RELS 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Ensoulment, Talmud
26 May 2020
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James writes from a secular perspective pervasive: unwelcome influence. Secular perspective = has no religious perspective. Abraham and sarah were married, hagar had abraham"s baby. Women abraham"s time were just ovens not contributing to pregnancy. We don"t seem to steward earth well. Religion talks about responsibility rather than our rights. Christians make the point that life begins at conception. Protestants would say conception as the threshold as when life begins. His concerns: the context of scripture matters. The part of the bible, i knew you is talking about affirming jeremiah"s calling. Religious critics say - conservatives use a precident. Be open minded to information being presented. Aquainas states that a baby isn"t a baby until they have a recognizable human shape. Before ensoulment you can have an abortion. Abortions before ensoulment is a sin against marraige not god. They saw in cellular formations tiny formed humans. If they look like humans they have always been humans.
