The Fate of Aborted Fetuses

[Imran Siddiqui]

I didn't realize he was asking this question solely of Christians.

[Ben Kenobi]

You are given a glorified body... considering that aborted fetuses tend to be a glump of cells, I'm thinking they are likely given their potential body... it's not exactly resurrection in that case.

One of these two premisses are wrong, Imran. They already have a body that is their own. Why would they need to be given another?

[Ban Kenobi]

I didn't realize he was asking this question solely of Christians.

It's not although I'm guessing all of the respondents will either be Christians or atheists.

[Ben Kenobi]

I didn't realize he was asking this question solely of Christians.

Well then, I'm not sure what you're complaining about.

[OneFootInTheGrave]

Where is "when does foetus get a soul" poll?

[Ban Kenobi]

One of these two premisses are wrong, Imran. They already have a body that is their own. Why would they need to be given another?

Are their post-resurrection bodies exactly as their bodies were before they died? Will they be resurrected inside the wombs of their mothers or will fetuses be floating about on Judgement Day?

[Imran Siddiqui]

will fetuses be floating about on Judgement Day?

Spooky.

They'll look like LSP from Adventure Time?

[Ben Kenobi]

Are their post-resurrection bodies exactly as their bodies were before they died? Will they be resurrected inside the wombs of their mothers or will fetuses be floating about on Judgement Day?

They wouldn't need wombs anymore. Remember what they said to Neo? "You think that's air you're breathing?"

It's possible that they could bear scars and things like that, as Christ had the nail marks in his palm. I'm not sure if he did that in order to prove that there was continuity, or if he did that because that's how resurrected bodies work. My personal belief on this, is that we'll see the souls as they truly are. So we would see, in the case of unborn children, they would be older.

There's speculation back and forth on precisely how this works. The only definitive thing is that yes, they do go to heaven and yes, that they are bodily resurrected same as everyone else. Beyond that, we simply do not know.

[Kidlicious]

Aborted babies are all pro-life so go to heaven.

[Kidlicious]

Are their post-resurrection bodies exactly as their bodies were before they died? Will they be resurrected inside the wombs of their mothers or will fetuses be floating about on Judgement Day?

How can you have a body that burns for eternity?

[Dinner]

They haven't been baptized or accepted Jesus so even by common Christian doctrine they're going to hell.

[Patroklos]

You are so wrong about literally everything Oerdin.

[Ben Kenobi]

They haven't been baptized or accepted Jesus so even by common Christian doctrine they're going to hell

http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/cti_documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20070419_un-baptised-infants_en.html

OIAW.

Also, Limbo never taught that they would stop there before going to hell, rather it was to wait there until the 'final judgment'.

[Dinner]

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/religion/2007-04-20-popelimbo_N.htm

I note that only Catholics out of all Christian denominations have changed the "if you're not baptized and accept Jesus then you're going to hell" thing and they only did that in 2007. So, yeah, most Christian denomiations continue to say if you aren't baptized and you don't accept Jesus as your savior then you don't get into heaven.

[Uncle Sparky]

There is no such thing as a soul. If there is brain activity, it stops. Period.