Abortion is one of the greatest evils, in this modern day, for a christian to commit.

GCSE Religious Studies (Philosophy & Ethics)

“ABORTION IS ONE OF THE GREATEST EVILS, IN THIS MODERN DAY, FOR A CHRISTIAN TO COMMIT”

In my opinion Abortion is a head of the rest when it comes to being the greatest of all evils. Even though I believe this, I can understand and see how other people may find it hard to come to terms with my opinion. They may believe that other great evils for example crime and war may be as evil or even a greater evil. I will show in my coursework part C why I think abortion is the greatest of evils and should be taken very seriously.

In our world today abortion is only increasing to be the greatest of all evils. The abortion rates are on the increase, which I think goes against a lot of what God intends us to do in life and what not to do. I believe that a person who can honestly say that abortion is right, is a person who is fundamentally saying God is wrong. Psalm 139 tells us “for it was you who created my bring, knit me together in my mother’s womb, i thank you for the wonder of my king, for the wonders of all creation.” This praises God for the gift of life, this reveals to us that we are the children of God and that we should value the sacredness of life. This informs us that we are all unique and highly fought of as the greatest creation ever. To me the baby in the womb should have a chance to live as we were giving that chance and this shouldn’t be different for any other baby as once again we are all unique in our own ways and if we are not born then we can not exploit our inimitability. We are all brothers and sisters in this world and to me even that child is as much as a person and even a brother or sister as any other person, we should have love for even the children still entrapped in the mothers womb. All the people on earth are all made in the image of God this should be taking seriously even if the child is still in the womb of the mother. The child still has its senses as we know from Lukes Gospel 1:39-45”....the moment your greeting reached my ears, the child inside my womb leapt for joy”. This proves to us that the children in the womb are unique as we can see how John the Baptist jumped with joy when he hears Mary.

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The Catholic Church and Bible inform us very clearly that human life is sacred when they tell us the way to live like Jesus, when they show us the ten commandments and how each person should show respect to each other through life. “Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception. From the first moment of his existence, a human being must be recognised as having the rights of a person-among which is the inviolable right of every innocent being to life.”(Catechism of the Catholic Church). This shows us how sacred life is and how important it is too God. The Pastrol letter of the Irish Catholic Bishops says “Christians have a special responsibility, to protect and defend the uniqueness of life.” This shows us why and how we are unique in our lives. “before I formed you in the womb i knew you, before you were born i set you apart; i appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” This shows that God has designated our future before we are even conceived. When you think intensely about it, when abortion occurs a child who was meant to cure cancer could of been the child killed in the mothers womb through abortion as God has already designated our futures.

However there are many other things in my world that are evil such as the divide between rich and poor., crime, war and disease. These are possibly as evil as abortion. The divide between rich and poor is a great evil also as to live a healthy life a human should encompass food, water, education, health, housing and social security. These six factors are essential to living a healthy life. The problem with the difference between rich and poor is that it is not decreasing but on the increase. For example 20% of the population of the world has 80% of the worlds resources and vice versa. No matter how much money we have God continues to treat us a equally and uniquely. Crime is also a great evil as there is a lot of sinning implicated. God has giving us en commandments to live by and he expects to follow them to the best of our ability. War is another great evil as it contains a lot of death and sorrow. God has told us to love on another as i have loved you. This is what we should be thinking instead of killing people. (Romans 12:9-21)Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love....Share with Gods people who are in need. Practise hospitality.” Disease is a great evil as it kills a lot of people in third world countries as they do not have the resources to fight back against disease. Jesus has often helped people through his life, this is something we should follow as he has gave us some great examples.

In conclusion, as a Christian abortion is an immense evil in my world to day which should be taken very gravely. As a Christian the killing of a unborn child in the womb is 100% murder as to us the child is living and can feel pain. as God has made up its future to live through life. No person on earth should have the power to take away life as it is God who is the only person to give life and also take it away. Even though abortion is a great evil we got to consider the facts that there is other evils in the world such as crime, way, divide between rich and poor and disease. These evils should also be examined and us humans should get together and use are unique supremacy an stand up against these evils and vanquish them so there is evil no more.

“Human life is a precious gift to be loved and defended in each of its stages.” Pope John Paul ll.