In the same way god expects us to respect our body and keep it holy God wants us to respect our brothers and sisters, elderly, parents and the laws of a country. God has a promises eternity to children who are obedient. (Exodus 20:12)
Although this is a controversial question on the time life begins exactly, people say at the beginning of life, the Roman Catholics especially belief life begins the moment of conception. This chapter goes to explain the belief Christians have in helping a brother or sister at the end of their life.
It is their belief that God is the giver and taker of life, therefore no one else has the right to take life under any circumstances. Man should not have any reason to want to end life prematurely.
Christians see taking one’s life into their own hands as a crime. The scripture says everyone will die eventually because we are mortals it is not up to us to decide for ourselves.
Jesus Christ did not have life easy when he was on earth. He was condemned, looked upon and later crucified. When Christians are prejudiced for the love of Christ, they see it as partaking in Christ’s suffering and should endure it gracefully. The story of job in the bible(Job 1:21) tells us Christ brings trials our way to test our love for him. In other words people should not take their lives e.g. suicide to escape suffering.
Christians live by Jesus’ examples by showing love and compassion towards others when ill, in need, or mourning a dear one. They show they care by lending a helping hand and pray with them through their tough period. In the bible god showed he cared for his friend Lazarus. He rushed to his friend’s side when he heard he was ill and later died. Jesus comforted his sisters, wept with them and brought Lazarus back to life
(John 11:1-44).
Christians also unit to help raise funds for the needy of hold healing or deliverance services for the sick. They anoint and pray for them to help ease their pain as Jesus says in James 5:14 ‘…Are any of you ill? You should send for the church elders, who will pray for them and rub olive oil on them in the name of the Lord.’
Christians belief in allowing the sick to have a chance to ask God to forgive their sins, receive the Holy Spirit and Holy Communion. As written in the bible Christ says by his stripes we are healed. It reminds Christians of Christ being there for all of mankind.
Lastly a person has more to life than others see, for instance if someone kills his brother he takes away from him all he or she had going, his happiness, properties and more.
2. Explain he different ways Christians respond to Contraception and abortion.
Abortion is the intended removal of a baby during an early stage and contraception on the other hand is anything that aims to prevent a woman from becoming pregnant. In this section I will be explaining Christian’s views on the two subjects.
God created man to procreate. In the bible he commands them to have many children to fill the earth (Genesis 1:28). . When intercourse is mentioned in the bible it is usually followed by having a baby afterwards e.g. then Adam had intercourse with his wife and she became pregnant (Genesis 4: 1), ‘…he (David) had intercourse with her and, and she bore a son…’ (2 Samuel 12: 24) etc. All these goes to explain one of the sole purposes of having intercourse is to bring forth descendants.
Although there may be reasons a law of a country justifies one having an abortion be it a person raped, the foetus could be detected as being abnormal if allowed to develop, others could say they are not financially able to care for a child. Some Christians would not see this as reasons enough to avoid child birth. They belief everything happens for a reason and measure should not be taken to destroy life.
Abortion is also seen as murder since Christians believe the foetus is old enough to feel the pain inflicted on them. It is seen as the killing of thousands of babies who might go on to achieve great things in future which can also be said as destroying future leaders. Getting rid of fetuses because of being raped does not solve the problem of rape. It can also cause the woman to live in permanent regret and can also cause depression if the woman is unable to get pregnant again.
There are other views though the Roman Catholics saying abortion is still wrong even if the woman is raped or her life is endangered. Meanwhile the Anglicans argue abortion can be justified if the mother’s life is in danger because of her physical or mental state.
In Genesis 38: 9-10 we see god punish Onan with death when he was having intercourse with his brother’s widow and spilt his semen on the ground. This is the first time we see in the bible that such acts displeases God.
Other methods of preventing child birth are taking pills, having your womb tied up or using condoms. All these are frowned upon by the Roman Catholic Church. This goes to say how the Pope Paul VI disapprove of it so much he issued a letter called ‘On Human Life’ (Human Vitae).he writes that sexual intercourse should be because of the love between husband and wife and to have children. Roman Catholics belief that contraception should be avoided at all cost.
Married couples using contraception is frowned upon by Christians because it is one way of Christ blessing them with procreation or descendants. In other words when the couple try to interfere with the life God is willing to bless them with it displeases God.
This subject is met with different views. In my opinion there is no reason to justify abortion or contraceptives. It is simply trying to change your destiny. We are the temple of God and our bodies should be used to glorify his work not please worldly pleasures.
3. ‘What Christians believe about life is up to them they should not try to make others accept their position’.
Christians feel they have the moral duty to impose their religion on people because they are obedient to the scriptures, so to disagree with the notion I will say Christians are just trying to obey the word of God in spreading his gospel.
When Jesus Christ came he gathered disciples so he could teach them his word and they would follow with his teachings after he was gone. This is one of the reasons Jesus chose disciples He commanded his followers to preach and heal people in his name. (Mark 6:12-14).
When Jesus Christ came he preached about love towards one another,…’love your neighbor as yourself…’ (Mark 12:31) by spreading his word. Christian’s belief in evangelizing they are sharing the love God commands them to extend unto others. As Jesus said whoever believes in me will be saved, so preaching speaks of Christians being caring and thoughtful of the future for their neighbors.
As the bible states life is a gift from God and should be kept sacred (Genesis 3: 16-17). Christians feel the urge to help them live life that will please God. God expects us to treasure life. That is why Christians frown upon abortion, contraception, murder etc. To make it short Christians are just trying to help their neighbors live a more God pleasing life. life. That is why Christians frown upon abortion, contraception, murder etc. To make it short Christians are just trying to help their neighbors live a more God pleasing life.
To speak for the motion I will say there is freedom
Of speech and choice of any religion, Christian
Can make their religion known but not impose it on
People. Nobody has the right to decide for any one what they think is best for them. The laws of a country encourage people to think independently. When people decide for themselves they live with any mistake they make.
Every individual has views on life and think differently from all, they might feel wrongly about another’s view on a subject. Not every one is a Christian and would not appreciate the fact that Christians are trying to choose a life they think is more pleasing to God. Others also do not believe there is God and prefer their pagan lifestyle.
Also no one can justify what is wrong or right when it comes to life issues. Most people would rather like to think it does not exist denying any facts to prove it. Others join religion because it’s part of their tradition or religion their country approves e.g. India’s Hinduism, Iraq’ Islamic.
Lastly I will conclude by saying we are all individuals in our own right and think for ourselves. We should feel the need to think and decide for ourselves choosing a religion we feel safe and secured with. We should not feel pressured to decide but do so on our heart’s desire.
