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Originally posted by Dionysus
Correct me if I'm wrong, in Christianity the belief is once a human grasps the difference between right and wrong...and the person chooses to do wrong, then s/he will go to hell when they die if they haven't been "saved". At that stage of life, one cannot grasp the difference between right and wrong, nor grasp that Jesus died for their sins. The baby will automatically go to heaven, but with the mom it is questionable, depending on her beliefs and how she lived her life.
This is the belief, right? If it is, isn't it more appropiate to try to save the mother's life before the baby's, giving the mother a second chance to "come clean"?
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Encourage the woman to have an abortion (which I as a Christian consider a sin), rather than leave it in God's hands as to whether she or the baby lives, on the offchance that she might "get saved" afterwards? I wouldn't say this falls in with Christian beliefs. You better believe if I had a friend in this situation, I would encourage and pray for her (and with her if given the opportunity), but I would encourage her to rely on God to save her and her baby - not a surgical procedure that destroys the baby. Doctors are sometimes wrong, and miracles happen. I hope that if I am EVER in this situation myself that God gives me the strength to do what I say I will so - be willing to sacrifice myself for my baby.
Oh, by the way - I'm adopted. My mother was poor, married to a man that never came home, and 19 when she had me. She wasn't ready to be a mother, wasn't financially able to be a mother, but she trusted God and did the best she could. When she remarried he adopted me, and she made it through all the tough times she had as a young divorced mother. (While in community college and working a part-time job.)
My belief is situations other than life threatening, rape and incest is this: You make your choices, you live with your consequences and do the best you can. I know several families who have adopted children, not just babies, and my family takes in teenagers. If you don't ever want children, fine - but think about that and practice birth control AHEAD of time.
Wow - that was a novel.