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Originally Posted by Butcho22
I don't think you can make an argument against the idea OP is suggesting. Clearly more souls will end up in heaven if we killed every baby compared to if we did not.
If Christians followed this reasoning hundreds of years ago and as a result were successful in killing every baby, heaven would have fewer souls than it would have today. So your statement that "Clearly more souls will end up in heaven if we killed every baby compared to if we did not" is probably false.
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Just because the Bible doesn't tell us to kill babies doesn't mean more souls wouldn't go to heaven if we did
The problem with these arguments is they assume that getting the most souls or the highest percentage of souls into heaven should be the most important goal. But for the Christian that's really not true. For a Christian, worshipping God is more important.
Jesus said that the greatest commandment is to love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second greatest commandment is to love your neighbor as yourself. One of the ten commandments is "You shall not murder." If someone risks their own soul so they could slaughter babies and send those babies to heaven, that person is going against all three of these commandments.
In short, a Christian should worship God. Someone who kills innocent babies is not worshipping God. Someone who gives up their own soul is not worshipping God (and in my opinion, someone who knowingly risks their own soul so that babies can go to heaven is not a Christian). It makes no sense for someone to honestly make these two statements: "I'm a Christian." I'm going to hell."