Comments on: Against Abortion: God’s Prerogative

By: yhc

yhc — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:51:34 +0000

You make a wonderful theological argument, as usual, Shane! I couldn’t agree more that abortion is immoral and is unequivocally forbidden by the scripture. However, this isn’t enough to make the leap from “is” to “ought,” as it were.

Abortion is only one of many sins where the state usurps God’s authority for temporal purposes. It does not follow that this area of morality ought to be legislated any more than any other sin, say gambling or drunkenness. As sinful as these activities may be, the government regulates them within tolerable limits for the sake of the welfare of society as a whole.

Our democratic government has determined that safe abortions ought to be readily available. There are good, utilitarian reasons for this, and it is not the place for any religion to dictate government policy.

What’s truly tragic about the so-called pro-life movement is their neglect of another, more pressing issue stemming from the same sin as abortion, namely the death penalty, which most conservatives in my experience seem very comfortable with. The government has no more right to exercise power of life and death over criminals than foetuses, in fact it is far easier to make the case that condemned criminals are human beings (rather than single celled blastocysts).

By: sigit

sigit — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:21:05 +0000

The only challenge for it is that how can we save both soul: The mother and also the baby…. abortion off course killed the baby… but also the mother soul that will be punished by The Lord because of her sin…. both for killed the baby, and also commit adultery…. ( as i can see, most abortion come from the adultery)..
Hope GOD will raise us as a warrior to prevent those soul to go to the hell….

By: Shane Vander Hart

Shane Vander Hart — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:33:10 +0000

You won’t find any scripture that directly deals with abortion since it wasn’t common. Infantcide was more common. What you have to do is look at what God says about life, His character, and principles from the Word that do apply.

By: societyvs

societyvs — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:47:34 +0000

Good scripture basis Shane – what can one truly say – it is well done. Even if most of the passages do not relate directly to abortion per se – I think this is a good Christian stance to have…it seems loving of life.

By: Wren

Wren — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:45:02 +0000

It is refreshing to have come upon your blog today. Keep up the faith.

Greetings from Montreal, Canada