a little research and wasting valuable study time yields some interesting biblical arguments regarding abortion. One site gave some extremely bizarre and stretched interpretations justifying abortion from the Bible. Only a few citations could be considered truly worthy of further examination and rebuttal. However, several other citations support the notion of preserving life. I'd be interested in discussing that topic further, but I can't get on this site anymore today--too much to do.
some dude in the bible shot one off (ejaculated) into the ground and was immediately put to death by God for wasting his seed. Pretty sure the big man would be against abortion.
I'm just thankful that the God (who is the same today as he was yesterday (or however that phrase goes)) doesn't continue to kill people for jerking off or using BC.