How Christians Apply Their Beliefs to Abortion and Euthanasia

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How Christians Apply Their Beliefs to Abortion and Euthanasia Christians apply many different beliefs about abortion and euthanasia, although they may have many different points of view, it is understandable to why they hold certain beliefs and apply them in Christianity. Euthanasia and abortion are two very sensitive issues of which there are strong arguments for and against. Some Christians believe that these two practices are totally wrong and should never be carried out while other Christians, for varying reasons believe euthanasia and abortion are acceptable and even in some cases, the right thing to do. There are many different ways that Christianity applies its beliefs on abortion, here are some of them: The different views/beliefs of abortion The Roman Catholic belief is that even while the baby is still very tiny and still hardly developed the baby growing in the womb is the beginning of a human life, and another human being should not end any life created by God at any stage of its development. All life is precious as the psalm quote below states that: Another human being should not end any life created by God at any stage of its development. All life is precious as the psalmist says ‘you created every part of me, you put me together in my Mothers womb… When I was growing there in secret, you knew that I was there, you saw me before I was born’. (Psalm 139:13) There is something also known as the double effect, whereby if the mother has cancer in the womb and needs to remove it in order to keep the mother alive and the baby dies as a result of it. Many of the churches accept this as not being a ... ... middle of paper ... ...ly examine statements by politicians. They advise on living wills and are legal in the court of law. They promote euthanasia and advise legal acceptance of euthanasia. Most Christians do not think euthanasia is right thing to do, because nearly all denominations of Christianity do not support it. The Roman Catholic Church absolutely condemns it and in 1975 The Church of England produced a report “On Dying Well” which opposed euthanasia. The Methodist Church does not promote euthanasia either, but it is debatable as to whether Christians should follow the beliefs of their church. Different denominational beliefs about euthanasia have arisen from the leaders and is therefore very much a matter of opinion-as the Bible does not refer to it Christianity as a whole cannot say whether it is religiously wrong or right.

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