
On LGBTQ: - All potential “condemnations” of queerness on the Bible are significantly ambiguous or appear alongside prohibitions on things like shellfish and blended fabrics. - Jesus makes no reference to the topic. - He loves even sinners unconditionally and shows them radical kindness
On abortion: - Jesus again makes absolutely no mention of the subject. - Exodus 21:22-25 suggests a fetus is valued less than a person (killing fetus carries fine, killing woman carries death penalty) - Numbers 5:11-31 describes priests performing an induced miscarriage as a mechanism of judgement - Not a single passage clearly establishes a fetus as a person or explicitly condemns abortion as a practice