It seems good that there is a vibrant and large Chistian community there to have this debate.
Why does the baby have to pay the ultimate price for the sin of its father?
In this day and age, when it is well known that taking a large dose of birth control pills AFTER unprotected sex will prevent pregnancy, how can anyone get an unwanted pregnancy?
Why isn’t it prescribed immediately for rape victimes (who WANT it)?
Abortion should be the single most unnecessary medical procedure, when it is known how to prevent pregnancy (even AFTER unprotected sex)
“Can a baby that is a product of rape be aborted?”
Of course — They are killing the babies that were not the product of rape....so, why not babies from rape.
The left just doesn’t care — There is no sanctity of life to them. The left will save a shelter full of puppies long before the left will get upset over the death of the most vulnerable unborn.
Depends on if it is rape, legitimate rape, or rape rape.
Seriously, what crime has the baby committed that it gets a death sentence?
I hope this guy's church crashes and burns. He's no Christian.
The Didache: The Teachings of the 12 Apostles
“The second commandment of the teaching: You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not seduce boys. You shall not commit fornication. You shall not steal. You shall not practice magic. You shall not use potions. You shall not procure [an] abortion, nor destroy a newborn child” (Didache 2:1–2 [A.D. 70]).
This pastor is providing a clean example of the shortcomings of sola scriptura.
Clearly, conception following rape is a most difficult thing, but if life begins the moment of conception then are there exceptions to terminating innocent life?
Are there times when it is justified to terminate (kill) the life an innocent bystander?
I cannot apply Christian standards upon the non-Christian, but, and I say this carefully and in humility, that our lives are not our own and our life is not all about us (me).
Is God sovereign, or is He not sovereign? If He is sovereign then everything is in His hands and He is aware of every detail of our lives, right down to the number of hairs on our head.
It is a difficult issue, but I think the greater difficulty comes when we try to squeeze into play Christian values onto a non-Christian person. Those who do not know Jesus are completely isolated from Christ and all that means.
In the end I think we will have to conclude a child is a gift from god whether he or she is the product of rape or not.
Abortion is not an eraser.
Ever.
Seems like any idiot with a clean suit can become a mega pastor these days.
May the real Christians win. Life is life. A risk to the mother is the only valid excuse.
“Can”? Technically, yes.
“Should?” That’ll be for G-d to know and you to figure out.
The baby is innocent. It has a right to live. No matter what.
No. Abortion is murder. Regardless of the rape, let the woman have the baby and then offer it for adoption.
This “pastor” is quite ill-informed. HOW a child is conceived doesn’t determine IF that child has an intrinsic right to life. The Roe v. Wade decision was started by a false claim of pregnancy by rape and once that was determined to be an acceptable reason to abort under the woman’s right to privacy, the wall was broken down so that, today ALL pregnancies can be aborted based solely on the decision of the mother. Abortion through all nine months, for any reason, is now the law of the land here. The demonic advocates of child murder will not be satisfied until the whole world is like the U.S. We have MUCH to be ashamed of!
Have the baby and seek to have someone adopt it.