I asked a question yesterday that almost everyone misunderstood. I believe that NO baby should ever be aborted and children should never have to die, but if they are going to die and you can't stop people from having abortions do you think that it could be a blessing in disguise since they will all go to heaven right away and not have to suffer. PLEASE UNDERSTAND--I AM NOT ASKING IF THEIR DEATHS WOULD BE PREFERRED!!!
2006-07-12 05:51:34 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It can be a blessing. I guess, if you want to look at it that way.
2006-07-12 05:55:00 · answer #1 · answered by mistresskaida 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could make the same argument about medicine and/or pre-natal care. In past times a lot of people died in infancy. Our society spends a lot of time & money making sure that children survive childhood. Wouldn't it be cheaper to just let them die? After all, people who die in infancy are (assumed to be) going to Heaven anyway because they are not mentally developed enough to have a sense of self-determination (I.E.: free will) yet.
I think that God would expect us to preserve life, not end it. Being indifferent to life makes a society more brutal and calloused overall. The OT condemns the practice of child sacrifice, for example. It did not call child sacrifice a blessing in disguise. Maybe the children who died in this way in ancient Israel were blessed because they do not have to live on this cursed Earth, but think about what effect such behavior has on society as a whole; the people who are still here on this Earth have to live with the consequences.
I am not going to get into a debate as to whether abortion is always wrong or not, or if abortion really is the equivalent to the ancient Canaanite practice of child sacrifice (Because that is not what you asked.). I was simply addressing your abstract point about whether or not the way that our society practices abortion was somehow "good".
I suppose that God can use anything for good in the long run, even evil, because God is supreme, but I don't think that the Bible would support the idea that we should practice or encourage evil so that some good may eventually come of it. Paul addressed that general idea already in his letter to the Romans, and the answer was "no".
2006-07-12 13:13:42 · answer #2 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many times it would be a blessing compared to the life on earth the child would have.
2006-07-12 12:55:27 · answer #3 · answered by Badkitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No because the blessing is that the woman was able to conceive in the first place
2006-07-12 12:55:25 · answer #4 · answered by Who me? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no because you don't know they will go to heaven. also with that logic, should we kill all infants that are born just to hope they don't suffer?
2006-07-12 12:55:38 · answer #5 · answered by get_unlost 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋