Question:
If God cares for all his children, can you explain spontaneous abortions?
rui
2007-04-17 20:47:39 UTC
Spontaneous abortions make more sense from a genetic view. When a fetus incorrectly developed (due to whatever genetic predispositions) why would God even make a child (which is supposely in his image) and make him/her incorrectly?

Besides 'teaching' the mother/parents a lesson (for whatever reason) I couldn't image why a fetus would be created and then aborted naturally. It almost seems like a point for Darwin and the whole 'survival of the fittest.'

And no, I'm not anti-Christian and I'm not trying to pick a fight with Christians. I'm Catholic myself, and this is just an innocent question that no one has been able to answer for me.
Fourteen answers:
Faustina
2007-04-17 20:57:17 UTC
I have heard Father Corapi say that when bad things happen, it's always for some greater good that will come from it. (He said you need only to look at Jesus on the Cross for proof of this.)



God has a plan for each life he creates, those of us born and those unborn.



No one can know what effect a miscarriage can have on the parents or friends and family involved. Perhaps it will bring home the point of how precious life is, and it may change hearts. That little soul, never given the chance to be born, might do more good for the world during its short existence then some people do in a lifetime on earth.



I can tell you that my own miscarriage, while devastating, had a profoundly positive effect on me and the way I live my life. It drew me closer to God and to my family.
Momofthreeboys
2007-04-17 21:09:01 UTC
Almost all women of child-bearing years who are sexually active have had a miscarriage in the first three weeks of pregnancy and unknowingly wrote it off as a normal (or sometimes just a strange) period. It isn't evolution that eliminates the defective embryos (nad ocasionally older babies too), it is literally that they are not truly alive as they did not develop sucessfully. I don't know of any religious view (even the Christian fundie wackos that scream Sunday mornings on TV) that don't believe in DNA or genetics or the simple biological functions that cause miscarriages. It is no more part of "God's plan" than freckles, baldness, or brown eyes.

If you have questions regarding the actual science behind evolution and Darwin's Natural Selection (although you sound quite a bit more well read than the norm on here), try talkorigins.com
2016-04-01 10:37:02 UTC
There is no comparison between a premeditated abortion and a spontaneous miscarriage. I suggest some study on the subjects. Abortion is cold-blooded, pre-meditated murder regardless of what the law says. God's law supercedes man's law always. Pro 6:16 ΒΆ These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him: Pro 6:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, Pro 6:18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, Pro 6:19 A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
matt
2007-04-17 21:10:31 UTC
One could also logically ask if god loves us and can regenerate us then why do we have sickness, disease and death. Why do bad things happen to good people.?

This is because things are not the way god intended them to be. The devil has infected gods creation and until things are finished it will be this way. Remember god is concerned with the soul and any fetus that is spontaneously aborted is with god in heaven and has experienced no pain. God allowed his only son to be crucified for the greater good. Although, not always obvious god does have a plan to turn seemingly bad events into good.
2007-04-17 21:38:46 UTC
About 25 years ago, my wife experienced the premature birth of our son, which you might (quite incorrectly) call a spontaneous abortion.



We had arrived at the hospital very early in the morning, long before our doctor, and the baby arrived only moments later, just as three of the best neonatal pediatricians in the state happened to be strolling by.



As a result, my wife and our very premature son (who couldn't breathe, and was born folded roughly in half) received a level of care, guided by a team of experts, that would never have been possible if our regular doctor had been there.



In light of his condition, we baptized our son immediately.



Later that day, as I was washing up to go in and see him, I ran into another new father, whose son had also been born prematurely.



Unfortunately, his wife had died, during labor.



Some 7 weeks later, my wife and I were able to take my son home. And from that day, he's always been a fine, healthy fellow.



There is no way to explain why all these things happened as they did, or why our outcome was completely successful, but that other man's wife had to die.



I believe that God honors our freedom by keeping out of our business unless we, or someone else who loves us, asks him to step in.



Depending on how far things have progressed up to that point, God may choose to fix the problem, allow it to proceed unabated, or call a halt to it entirely, and bring a soul home.



To presume to know why, or to attempt to fathom the mind of God is folly.



The one thing I am sure of though, especially after spending almost 2 months sitting beside my son in the neonatal intensive care ward, is that God does not "abort" babies ... any of them ... because any kind of abortion is an abomination, in his eyes.
Chris
2007-04-17 21:17:21 UTC
What a complex and potentially divisive question, but a profound one that must have a profound answer. What (I believe) you have to realize is that this world has been contaminated by man and sin. God wants us to believe in and have faith in him. He has no doubt proved his existence through the birth of the universe and the birth of a child (just to name a few). But it is man's tendency to sin, whether "big" or "small" sins, that has brought upon man disease, destruction and all the rest. But there is always hope in faith. Without sin there would be no reason for faith, because that would be heaven and we're not there yet. We would be with God and wouldn't need faith because we would be able to see and maybe even (I believe we will) interact with God. You believe that friends and loved ones are real because you can see and touch them right? Yes you are (hopefully) not separated from them like we are separated from God in this only tangible reality that we know first-hand. This tangible reality (Earth) is not our intended home, it is a journey not a destination.
MissAnthropic
2007-04-17 20:54:27 UTC
I'm a "Catholic in training", if you will.....RCIA.

Anyway, I feel like God kind of set the whole thing in motion, and did in fact design evolution and survival of the fittest and everything so that the world could grow and change. I don't feel that the creation story is a literal account. I feel like God put the ingredients in, and then watched it grow, you know?
Brilliant 1forHIM
2007-04-17 21:01:00 UTC
GOD'S ways are not our ways. This is a very good question, and not easy to answer. I think that there are times when GOD just feels it's better to take a baby home. GOD doesn't make mistakes. If he did, then most of us here on earth wouldn't be here. I hope this helped some. GOD BLESS
2007-04-17 21:02:23 UTC
Sometimes God takes the very young for the sake of their salvation. We shall never really truly know God's Will here on earth, but it will be revealed in heaven.

Science and faith don't have to contradict though.
GothicLady
2007-04-18 05:23:24 UTC
i think they happen because god's an abortionist. which means that in theory he is fine with abortions and christians are wrong. as usual
j.wisdom
2007-04-17 20:59:30 UTC
what you are referring to is not the normal. Let me give you a verse of scripture: "It rain on the just and the unjust" Things happen, to the christian and to the non-christian.
?
2007-04-17 20:52:28 UTC
Did you ever think that perhaps there was something wrong with that one sperm and that one egg that make that child and that is the reason for the miscarriage.
2007-04-17 20:56:00 UTC
god and darwin arent mutually exclusive

if there existed an all-powerful all-loving god then

there would be no suffering.
2007-04-17 20:52:32 UTC
Okay, look here, man....Some things can't be answered by humans. Now, I;m sure there's a good explanation out there somewhere, but we can't be sure. So save yourself the trouble and DON'T ASK THE QUESTION.


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