christian veiws on abortion
... to visit Elizabeth. From this it is argued that God knows each human and has a plan for each of us that is shaped and formed in the mind of God even before we are born. Human life begins at conception so abortion is wrong. The strongest biblical evidence used against abortion is the prohibition to commit murder (Exodus 20:13). Christians against abortion believe the embryo/foetus is human and should be give full human rights. Anyone taking away its life is committing a grievous act of disobedience against God (they are committing murder) and are putting themselves on a level with God who alone gives life and takes it away. '... because he himself gives all [people] life and breath and everything else' (Acts 17:25 NIV) '... when you take away their breath they die and return to the dust' (Psalm 10:29 NIV) '... and the dust returns to the ground it came from and the spirit returns to God who gave it' (Ecclesiastes 12:7 NIV) 'You shall not kill by abortion the fruit of the womb and you shall not murder the infant already born' (The Didache - early Christian manual). 'When I consider the heavens, the work of your fingers... what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honour' (Psalm 8:3-5 NIV) Some Christian arguments for the right to choice: Christians who argue a pro-choice position do so by first showing that the Bible does not specifically teach anything about abortion. They also claim that the verses those advocating a pro-life position use to argue against abortion are merely specific references to individual people and situations. They are specific exhortations rather than general teachings concerning the birth process for all people. Furthermore, pro-lifers are accused of taking biblical poem too literally. This is a problem particularly associated with taking verses out-of-context with the aim of proving a theological point. The problem with seeking proof-texts to argue against abortion is particularly acute when the command 'Do not murder' is used to support an anti-abortion stance. Difficulties arise when we see that in certain instances God actually commanded the Israelites to kill their enemies and take possession of their land Thus 'Do not murder' seems to be a relative command There is one passage in the Bible that seems to touch specifically on the issue of abortion. In Exodus 21:22-25 we read: 'If men who are fighting hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth...