My opposition to abortion is not going to be on the same grounds as any of yours, because yours are religious. I do not think you even get that right, but that’s just my opinion.
I object to putting something so personal and private in the hands of the government. Beyond that I’m fully in agreement with all or your objections to abortion, just not the grounds.
I do have two questions, however. If you believe God opposes abortion, why did God so often require His people to slaughter women with their babies?
The other question is, if God opposes abortion, why doesn’t he use His power to force people not to have them?
Answer if you like, and if you can. This invitation is to anyone.
Hank
Your questions have already been answered, by multiple people.
You either are too obtuse to understand the answers,
or without the benefit of the Holy Spirit,
the truth is hidden from you.
Your "opposition" to abortion is identical to every liberal politician who is "personally opposed, but."
And as far as religion, on this very thread YOU have tried to say that the Bible doesn't consider abortion to be murder.
I object to putting something so personal and private in the hands of the government.
So, murder is "personal" and the government should stay out of it?
I do have two questions, however. If you believe God opposes abortion, why did God so often require His people to slaughter women with their babies?
Listening to atheists mangle the Bible to justify their agenda is quite amusing.
The other question is, if God opposes abortion, why doesn’t he use His power to force people not to have them?
By your logic, God must also be in favor of all other forms of murder, rape, armed robbery, arson, etc.
You really have a confused notion of God's will, don't you. God is the creator of all things. God has the power to create, and to destroy. He does NOT pass that power along to us, however. Get it? And if God destroys what is in the womb, or what proceeds from the womb (yes, there are multiple references to that as well in the Bible), it is His will and usually because of what we have done to offend him. It is HIS judgment on man.
Abortion, however, is man's judgment on man. It is man's decision to abort what God has given because it's the easiest out.
The other question is, if God opposes abortion, why doesn’t he use His power to force people not to have them?
Way too easy. When Adam and Eve defiled God's creation, God gave us free will. We sin and are apart from God in this World. What brings us back to Him is believing in His mercy through the death of His Son. That is what gives us new life. We asked for this sorry state. Now we have it, and what we do with it will determine our ultimate fate. And as long as we continue to defile his creation (such as through aborting something precious that He freely gives) we will continue to live apart from Him.