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You seem sensible on the issue. I am not pro-abortion. I am anti-legislation on the matter. If abortions become illegal, what will we do to investigate every "crime scene" miscarriage? Furthermore, what about women in the <1% of cases whose lives may be threatened….just let those die since they are such a small minority? Because the Bible does not teach that abortion is murder, I feel no need to legislate my personal conscience on the matter for all. The Bible, in fact, leaves the matter quite ambiguous, with far more positive to say toward abortion than negative. "Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind." I have nothing against folks having a strong opinion. I am simply against their opinions becoming laws. Such laws remove freedom of choice in a domain that is unclear and should be left to individual judgment/conscience. Mrs. White has told us, albeit on a different topic, that we need not err, but if we err it should be on the side of the people. In other words, let people have some freedom of choice for themselves.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/10/fear-of-a-female-president/497564/

So you don't think that anyone should stand up for the baby as their life is painfully taken from them?

The article said what I have long believed but didn't want to take the time to prove through research. Whenever I have asked the question "why do you dislike Hillary", I get vague, unsubstantiated replies, from both women and men. Most say "I don't know, there is just something about her"! How true, her is a women! The bottom line is 'how dare she think she can be in charge'. (What if God is gender neutral? Maybe that makes 'Him' God!)

Better to live on the corner of a roof than to share a house with a nagging wife. Proverbs 21:9

We could continue round and round and never really be fully on track. I'm satisfied with this left in the hand of God. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M-zwE33zHA Judgement to a disciple of Christ is good news, to those who will accept it from His hand along with recognition and repentance for their undone condition. God is Love!~Jesus saves!

I picked Ben Answer: The Pledge of Allegiance was written in August 1892 by the socialist minister Francis Bellamy. It was originally published in The Youth's Companion on September 8, 1892. The Pledge was supposed to be quick and to the point. Bellamy designed it to be recited in 15 seconds. In 1954, in response to the Communist threat of the times, President Eisenhower encouraged Congress to add the words "under God," creating the 31-word pledge we say today. Bellamy's daughter objected to this alteration.

If I work a solid day's labor, and my wages are $120, did the dollars pay me? Who paid me my wages? Wages do not pay themselves! God will pay the wages. He tells us so. "And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be." (Revelation 22:12)

Robert, Sin doesn't kill of itself. Had Adam and Eve been permitted to continue eating of the Tree of Life, we would have had immortal sinners. That is why God was forced to deprive them of its fruit, to prevent such a horror. God is the righteous Judge who will finally end sin and sinners. I'm so glad God takes responsibility for cleaning up the mess.

I listened to this pro-life sermon by Adventist Pastor Tony Brandon several times before, but this is the first time I watched it as a well illustrated video. Thanks for posting it!

Sperm and eggs are also "alive." But they do not breathe, and they are not persons possessed of a soul. The Catholic teaching makes them sacred, as if they were persons, and forbids any and all forms of contraceptions--because these "souls" were meant to be conceived and born. The Bible makes no such comment. Mrs. White expressly tells parents to control their family size. There is nothing sacred about the "egg," or the "seed," and there is no reason to bring into this world an innumerable company for whom one cannot properly provide. So where is the line drawn? Does a zygote have a soul? a blastocyst? These forms do not even have any neurons as yet, much less a heart, a stomach, or any other organs or limbs. The Bible's own distinction is made at birth. Sons of the Israelites, and Jesus followed in this as well, were circumcised at the age of eight days. Now, if they had been "persons" before birth, why was not their age advancing even in the womb? Perhaps, instead of eight days, they should have been circumcised on the 278th day (assuming they were born on the 270th day following conception). But, no, they were considered but eight days old when they were circumcised. Even modern cultures generally regard one's age as being from birth, not from any time before birth. Regarding "life," it goes all the way back to Adam in a single continuum of life. If any part of the "tree" had died between my own existence and that of Adam, I would not be here. The point in time in which my own existence became my own was my birth--when I began to breathe on my own and that umbilical cord connecting me to my mother was cut. That is a person's defining moment. Prior to that, a person is just an extension of the mother's life. An interesting case might be made for the situation of Noah. He had three sons with him in the ark, and all four men had their wives. For nearly a year in the ark, they had nothing more to do than to care for the animals and themselves. What might they have done with their leisure time? I imagine they had a bit of quality time for their wives, time which would be productive of children. Shem, the progenitor of Christ, is listed as having had five sons. Arphaxad appears to be the middle son. If this is truly the case, then Shem's wife was pregnant while on the ark. How would we know? Look at the following verse. Arphaxad, being the one to continue in the line of Christ, is the one for whom the years are mentioned. He is born two years after the flood. If two of his brothers were older than he (not a unique situation to have a younger one be the "birthright" son, seeing as Shem also was younger than Japheth), that would mean Shem's wife had had a baby in each of the two preceding years as well. Nor would this be especially unique, for Noah himself had had three sons in as many years, which I can mathematically prove from the Bible itself but won't take up extra space in this post to do. Why would it be interesting to see if there were pregnancies in the ark? Look at Peter's words. There were but eight souls that were saved in the flood. I'll admit that the consideration of Arphaxad being the third son is an assumption that I cannot prove. But the order of mention does imply this, as the order is generally given by birth order in the Bible. If you believe that one has a soul while in the womb, you must also admit to making certain assumptions, including that none of Noah's daughters-in-law could have become pregnant while on the ark.

God does not destroy here and now in general but in the judgement day He will destroy Satan. Jesus says he will say to the wicked depart from me into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels. Yes I know the fire does not burn forever but the results are forever. While Satan did in a sense destroy himself he does not literally blot himself out of existence . That is the work of God. His strange work but His work nonetheless.