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Calvinism and Abortion

Humble_Disciple

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So how does a calvinist take issue with abortion? If an infant has sinful nature at conception, and dies in the womb, shouldnt the calvinist glorify God for punishing the sinner? Shouldnt calvinists glorify abortion because God is judging sinners?

This is from the Westminster Confession, a standard of Calvinist doctrine:


This is Romans 9:11. -

For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth.

God's elect are God's elect from the moment of conception, before they've done anything good or evil, just as they've been God's elect from before the foundation of the world.
 
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Let's go one further ... David said in the scripture that He was going to be with his unborn son in heaven, unless you believe that the man after God's own heart went to hell. (The man who God said his only sins pertained to Uriah the Hittite. Took his wife and got him killed. Yes, he numbered the people, but if you look at God's command with regards to that issue, it was the people's responsibility to pay. Yes, he felt guilty ... but was it sin? No. According to God anyway.)

But then, I'm a Calvaminian. What do I know. And if all the unborn go to heaven, why not promote non-Christian abortion? It's far easier than trying to convert pagans to the faith.

Shall we continue to sin that grace may abound? Shall we promote it? Promote sin and we can send millions to heaven ... and the answer to that previous question is, "May it never be!"

Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of wickedness. Instead even expose them.
 
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One Calvinist I knew personally told me that aborted babies go to hell. I definitely don’t agree with that false line of thinking.

Being a so-called Calvinist doesn't prove anyone's salvation. Only the truly saved are Christians and not every person who calls himself a Christian actually is one. The Bible doesn't say, "Aborted babies go to hell." Should we just make that up?
 
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Thank you so much!
 
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