When Is It OK To Kill a Human
Contributed by A True Follower of Christ
When is it okay to kill a human? Is it when they’re threatening you? What about if they said mean things behind your back? Is it when they’re annoying, or infuriating to be around? Is it when they are an..inconvenience? I’ve seen this issue come up many times in all circles of life where of course varied answers are expected, but how is it that so many self-proclaimed Christians are divided on this? Even in the May edition of this paper Alaska’s very own Charles Dean Walker gave his opinion on this topic with a so-called “Christian” view that was as anti-Christ as a view can be.
God’s Word is clear, we’re us from the moment we’re conceived and we’re made in the image of Him. Even embryologists with an atheistic view of the world can agree that life begins at the moment of conception(1), so why is there so much confusion in the minds of “believers”? “Believers” like Charles who claim to care that people are dying while not caring about the most vulnerable population in America being slaughtered by the hundreds of thousands each year. Ripped apart, getting their skulls crushed, sucked out of the womb through a vacuum, and disposed of like garbage, that’s what is occurring to our most precious population every single day. It’s the most satanic thing we do in this country, yet where is the voice of one crying in the wilderness? Where is the voice for the voiceless? I’ll be that voice for the moment, but it is all of our responsibilities to be that voice. This modern day genocide is only going to continue until we put a stop to it.
Think about the question at the beginning, when is it okay to kill a human? The only difference between you, the reader reading this and a human life in the earliest stages of development in the womb are four things: 1. Level of development 2. Level of dependency 3. Cognitive awareness 4. Location. Due to which of these is it okay to rip them apart and destroy them? As to the first point, none of us are done developing until our early-mid twenties. Could a mother suffocate her 2 year old son because he’s not done developing yet and she wants to save some money on bills? Could a father smash his daughter apart days after being born because she’s not developed yet and he changed his mind on wanting her? As to the second point, while a baby in the womb is dependent upon its mother, is not every other child outside of the womb? What 1 year old can live independently from a loving parent or guardian? Does that give us a right to end their life? What about the third difference between the average adult and the baby in the womb, cognitive awareness? Is it okay to kill them because they aren’t as..aware? Do babies not startle in the womb? Recognize their mother’s voice? Move, and kick, and wiggle? If we can kill them because they can’t do college algebra or they don’t have object permanence then can we kill the man in a coma? What if someone has mental disabilities? Can we end their life too because they can’t do what the average human can? Lastly the fourth point, location. Too often I hear “my body my choice” yet that argument falls flat in the face of science because..it isn’t just “your” body. The baby is its own independent and unique creation, simply in the mother for a short time. If a mother can kill her child due to being in her, what about my property? If I decide my child is no longer wanted due to convenience, can I just end their life since they’re on my property? That’s what most abortions come down too at the core anyways, convenience. “I’m just not ready”, “I’m not financially stable enough”, “I don’t want kids right now”,”It’s all about me”. It’s a selfish lack of accountability and responsibility plaguing our country.
The same arguments made today to dehumanize children in the womb are the same arguments used during the transatlantic slave trade in America to dehumanize Africans and the same arguments used to dehumanize Jews during the Holocaust. “It’s my property, if you don’t like it you don’t do it then!”, “They’re not even as aware as we are, they’re just like an animal!”, “It’s just a clump of cells..who cares?”, “They’re lesser than us, undesirable”. It took abolitionists to step up against the societal standard and say enough is enough, these are humans too. It took soldiers to bring down the Nazi regime and say..enough is enough, these are humans too.
Finally I have a few warnings and a message of hope. We’re given a grim reminder by God Almighty that hands that shed innocent blood are an abomination unto Him (Proverbs 6:16-17 KJV). What blood is more innocent than that of the unborn child? What sin have they committed? If you’ve ever had an abortion, the time to repent is now. Jesus Christ died for all of our sins and if you turn away and call on His Name then you can receive mercy and grace. Live your life for the Lord and don’t look back. If you’re considering an abortion, I plead with your soul. There are resources available(2) that will help you, and a loving God who created you too. Don’t commit a selfish act that will haunt you for the rest of your life. Lastly I have a warning for you Charles and any “Christian” like you who thinks this disgusting act is acceptable in the eyes of the Lord. You better repent, because He is returning soon with eyes of fire and a sword for a tongue and He warns what will happen to those who call his Name but do not know Him. Read Matthew 7:21-23.
1. https://www.princeton.edu/~prolife/articles/embryoquotes2.html
2. https://www.heartreachalaska.com/