Abortion is a highly controversial issue. Abortion deals with people’s decision and moral code because one decision plays a major factor in what happens to the other person. This issue has been debated for a long time because both sides of the arguments have strong points to their case. This issue is dealing with deciding if a life is worth living or dying. When dealing with abortion, one is not only dealing with one life, but with two lives. Not only does the mother of the unborn child have rights, but also the unborn child has rights. How does one decide whose rights overcome the other when looking at the good and the bad side of the issue? Abortion is not an issue that can be fixed easily and may never be completely fixed because of the
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Hollinger explains well how the Bible can be used when dealing with ethical issues. Hollinger writes, “The problem with this approach to authority is that the Bible is not primarily a book of moral codes, nor is it an ethics textbook. It contains a few codes and some ethical principles, but these do not make up a majority of the biblical material” (261). There are many examples in the Bible where God talks about different values and aspects that can apply to situations. For example, God explains in a few different instances the value of unborn children. A tradition in today’s culture is to have your child baptized within the first year of his or her life to show that they are giving their child to be apart of God’s children. This is one way that people show God that his or her child is God’s child. An example of God’s value is given in Jeremiah, which says, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart” (Jeremiah 1:5, NKJV). This shows how God values each person because He knows who each child is before the child or the parents know who he or she is. It is amazing to think that God spends so much time making each of us so unique. Another place where the idea of God knowing people before they are born is shown again in Galatians. Galatians reads, “Even before I was born, God had chosen me to be His” (Galatians 1:15, NKJV). Galatians is comforting for many to know that God has a plan for each and every person. Each of these verses shows God’s love and compassion for his children because He takes the time to form and create each and every child. God would not put the time and effort into making each child if He did not see great value and worth for the child’s
Hollinger explains well how the Bible can be used when dealing with ethical issues. Hollinger writes, “The problem with this approach to authority is that the Bible is not primarily a book of moral codes, nor is it an ethics textbook. It contains a few codes and some ethical principles, but these do not make up a majority of the biblical material” (261). There are many examples in the Bible where God talks about different values and aspects that can apply to situations. For example, God explains in a few different instances the value of unborn children. A tradition in today’s culture is to have your child baptized within the first year of his or her life to show that they are giving their child to be apart of God’s children. This is one way that people show God that his or her child is God’s child. An example of God’s value is given in Jeremiah, which says, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart” (Jeremiah 1:5, NKJV). This shows how God values each person because He knows who each child is before the child or the parents know who he or she is. It is amazing to think that God spends so much time making each of us so unique. Another place where the idea of God knowing people before they are born is shown again in Galatians. Galatians reads, “Even before I was born, God had chosen me to be His” (Galatians 1:15, NKJV). Galatians is comforting for many to know that God has a plan for each and every person. Each of these verses shows God’s love and compassion for his children because He takes the time to form and create each and every child. God would not put the time and effort into making each child if He did not see great value and worth for the child’s