WARNING: Not the usual happy goofy stuff.
After prayer meeting, we talked about a variety of topics. One topic was abortion: a friend of mine brought up the question whether or not abortion is right if it was rape. [I feel that I should mention that the actual statistics suggest that the possibility of that event actually occurring is incredibly low (0.3% of all abortions).] I will try to be as diplomatic as possible when discussing this, as rape is an incredibly emotionally charged subject.
I do not think abortion is right in any case. Pro-choice individuals typically jump straight to the rape scenario. I have indicated with the above statistics that those scenarios are incredibly rare. Do you know why abortions typically take place? Contraceptives fail or having a baby is not an economically viable solution. BOTH of which scream an incredibly selfish attitude. Call a spade -> a spade, a pro-choice individual is for the MURDER of innocent children so that they can pursue and enjoy a hedonistic lifestyle. Society tries to use the highly implausible rape scenario to JUSTIFY the murder of babies. Not only that, I think 40% of abortions [I need to find stats] take place in the 2nd trimester on... where the child is starting to look a lot more baby and a lot less than a clump of cells.
With that little background, I'll address the rape scenario. In my limited understanding of God and His plan for us, I know that bad things happen to good people. Yes, a man has sinned against that woman. But, it would be against my conscience to tell the woman to repay evil with evil. If anything, I would tell her to give the child up for adoption. Give a blessing to the couple that is trying to start a family. However, in this scenario... the decision rests in the mother's hands, and what she does will be between her and God.
EDIT: Just to be perfectly clear with the last sentence. What I am saying is that I don't have control over the person. She can do whatever she wants. I advocate for pro-life. I believe abortion is sin. And I would actively encourage a woman to not go the route of abortion. In the end, I can't force anyone to do anything.
1 comment:
the Bible says that there is no one that is good. everyone is evil and does not seek or understand God. therefore, it's incorrect to say "why do bad things happen to good people?"...it's really "why do good things happen to bad people?"
for me, seeing things in that perspective...not that everyone should get raped or something, it just gives a new meaning to situations such as those
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