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From: gadfly@ihuxn.UUCP (Gadfly)
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Subject: Re: Adam Reed's attack on Jews
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Date: Sun, 16-Feb-86 21:42:52 EST
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> For reasons I won't state here, I believe the analogy between the
> holocaust and abortion is weak.  Nevertheless, I suspect that Ken's
> "close-minded dogma" is much closer to classic rabbinical thinking
> than your own "modernism."
> 
> 	Frank Silbermann

I doubt it, and refer to the discussion of nefesh that has been going
on.  Abortion is certainly a bad thing in the Halachic tradition, but
I don't think it is ever classified as murder.  And the mother's life
figures prominently in the consideration (viz: it may be bad because
the mother might be putting her own life in danger in some abortions).
There are certainly many factors to weigh.  The distinction may
not be significant, though.  I think the larger distinction between
Arndt and Halacha is the context.  If Arndt would preface his arguments
with a note that behaviors he disapproves of are un-*Christian*, instead
of generic monstrous evil, your point would be better taken.  When I
stated that Ken's behavior was inappropriate for n.r.j, it was because
Jews discuss what is appropriate for Jews.  We do not proselytize a
morality (or worse, secular legislation) to which everybody must submit.
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