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2007-10-30 05:19:54 · 27 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
NO, I wouldn't
2007-10-30 05:23:49 · answer #1 · answered by Bravado Guru 5 · 11⤊ 2⤋
Another non-Christian, but I'll chime in. Wow. Big philosophical issues here.
I started to say, "YES! without a doubt." But the person who said a woman should not have a fetus aborted against her will was right. It IS about choice.
Not sure I agree with the person who compared it to genocide. I understand the word "genocide" to mean the purposeful slaughter of a GROUP of people because of some characteristic that they can't change (i.e., nationality, race, disability status.) I don't think that performing one abortion qualifies as "genocide."
The person who said killing someone might interfere with history in a bad way also had a good point. If we ever do achieve time travel, I think we'd have to be careful about just killing people willy-nilly. Anybody here old enough to remember the Star Trek episode where Capt. Kirk's GF would have prevented WW2 if she had lived....but he had to let her die, because something even worse would have happened?
And Dumbledore, I LOVE your new name!!
2007-10-30 13:05:11 · answer #2 · answered by catrionn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and while I'm back in time, I'd go back to 1915 and give the helpless Armenians some weapons to fight off the turks during the Genocide.
This is turn would cause a chain reaction, which would lead Hitler to not commit the Holocaust.
FYI, Hitler, in order to convince everyone that he could get away with what he was doing, stated: "Who today, remembers the annihilation of the Armenians?"
2007-10-31 02:08:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. When an evil person is dead, there are many who will take his/her place. I would go back in time for something better.
There is also the possibility of going back and doing something that will make the young Osama a more saintly man than even the Pope himself.
If you go back in time to kill Bin Laden, then it should be AFTER he already became evil.
2007-10-30 12:27:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Osama has his purpose I suppose just like anyone else. We are not the judges of people that we can make someone not exist.
Good grief, could you imagine that sort of power in the hands of the church during the dark ages?
Talk about fear and oppression. You would have to worry that your actions would be considered heresy and the church would go back in time to rub you out...
2007-10-30 12:34:15 · answer #5 · answered by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm certainly not Christian, and VERY Pro-Choice... And I would say I would definately abort him.
Look, someone else MAY rise up either way, but that isn't the point. That man was a terribly evil person, and apparently a large group of insane Christians don't realize the destruction he caused.
2007-10-30 12:26:18 · answer #6 · answered by Rialee 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Oh jeeze, for the last time, just because someone is a christian, aka, me, does not mean they are close minded idiots.
....Yes, I would.
But I am not sure if it would have done any good, someone else would have come up with the idea and done it.
But if aborting him assured me that it would not happen, then yes.
there would not have been a war....maybe, lol.
and president BUSH would most likely NOT have been in office again!
I hate that guy!
2007-10-30 12:24:56 · answer #7 · answered by Megan 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm not Christian and I'm pro-choice, but I wouldn't. Forcing an abortion on a woman is as bad as denying her one. It's all about the right to chose.
Also, as someone else mentioned, there would be someone else to take his place. The problems that lead to his creation would still exist whether he had been born or not.
2007-10-30 12:27:49 · answer #8 · answered by Lillith 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not even him, Not even Judas Iscariot, can we abort. You can misspell EVERY word in a paragraph and still anyone can read it just as fast. Spelling is for tests, not devil worshipers. But that's what I expect from Satan's prodigies. By the way I won spelling bees all throughout early school, so who cares!!!!!!!
2007-10-30 12:27:58 · answer #9 · answered by jefferson j 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, because every life has value to God. Ossama's life has significance even if He never accepts Jesus because through His life someone somewhere could turn to Jesus searching for something better than Ossama's life portrays. God is greater than all evil men combined, and nothing can thwart His purpose!
2007-10-30 12:26:14 · answer #10 · answered by HeVn Bd 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
i would have to say no that would totally alter history as we know it things happen for a reason not saying 9/11 is a good thing but something will eventually come out of it
2007-10-30 12:26:07 · answer #11 · answered by bao187 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋