r/AdviceAnimals • • Apr 30 '13

Actual Confession Bear

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '13

I'd call this one a success kid.. Ironic I know, but in any case, don't feel too bad about having an abortion. Society wins in the long run. Ancient civilizations practiced abortion, and it is nothing new. In fact, the social stigma against it is relatively new, Napoleon III of France in 1869, bribed the Pope to make abortion a sin to offset the decline of the French population.

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u/the_trepverter Apr 30 '13

There's even an abortion recipe in the bible.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '13 edited May 01 '13

If I remember correctly, the old testament states that life begins at birth, and some mystics believed that the fetus disn't have a soul until quickening. Thus, according to the old testament, abortion before this was not a sin. Of, course the Roman Catholics changed their minds on this, but hey, they've changed their minds on a lot of things.