08-20-2008, 04:11 PM | #51 |
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Perhaps this is a different subject, but one that most on here might be more likely to face.
I doubt too many of you have daughters who will choose to have abortions. However, like a friend of mine you might be confronted with a daughter who gets pregnant and you absolutely believe the child will be better off if she gives it up for adoption. How much input or pressure do you think parents are allowed to put in this situation. |
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Sure it is a tough situation! Tell us something we don't know. We are saying, how you do you ethically justify or not justify it? Taking a pass on ethical thinking is not the same thing as wisdom. Sorry BG. |
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I agree.
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And that if parents do not, they are sinning. |
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Because a person is human and gives in to human urges, you want her to face the consequences of Russian roulette? That sounds a bit like letting a child who loses its ball in the middle of the freeway to allow the child to run into the freeway to retrieve the ball and face the consequences. There are still consequences of reckless unprotected sex, potential STD, church discipline and social ostracizing. Isn't that enough? IMHO, children should be conceived in homes of love where they are desired, not the result of a one night stand. The sink or swim mentality seems really harsh and reckless. Now, this is more just addressing the issues meant to attack you. Apologies if it appears to come off that way.
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wisdom is being able to realize and concede that it is easier to comment on a matter theoretically on an anonymous message board, than it is to actually have to make such a critical personal or family decision during a difficult time.
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Maybe you throw out your thinking when the situation comes up, but to take a complete pass? Come on! Surely we would be less impressed if Creek couldn't come up with anything on the sale of organs, or the ethics of the sex trade, or whether the one-child policy in China is moral. If you can't make up your mind, fine. But you should be able to explain, in terms of the ethics, the pros and cons, and why you can't make up your mind. |
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No one yet has provided anything definitive as to why the church is anti-abortion. |
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