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What Ruckman teaches about abortion in his own words

If men strive, and hurt a woman with child...he shall pay as the judges determine. And if any mischief follow...” (vss. 22,23). Advocates of birth control will notice that the destruction of a child in the fetal or embryonic stage is NOT counted as Murder in spite of the literature published between 1960 and 1970 by overzealous Kingdom builders who habitually ignore the authority of scriptures when dealing with personal and emotional issues. (Ruckman, Peter. The Book of Exodus. 1976, p. 398)

We have quoted everything Ruckman said about the above passage (Ex. 21:22-23), so we are not quoting him out of context. Notice how he left off vital parts of the verses he was commenting on, including: “then thou shalt give life for life.”

"I don't teach that abortion is murder, like the brethren do" 

Ruckman's statement in the above heading can be verified by a transcript and a recording at http://sites.google.com/site/ruckmantruth/Home/

An unusual view

The note at Psalm 139:15 in the Ruckman Reference Bible reveals an unusual view for someone who passes himself off as a Baptist. We will quote the entire note for this verse, so it cannot be said that we took Ruckman out of context:

Verses 13-16 are used by "pro-life Christians" (anti-abortionists) to prove that abortion is murder. The only way they can get that interpretation, though, is to ignore or alter this verse. Many expositors will make the expression "the lowest parts of the earth" a figurative reference to the "womb" (vs. 13). But the phrase has nothing to do with any woman's womb in Psalm 63:9; Isaiah 44:23; or Ephesians 4:9. Typical Laodicean, apostate scholarship--changing what God said to prove what you want the Scriptures to say. The reference is obviously to the creation of Adam (see note on Gen. 2:12).

For Jeremiah 1:5 in the Ruckman Reference Bible we find the following note, which we reproduce in its entirety: "This verse is used by 'pro lifers' to prove that abortion is murder. However, it is addressed to a grown man who was not aborted (see note on Psa. 139:15)." Jeremiah 1:5 says:

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

The fact that the man referred to in the verse was not aborted does not change the truth of the verse in the slightest.

Ruckman making exceptions to get around what the Bible says

The following comes from the note for Luke 1:44 in the Ruckman Reference Bible. We will list the verse first, following by Ruckman's entire note for that verse:

For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

Verses 41 and 44 are used by “pro-life” advocates, who believe that abortion is murder, to prove that Jeremiah (see note on Jer. 1:5), David (see note on Psa. 139:15), and John the Baptist were all “living

souls” (see note on Gen. 2:12). Their reasoning is obviously fallacious. First, John the Baptist and Jeremiah were special cases: they were the exception to the rule. Second, the Scriptures are dealing with children who were never aborted. They were all born, breathed (see Ezek. 37:9-14), and grew up into men. Third, none of the “Pro-lifers” believe that abortion, if it is murder, should be punished with capital punishment, although that is what is commanded in both Testaments (Num. 35:31-33; Rom. 13:1-4).

In other writings Ruckman claims to be against abortion, but the way he denied in his reference Bible that certain passages could be applied to abortion as we have documented, you would never know it. If Ruckman is against abortion as he claims, he is not basing it on the Bible, because he rejects what the Bible says about the life of the unborn.