Ask Pastor John Can Pro-Life Advocates Lie to Save Lives?
Oct 19, 2023
This podcast explores the ethical debate surrounding the use of lies to persuade parents to keep their babies, emphasizing the importance of honesty. It also discusses the cultural impact of compromising moral means for good ends and the biblical opposition to doing evil for good. The episode references a previous episode on abortion.
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Clinic Pressure To Use Scare Doctrine
- The question comes from a woman working at a crisis pregnancy center facing pressure to use scare tactics.
- She reports leaders asserting that withholding birth condemns unborn children to hell to coerce parents.
Reject Deceptive Life-Saving Tactics
- Do not use intentional deception or doctrinal falsehoods to persuade women to keep babies.
- Maintain truthfulness even when you think lying might save lives because lying is morally impermissible.
Truth Reflects God's Character
- God is defined as a God of truth and Christians should reflect that character.
- Regular deception contradicts the core identity of God's people and their calling to truthfulness.
