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Dietrich Bonhoeffer on abortion (PHOTO
SOURCE: http://jwwartick.com/2012/09/24/abortion-violates-gods-will/)
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QUOTE: Destruction of the
embryo in the mother's womb is a violation of the right to live which God has
bestowed upon this nascent life. To raise the question whether we are here
concerned already with a human being or not is merely to confuse the issue. The
simple fact is that God certainly intended to create a human being and that
this nascent human being has been deliberately deprived of his life. And that
is nothing but murder. [Ethics]
AUTHOR: Dietrich Bonhoeffer (German: [ˈdiːtʁɪç ˈboːnhœfɐ]; February 4, 1906 – April 9, 1945) was a
German Lutheran pastor, theologian, dissident anti-Nazi and founding member of
the Confessing Church. His writings on Christianity's role in the secular world
have become widely influential, and many have labelled his book The Cost of
Discipleship a modern classic.
Apart from his theological writings,
Bonhoeffer became known for his staunch resistance to the Nazi dictatorship. He
strongly opposed Hitler's euthanasia program and genocidal persecution of the
Jews. He was also involved in plans by members of the Abwehr (the German
Military Intelligence Office) to assassinate Adolf Hitler. He was arrested in
April 1943 by the Gestapo and executed by hanging in April 1945 while
imprisoned at a Nazi concentration camp, just 23 days before the German
surrender.
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