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Is abortion okay, if the mother's life is at risk, according to Catholicism?
In Catholic morality, abortion is always wrong. Another principle is that intention is primary: it's about saving lives. When in saving the mother's life and reasonable care has been done for the ...
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Is abortion okay, if the mother's life is at risk, according to Catholicism?
Is abortion ok if the mother's life is at risk according to Catholicism?
Generally speaking, the short answer is no, unless the surgery would be absolutely necessary and the death of the infant would ...
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Looking for a passage in the Old Testament
You are probably thinking of Elijah, as recounted in 1 Kings 19. It occurs right after Elijah's 'competition' with the prophets of Baal, and also includes the "still small voice" of God.
The Catholic ...
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How do Christians justify worshiping someone who kills naive children/innocent beings?
Reading the whole chapter in context tells a different story
Also remember that the Bible wasn't written in English. The presumption of "innocence" on the part of those taunting the prophet Elisha ...
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1 Samuel 15:3 killing of children
God's reasons for commanding the destruction of the Amalekites were many. Some of them were:
To punish the crimes of the Amalekites (1 Samuel 15:2: ‘I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to ...
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1 Samuel 15:3 killing of children
The word "Kill" has different meanings/definitions depending on the context.
For example:
to kill an animal
to kill/execute/hang a murderer
to kill/murder a person
to kill time
The word ...
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According to the Catholic Church, what was the point of all the plagues?
The ten plagues corresponded to ten of the major Gods of the Egyptians. The God of the Hebrews wasn't trying to convert anyone, but assert himself as the God above all other gods.
1) God of the Nile, ...
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Who was the first person on record who was killed by a Christian or group of Christians for religious disagreements?
Your question starts with a couple of assumptions that don't hold up. First, the earliest Christians had plenty of heated disagreements, starting with doctrinal conflicts over the extent to which the ...
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Who was the first person on record who was killed by a Christian or group of Christians for religious disagreements?
Who was the first person on record who was killed by a Christian or group of Christians for religious disagreements?
Undoubtedly the answer to this question would seem to be lost to history. ...
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How do Christians justify worshiping someone who kills naive children/innocent beings?
Your question about Elisha and the curse called down upon his taunters in the name of YHWH has been fully answered by Korvin Starmast. With regard to the fig tree cursed by Jesus (Mark 11:12-14; 20-...
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