From: kilborn4950@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.lawsch-l
Subject: Re: ABORTION: WHEN Does Human Life BEGIN?
Date: 29 Sep 92 14:01:45 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <01GPBS1NUIV4001AD0@cnsvax.uwec.edu>, "NAME 'Robert E. McElwaine'" <MCELWRE@UWEC.BITNET> writes:
>                      ABORTION: WHEN DOES HUMAN LIFE BEGIN?
> 
>                The debate about the abortion issue really boils down to
>           a question of when human life begins.  Many "pro-lifers" are
>           fundamentalist Christians but are unable to quote any clear
>           statements from their Bible indicating that human life begins
>           at conception.  [And most of them, especially the Catholics,
>           are also against artificial birth control, which would
>           PREVENT the unwanted pregnancies to begin with!]  They are
>           apparently either ignorant of, or ignoring, GENESIS 2:7,
>           which states: "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the
>           ground, and breathed into his nostrils the BREATH OF LIFE,
>           and man became a living Soul.".
> 
>                This Biblical statement indicates that human life begins
>           (Soul enters its new body) WHEN THE BODY TAKES ITS FIRST
>           BREATH OF AIR OUT-side THE WOMB.  Therefore, if an aborted

                Quite an interesting, literal interpretation of a
much-disputed, often-misinterpreted book.  If everything in the Bible were only
so clear-cut and obvious...

>           fetus's lungs are too undeveloped to breathe, or if an older
>           fetus is biologically terminated INside the womb, then that
>           abortion can NOT be called "murder", because NO Soul was
>           present in the fetus.
> 
> 
>                Another thing to consider is that each of us is
>           surrounded by a protective energy field usually called an
>           "AURA".  A few people, including the late Edgar Cayce, can
>           actually see colored AURAs around people.  The Canadian
>           scientist Frances Nixon developed a way to locate the boun-
>           daries of a person's AURA.
> 
>                One of the AURA's main purposes is to shield out
>           discarnate entities from a person's body.  If an AURA becomes
>           weak, because of illness, injury, etc., discarnate entities
>           can sometimes invade and cause insanity, multiple personali-
>           ties, etc..
> 
>                THE AURA OF A HEALTHY PREGNANT MOTHER WOULD LIKEWISE
>           PREVENT A SOUL FROM ENTERING THE FETUS INSIDE HER.
> 
> 
>                The purpose of laws in a free country like the United
>           States should be to protect INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM, and prevent
>           it from being violated by others, NOT to stifle it in the
>           name of power, control, exploitation, orthodox RELIGION, or
>           the money-god.  Any man-made law which fails that test is
>           automatically and immediately UN-Constitutional, null and
>           void.
> 
>                The INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM of a pregnant mother to control
>           her own body must likewise be protected.
> 
> 
>                If the "pro-lifers" would show as much concern for
>           People AFTER birth as they do for fetus's before birth, the
>           world could rapidly become a decent place to live in.
> 
> 
>                UN-altered REPRODUCTION and DISSEMINATION of this
>           IMPORTANT Information is ENCOURAGED.
> 
> 
>                                        Robert E. McElwaine
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