Thursday, October 1, 2009

"My" body, "My" choice

The abortion argument centers around the problem of defining where life begins. Is this "thing" growing inside me my child or my body? If we first realize that each of us is a child of God, then this child isn't even my child, but rather God's. If it is God's, then God should get to decide when its life begins and ends, not us.

And that logic carries us even further to say that this body isn't even my body, but rather God's, of which I am only a steward. Which again liberates us from the complex question of where life begins and leaves us with a much simpler one: "Am I being a good steward of the body which God gave me?"

All that is left is my choice.

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