Forgive this question, as I realize it must sound like I'm questioning your faith, but I swear that I only ask it to learn about theist points of view: How is God and his presence the only basis for morality?
Forgive this question, as I realize it must sound like I'm questioning your faith, but I swear that I only ask it to learn about theist points of view: How is God and his presence the only basis for morality?
In the end we must agree to disagree.
Interesting Topic, Congratzi.
Abortion? The mere thought of it to me, a woman willingly killing her child is in my mind one of the greatest blights on humanity.
Am I pro-life? Yes, and No.
I do believe that a woman in need of an abortion, because of complications in pregnancy, risk to her life is deemed a sastifactory need, because the woman life is in risk, and the chances of the fetus surviving are slim.
It is in that sense, that it is better for the woman to survive than the fetus, or having both of them die, because the woman will be able to reproduce again.
This on a merely biological scale, is evidence enough for my reasoning.
Do I think that rape victims should have the right to abort their child?
Yes, I do. Though I feel in my mind that it would be a better thing for the woman to carry the child to term and give it up for adoption.
My reasons for this are such.
The child did not choose how it was conceived, it is innocent despite its materialization. It is also a part of that mother, a piece of her own genetics, a part of her.
Thirdly I believe it unfair that a life should be snuffed out, merely because that life was caused in an unconventional way.
There are also plenty of couples out their looking for children to adopt.
These are merely my thoughts, and a mother must do as she sees fits.
I must state however, that abortion for the mere convience of it, is in my mind despicable. It is despicable for a many number of reasons, both religious and non religious.
By religion I may state what many already know. That human life is precious, and that all things that live have a soul. By aborting a child, (in my mind) for no other reason than mere inconvinience, is no better than murdering a adult.
Both the adult and the child have souls, both were alive.
Or look at it from a purely Darwinian vantage. We live and die, we do not continue, and no person can achieve immortality. We must therefore survive through our children, and in our way achieve immortality through them by passing of genetic material.
It therefor would go against the very fundamentals of nature to kill those little parts of us that exist beyond us.
I agree that abortion has been around as long as Humans have existed, and has really stemmed from the lack of food, supplies, traditionally.
But if that is the case then why do we see the alarming epedemic of more abortions in civilized countries, countries that can support those young, against those countries that can't yet try desperately to have as many children as possible for better odds of survival?
In the end it returns to the question of carelessness and convinience in many such cases.
One may never have a full answer to this debate, or really have an absolute without having to crush someones rights under their heels.
As for me, I believe strongly in pro-life, but then have my reservations, as well.
Shizz.
"Godblessinheim."
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