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Jesus never said a word condemning it. As a matter of fact he said it would have been better for some people not to have been born.
originally posted by: Sheye
a reply to: Sookiechacha
Jesus never said a word condemning it. As a matter of fact he said it would have been better for some people not to have been born.
ššš...How ironical... Jesus said the words ā it would be better had they not been bornā.. in regards to people who harm children. He despises that with a passion and describes a lake of fire they will be thrown in as punishment, followed by the quote above .
Matthew 26:24 24The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born."
Matthew, Mark and Luke all report the same teaching of Jesus, "whoever would harm one of these little ones, it would be better for him if he had a heavy weight fastened about his neck and be thrown into the sea" - or similar, depending on which translation you are using.
originally posted by: thepixelpusher
a reply to: Sookiechacha
Apparently you are thumping it already enough for the both of us. Iām sad you misunderstand God and what he says in the Bible.
originally posted by: Sheye
what about the other larger proportion of children in foster care who end up on the streets, neglected or forgot.
why are we only showing one view.
Of course there are individual cases where other factors need to be considered. Iām just saying many couples are awaiting newborns, and there are also many good foster care homes. At least they are getting a chance at life, despite how cold and hard this world can be.
originally posted by: neo96
Yeah birth control is terrible.
Hell the only reason this thread was created, and so many 'wonderful' people have posted is because our mothers didn't find us inconvenient.
At the same time, women who had abortions pre-Roe are left out, as are those who had illegal abortions post-Roe (yes, that still happens). Working with the data that we do have on the prevalence of abortion, I think 40 percent is a pretty good, albeit imperfect, estimate.
If banning abortions wouldn't be so useless, yes you could do that and make sure you ruin a hell of a lot of adult women's lives. But grown adults don't count do they, only fetuses that have no idea about anything yet.
If abortion would be unnatural, it would also be on the debatable table but it isn't. Animals perform abortions by eating certain plants and they don't do it for any other reason than: "Whoa it's gonna be a cold winter and there won't be enough food for all of us". Nature doesn't teach us at all that the unborn are somehow 'very special', it teaches us the opposite.
originally posted by: Hecate666
All the tear inducing ethics around abortions are human made.
Historic [and modern] 'trials' are showing us that banning abortion leads to women using rusty coat hangers to get rid of an unwanted pregnancy. Something only really, really desperatehumanswomen do.
Plus I don't think a man should make any decisions about this at all. Unless they can carry children, it's not up to them. It may seem 'unfair' or make some angry that I believe that the woman has the last word, but it is so because she has to carry and grow a human for 9 bloody months and it will be her dying if something goes wrong and often it will be her whose life will be a misery or spent in poverty if the 'man' is doing a runner [and a lot of them do].
originally posted by: thepixelpusher
a reply to: Hecate666
And yet your Mother loved you enough not to kill you. Think about that.
originally posted by: dawnstar
a reply to: thepixelpusher
my mom has told me up front, if she had it to over again, I wouldn't have been born, or that many of my siblings. but, I was born in a time where she really didn't have much of a choice, so here I am. was I loved, ya, was I wanted though, not so much.
originally posted by: Sheye
So I guess the big question you should be asking yourself is .. is it better to be than not to be.
?.. despite not being a wanted pregnancy.
What would you choose.. no life ? Or perhaps a very tough life at times ?