Conservatives Lie

Conservatives lie when they claim that the Bible proclaims that life begins at conception.  Fortunately, the Bible says otherwise. The bible tells us when a fetus becomes a living being.

Many people think that a human being is created at the time of conception but this belief is not supported by the bible.   The fact that a living sperm penetrates a living ovum resulting in the formation of a living fetus does not mean that the fetus is a living human being.   According to the bible, a fetus is not a living person with a soul until after drawing its first breath.

After God formed man in Genesis 2:7,   He “breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and it was then that the man became a living being”.   Although the man was fully formed by God in all respects, he was not a living being until after taking his first breath.

In Job 33:4, it states:   “The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.”

Again, to quote Ezekiel 37:5&6,   “Thus says the Lord God to these bones:   Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live.   And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live;   and you shall know that I am the Lord.”

In Exodus 21:22 it states that if a man causes a woman to have a miscarriage, he shall be fined;   however, if the woman dies then he will be put to death.   It should be apparent from this that the aborted fetus is not considered a living human being since the resulting punishment for the abortion is nothing more than a fine;   it is not classified by the bible as a capital offense.

Life begins with the first breath.  Prior to that point in time no one is yet born.  It is important from a legal point to differentiate between potential for life and actual life.  While a seed has potential to become a plant, until it actually sprouts abd begins tgo grow it is still a seed.  The same is true for a fertilizwd egg.  An egg does not become a chicken until it is hatched.  Break an egg before hatching and at best you have an omelet.