Theological Argument for the Permissibility of Abortion
Premise 1: God is Omniscient:
Anytime God has ever been referenced by Christianity it has been omniscient…that is to say “All-Knowing”. To break this down further, God would know what I was doing, has ever done, and what I was about to do at any given time in the future. It also knows what is going to happen before it happens.
Premise 2: God knows which fetuses will be aborted. (Inferred from Premise 1):
If God is as omniscient as the bible as most big shot pastors say it is then it should come as no shock that God knows which fetus’ will survive pregnancy and which ones will be aborted, stillborn, or miscarried.
Premise 3: God is benevolent:
That is to say God is all good. It is just, kind, compassionate, sympathetic, empathetic, and etcetera. This seems to be an irrefutable, iron clad belief amongst believers (Christianity).
Premise 4: God would never do anything cruel. (Inferred from premise 3):
If God was truly benevolent, no cruelty would stem from it. God would be the source of all things just and pure, kind and compassionate. Cruelty is another thing that God is irrefutably not a part of when it comes to Christian belief.
Premise 5: It would be cruel of God to ensoul a fetus that he knew would never be able to receive the redemption of Christ. (Inferred from premise 4 and 3):
The basis of Christian belief is that you have to be saved by the blood of Jesus Christ, through the acceptance of his love, and devoting your life to him in all ways. This removes the curse of original sin and assures your place in heaven by God’s side. If God is all good and would never do anything cruel then surely God would never ensoul a fetus that would be damned to hell.
Premise 6: Therefore, God does not ensoul a fetus that is aborted. (Inferred from premises 3, 4, and 5):
If we follow premise 3 (God is all good) and premise 4 (God would never do anything cruel) as irrefutable amongst Christian faith and premise 5 (It would be cruel to ensoul a fetus who could never receive the redemption of Christ) as a point logically deducing from premises 3 and 4, it would therefore be logical to assume that God does not ensoul a fetus that is to be aborted.
Premise 7: If a living thing has no soul, then killing it doesn’t constitute murder:
Under Christian ideology, a living thing is classified by it’s possession of a soul. If a living thing were to perish into obscurity without a soul then it has not been killed because it has never lived. Therefore, arguments such as the spilling of innocent blood or taking up arms for the innocent are nullified.
Premise 8: Abortion, therefore, is not murder. (Inferred from premises 4-7):
If we take from premise 4 (God would never do anything cruel) and understand the logical deduction of premises 5 – 7 as true and irrefutable under Christian ideology then we can reasonably conclude that abortion is not murder just the termination of creation. Remember, God is not cruel and would never partake in anything cruel under Christian ideology. By violating any of the premises following premise 4, it would be a violation of what is claimed of a benevolent God
Premise 9: There are no other reasons abortion is considered wrong other than personal preference and personal idealism.
Premise 10: Therefore, abortion is morally permissible as it pertains to religious belief.
Sisyfus Redeemed (2008) Theological Argument for the Permissibility of Abortion Retrieved 4/7/2010 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD-76KdMzSw
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