How the world is, could be, and should be.

I have trouble with issues such as cloning and abortion because I can so easily see both sides. So often, the two sides are arguing not only opposing sides, but opposing views. More often than not, the 'Christian' side of the issue is focusing on the way the world could or should be while others are arguing for the way the world is right now. In a perfect, Christian world, abortion would not be an issue. No woman or couple would ever have to consider what to do with an unwanted or unexpected child because they would be living in a supportive community willing to take on the responsibility of that child. In the world as it exists today, unexpected pregnancies occur at an alarming rate and social sanctions, fear, economic incapability, or dozens of other reasons make abortion become an appealing option. In the world as it is, is it ethical to let a child live a life in squalor and without love? Is it ethical for a disabled child to be born to older adults who will soon be struggling with their own health? Who is willing to help these people? Is it ethical if they have no support, but unethical is they do? What is our responsibility as Christians? We live in the world as it is, but see what the world could become. We see women struggling with the decision of abortion as a result of minimal education, especially about sexual safety, who now have bleak socioeconomic hopes. What is most fair to her? Do we allow her to abort her child in order to have hope at a life the fulfills her rather than punishes her for the position her birth placed her in? Or do we encourage her to take this up as a cross and bear it? What if she is not a Christian? Should we support legal abortion for non-Christians because of the alternative? Is it not better to have legal abortion rather than see women die because of the unsafe illegal abortion that they are forced to resort to? Or do we try to construct the world that we live in to become the world that we want it it be? Do we make abortion illegal because in the world as it could be, abortion wouldn't even be an issue? Where do we draw the line between accepting the reality of our world and hoping to change it for the better???

That was my discussion board post.


I am really lost for answers right now. How do we reconcile those worldviews?
How the world is, how it could be, and how it should be.

Okay, yes, I stole that phrase from social world, but I think it really applies here. I don't really know where to go from here. Like I just posted, I have the worst spirit of discernment. I feel lost as to how I should view the world.