I also believe that DD-- a version anyway. . . that the soul enters the body at conception or sometime during gestation. This subject regarding a mother's authority and responsibility to this new soul really does appear to be an unsolvable paradox viewed from an abortion perspective.
I also believe that DD-- a version anyway. . . that the soul enters the body at conception or sometime during gestation. This subject regarding a mother's authority and responsibility to this new soul really does appear to be an unsolvable paradox viewed from an abortion perspective.
Perhaps God meant it to be:
The action each mother in this situation makes causes her whole life to change in ways for better or worse. This chain of events, good or bad, allows her to learn and grow and understand life-- or not, depending on the person.
Could it be that such experience and the resultant learning process is what "life" IS for human beings? What we learn, change later, and improve could be what life is mostly about. Until we see real life as spirit, we will likely not solve the paradox though.
On the other hand, it is very hard to morally rationalize when a soul never sees human life as a result. (The mother is able to exemplify the ultimate in "subsidiarity" perhaps.) Although I value human life; I value the soul more; yet, I apparently am forced to still come down on the side of a mother being the ultimate responsible, authority in this "decision". Subsidiarity. . . or not.
Still, if I was king I would insist on all pre-adolescents being firmly educated about these issues and the paradox, and that both sexes "see" a live ultrasound of a baby growing in a mother before facing this decision. However, to truly educate utilizing public education, learning about God is required(another paradox in a democratic republic). But then, I am not the king.
I also believe that DD-- a version anyway. . . that the soul enters the body at conception or sometime during gestation. This subject regarding a mother's authority and responsibility to this new soul really does appear to be an unsolvable paradox viewed from an abortion perspective.
Perhaps God meant it to be:
The action each mother in this situation makes causes her whole life to change in ways for better or worse. This chain of events, good or bad, allows her to learn and grow and understand life-- or not, depending on the person.
Could it be that such experience and the resultant learning process is what "life" IS for human beings? What we learn, change later, and improve could be what life is mostly about. Until we see real life as spirit, we will likely not solve the paradox though.
On the other hand, it is very hard to morally rationalize when a soul never sees human life as a result. (The mother is able to exemplify the ultimate in "subsidiarity" perhaps.) Although I value human life; I value the soul more; yet, I apparently am forced to still come down on the side of a mother being the ultimate responsible, authority in this "decision". Subsidiarity. . . or not.
Still, if I was king I would insist on all pre-adolescents being firmly educated about these issues and the paradox, and that both sexes "see" a live ultrasound of a baby growing in a mother before facing this decision. However, to truly educate utilizing public education, learning about God is required(another paradox in a democratic republic). But then, I am not the king.