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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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