I'm Christian, and I believe abortion is murder. What is your stand on this, and why?
2007-11-08 01:11:40 · 35 answers · asked by Sabrina 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Pro-Life 100%!
One of the biggest arguments in the abortion debate is the issue of when does human life begin.
There is not a scientist in the world who would tell you that any living creature in the world can reproduce any offspring of a different species.
DNA is the most basic foundational building block of life in both animal & man. It is the most basic building block that makes every creature ONLY ABLE to reproduce it's own kind! It cannot reproduce any other species except it's own!
Even in the creation af a human baby, both the woman's egg, & the man's sperm, ONLY contain HUMAN DNA!
From the moment that the woman's egg is fertilized, that joined cell contains ONLY HUMAN DNA!
Once the fertilized egg starts to grow, it still contains ONLY HUMAN DNA!
That fertilized egg will ONLY DEVELOP INTO a human baby, because it contains ONLY HUMAN DNA!
Looking at these facts, let us see what Scripture says about reproduction:
Genesis 1:24 (New International Version)
24 And God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind." And it was so.
Look at what I have underlined-".....each according to it's own kind."
When God created the world, He made it so that each creature, could only reproduce the same species! A cow could not reproduce a horse. A Pig could not reproduce a dog. Each creature that God created, could ONLY REPRODUCE IT'S OWN KIND-NOTHING ELSE!
It's the same way with humans-a human can only reproduce another human.
Regardless of what a baby looks like, when it is forming-it is still a human being!
It cannot be anything else!
When a human kills another human being-it is murder!
When a woman has an abortion-it is killing another human being, regardless of what stage of development the baby might might be in! Why is it murder-because the baby, even if it is unborn, has ONLY HUMAN DNA-NOTHING ELSE! It is STILL a human being!
An unborn baby is still a human being, because it CANNOT BE ANYTHING ELSE!
Abortion kills another human being.
Therefore abortion IS MURDER!
That's my opinion.
2007-11-08 01:16:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 11⤋
Christian here and I am 100% pro-life and live it too. My oldest son is the product of rape and he is a continual blessing in my life, a beautiful gift that came from a terrible experience. Unlike what people will say, I don't think about the rape every time I look at him! He is beautiful child (almost 13 now) and the thought that society would approve of his murder just because of how he got here makes me sad.
From a scientific point of view, I am still pro-life. The unborn child is not apart of the mother's body...
1)she cannot create the child herself
2)the child has different DNA than she does
3)the child can have a different blood type than she does
4)the child can be a different gender than she is
5)the child will not stay with her forever unless someone else removes the child (the mother can remove the child through a natural process, not man made intervention)
If the child were truly part of the mother's body then she would not need a man to create it, it would share her exact DNA, it would have the same blood type, it would be the same gender and it would stay with her forever unless it was surgically removed.
EDIT: PROP FORWARD: you stated
I think everyone and every woman has the right to choose for themselves.
If you truly believe that, then what if the father wants to keep the child (his choice) and the mother does not? The mother's rights over ride those of the father every time! Not fair and not right when the child is 50 % of the father!
2007-11-08 01:52:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think there are always certain conditions such as rap, or incest that Pro Choice would be the better answer But I also STRONGLY feel that if this has to happen it should not be after the first 2 months of pregnancy!!! Nor do I believe in these woman who get pregnant over and over again and just have an abortion everytime!! They should learn how to Use birth control and take responsiblity for their actions!! Same thing for these men who knock up woman and dont want to take on responsiblity so they make their wives/girlfriends have abortions.
2007-11-08 01:23:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Just a quick distinction: pro-choice and pro-life are not opposite positions. Pro-choice and anti-choice are, and pro-life and anti-life are. Nearly every pro-choice person I know is pro-life.
That said, I am properly pro-life. However, I do not believe our society provides women real alternatives and real support for other choices. I would like to see us work to ensure that women are empowered to make decisions about their lives and family, and to provide real empowerment for women with unwanted pregnancies.
At the same time, I would like us very much to consider what legalized abortion says about the value of life or potential life. Most pro-choice people are environmentalist for the benefit of hypothetical future people, and so those people must have ontological value. I can't see why an actual, non-hypothetical fetus' life is any less worth protecting. Therefore I am pretty much anti-choice, with exceptions for rape and life of the mother.
2007-11-08 01:19:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm Pro-Choice and believe that the bible supports being pro-choice (I'm not catholic and that's significant). If one believes the stories in the old testament of the world being wiped out, entire cities being wiped out, etc one has to assume that in populations with no birth control, there were pregnant women. Now, either the catholic concept of original sin is right, and by God killing pregnant women and their fetuses it was okay cause the fetus was a sinner or God does not mind killing an innocent sinless child, or God himself did not consider a fetus a human being. Therefore I came to the conclusion that either God did not consider the fetus a human being or that he was the biggest murderer of all time. Therefore I chose the first, and am therefore pro-choice.
2007-11-08 01:26:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely Pro-Life!
2007-11-08 01:25:16 · answer #6 · answered by nanaynikikay 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
This is my thought on abortion:
Morally: Abortion is morally wrong in most cases.
Legally: Abortion should be legal and safe for those that need it, or that feel that it is the only option.
Socially: ALL sexually active people should be responsible and use appropriate birth control and should not consider abortion as a form of birth control. This should be a strong message taught to all children and adults Adoption agencies should be set up to encourage the mother to become a surrogate for someone that want a child.
2007-11-08 01:24:00 · answer #7 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Pro Choice. I think everyone and every woman has the right to choose for themselves. The abortion debate has been going on for millenia (Not kidding, the info is out there) and if you think about it, most (not all, but most) of the pro-life lobby have no problem with killing people under other circumstances.
Also, I think that you shouldn't condemn a child to a life of poverty because teenagers are idiots. Why should a child suffer because their parent is a moron? (Many do anyway, regardless.) Furthermore, many people are on welfare due to having too many children to care for. I don't want to pay for the irresponsible trailer trash. Also, it stands to reason that a person who undergoes to the procedure has to live with the consequences themselves.
To play Devil's Advocate, who said kids were so damn special anyway? There are too many of them running around, and the majority are idiots anyway. Poorly behaved, loud, stupid, mouth breathing idiots that really just make being in public that much more worse for the rest of us, and when they hit adulthood, they usually aren't that different anyway. A few less of them is not really that bad a thing when you get down to it.
2007-11-08 01:21:54 · answer #8 · answered by Prop Forward 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
As a male, I will never have to make that decision for myself, and I do not feel I have the right to make that decision for anyone else.
I believe that women should have access to safe, legal abortions if that is the choice they make. I don't have to LIKE that choice, but I don't have the right to take it away.
2007-11-08 02:19:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pro-life. I'm wiccan and I believe in "Harm None". Well, a child seems more than "none" to me. (I grew up Christian and had same beliefs then too)
I don't see the "women's choice" position, to me it's more of the baby's lack of choice.
But I respect everybody elses choice, to have an opinion. So Blessed be.
2007-11-08 01:25:23 · answer #10 · answered by LadyMagick 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I prefer to keep my nose out of other people's business, but I don't believe that our government should have the ability to put restrictions on reproduction either way. What happens in a woman's womb should be her decision, not our government's or anybody else's.
2007-11-08 03:00:48 · answer #11 · answered by kristawltn 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋