If you believe in heaven and hell, and you believe infants and children who do not understand Jesus and the Christian message etc. will go to heaven automatically, then why do you not rejoice with every aborted child? A dead baby is horrible, but in light of heaven and the presence of one more soul with the Lord for all eternity, is that not a victory?
At the very least, isn't it better that a child be aborted than be born and grow up, when they may decide not to accept Christ and ultimately be damned to hell?
Why do we claim to be proponents of humanity and yet not allow humans to be humans?
There are only four differences between a human and a fetus:
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Size or Physical Appearance Do humans lose value when they dont look right? Does size equal value? Men are generally larger than women. Does that mean men are more human than women? Shaquille ONeil is larger than Hillary Clinton. Does that mean Hillary Clinton is less human than Shaq? The term used to describe the destruction of groups of people based on their physical appearance is ethnic cleansing or genocide. But human value transcends physical appearance. Therefore, not looking right cannot disqualify a human being from being valuable.
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Level of Development Is a persons value defined by his abilities, by what he can or cant do? Do we forfeit our rights as human persons because we dont have the capabilities others have? Do stronger, more capable, more intelligent people have more rights than others? Do human beings become disposable simply because at their level of development they are helpless, defenseless, and dependent? Human value transcends abilities or the lack of abilities. Therefore, missing abilities cannot disqualify human value.
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Environment Do humans forfeit their worth when they change locations? Baby Rachel was born prematurely at 24 weeks. She weighed only 1 lb. 9 oz., but dropped to just under 1 lb. soon after. She was so small she could rest in the palm of her daddys hand. She was a tiny, living, person. Heroic measures were taken to save her life. If a doctor had killed Rachel we would have recoiled in horror. However, if this same little girl was
inches away from the outside world, resting inside her mothers womb, she could be legally killed by abortion. Clearly, ones environment cant be the deciding factor. Changing locations is morally trivial. Environment has no bearing on who we are.
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Degree of Dependency Is human value determined by our degree of dependency on others? The unborns dependency on his mother for sustenance is irrelevant to the babys value. No baby is viable if degree of dependency matters. All babies need their mothers for feeding whether via blood (an umbilical cord), breast, or bottle. Human beings may be dependent on others for their survival, but they arent dependent on others for their value. All physically dependent people are at risk if degree of dependency determines their value those dependent on kidney machines, pacemakers, and insulin would have to be declared non-persons. Dependency does not determine worth.
I find your argument about abortion somehow being a blessing as abhorrent and has no place in true Christian life. We need to pray that this country has a change of heart and to overturn Roe v. Wade. As for your argument of legality... slavery was legal once too, and thanks to the hard work of evangelical Christians it was abolished. Let us pray that we can make that happen with abortion too.
(the above 4 quotes may be viewed in their full context if you google S.L.E.D.)
