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Originally Posted by Original Position
Without being too coy, I'll beg off on answering this as the notion of the "intrinsic value of human life" is too sophisticated for me to just grant. I'll stick with my original statement: leaving philosophical arguments aside, I don't see a strong Biblical case for condemning abortion. There's a general prohibition against murder (hardly uncommon), but not anything specific about where the boundaries of life are.
If you disagree with this claim, feel free to present such a case.
I don't disagree with you that the bible does not specifically state when life begins. I guess it is implied that life begins at the beginning! For the same reason that I don't see that you could justify killing a 1 year old because the bible is not specific, I don't see that you could justify abortion.
Life begins at conception. Claiming that life starts at any other point is just arbitrary.
My argument would be as follows. Let me know where you disagree.
1. Life begins at conception.
2. Murder is the destruction of life
3. The bible condemns murder
4. Abortion is the destruction of the fetus or embryo after conception.
5. (from 1,2,4) Abortion is the destruction of life, therefore is murder.
6. (from 3,5) The bible condemns abortion.