Is The Sanctity of Life to be regarded as a Moral Absolute? Discuss in Relation to Abortion.

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Is The Sanctity of Life to be regarded as a Moral Absolute? Discuss in Relation to Abortion.

Before I start to discuss whether decisions about abortion can be a morally absolute I shall start by defining what the 'sanctity of life' and what a 'moral absolute' is. The 'sanctity of life' is seen to be sacred because God gave it to us as a gift, "Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness;"1. Therefore Christians believe that we all reflect the image of God and as such our physical forms are part of God. So God is a part of us and we do not have the right to interfere with his gift of life, nor to make life or death decisions concerning others. Members of the Medical profession make life and death decisions as part of their job, so many Christians might be concerned when these decisions are about abortion. "Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If any one destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and that temple you are."2. Paul said that your body is a temple because