Actually backwards - for we who believe in the Creation story, it says in Genesis, "...male and female He made them." The traditional understanding is that since this is before G-d takes Adam's rib to make Eve, the original being was dual-gendered.

Couldn't it be a massive meteor?

exactly!

"Ain ha bracha shora, ela badavar hasamui min ha ayin" - The blessing only resides on that which is hidden from the eye. We have a custom to wait until the pregnancy is noticeable before notifying those who need to know (who don't live nearby). Otherwise, the custom is generally not to talk too much about it,…

I read this definition some definitions online - none seem to imply this. They do state that the defamation would need to be some party other than the party being defamed, so an internal document could defame Google internally to other parties present, like Microsoft employees, investors, etc. All the moreso when…

I think my ideas would probably be more like most people's actually. However, since I am an observant Jew, some of my ideas aren't in check with what I understand to be G-d's ideas, and in those cases, I choose G-d. For instance, I'd probably really enjoy the taste of a bacon cheeseburger, but the Torah forbids for…

Like you're original comment? "Are you calling the killing of an egg abortion?" to which Jeremy Turnley answered you. And nobody is holding it against you. Most comments help to break false pretenses and ignorance, not attack other commenters. Have a nice day.

You are now officially trolling.

Surgery would be preferable, for example, if it was determined to a high degree of possibility by a doctor that having a child, or even becoming pregnant, would, G-d forbid, kill the mother. Under the premise that childbearing should be done within a marriage, the responsibility to have children starts after getting…

Comments are meant to be directed about the topic matter, not the commenter. Your last comment is off-topic.

No. My web browser didn't show the article, and some articles are snippets, with nothing more than the title. I thought this was one of those.

I just opened this article in another browser - now I see more than just the title. A piece of plastic and and iud aren't the same. The article is talking about an iud.

I'm not trolling. I'm using Opera as a web browser, and only the title for this article was displayed - it was to the title that I commented, as prior to modern IUD's, previous ones did not prevent fertilization. I reopened the page in Chrome and saw the error.

I can appreciate the points you're making, but I disagree with the conclusion. As part of overindulging, we have more with what to open new frontiers for the growing population. I believe that we have it in us to continue making more room for a larger populace without becoming an India or a China, two countries on…

It's incredible how the analysts in the linked article are mistaken time and again, yet Apple continues to grow and impress. My guess is Apple has more in mind than what to buy - they are making what the competitor makes, better, and making money on their own products with R&D that probably costs less than acquiring…

No, the plastic device, in origin, would allow a fertilized egg to grow around it, in a way that it would eventually die by getting caught up on the plastic. Today an IUD (though I'm not sure this article is talking about an IUD) is supposed to use copper to prevent the sperm from swimming in the right direction. I…

Overindulgence ruins lives. We are far from being overpopulated if we were to use our resources properly. We are not on this planet in order to stop propagating.

I think the wealthy know how to spend their money properly. If Apple were to buy up companies without having a clear purpose and plan in mind, someone who have to pipe up and say, "Hey, that's not characteristic of Apple - they're smarter than that."

Those who have a good answer can practice abstinence or have surgery to tie tubes. I don't think there's a good enough answer to abort a fetus from the get go.

:) Happily!