> > There is no existing religion that says that a
> woman who aborts is acting according to God's will.
Maybe this is beside the point, but according to any religion that takes the notion of divine providence seriously, EVERYTHING that happens takes place according to God's will. Mea cupla, culpa felix est. . .
>
>Traditional Judaism does not prohibit abortions--nor, of course, does
>modern Reform Judaism. Neither does Unitarianism (though Unitarians might
>be doubted to be Theists), not United Methodism, or the UCC or most of the
>liberal Christain denominations.
>
>I wasn't going to pitch in here, but I will just say that anyone who thinks
>that moral and/or ethical talk (I doin't distinguish between these terms)
>reduces to Divine Command Theory, i.e., that what's good and right is so
>because God said so, has an immense burden to carry. The standard ethical
>theories, utilitarianism and deontology, make no obvious reference to
>anything theological.
>
>--jks
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