FOREWORD

Amidst all the confusion that evolutionary humanists have successfully introduced into the Christian Church regarding the beginning of personhood in the human embryo, this treatise brings a much needed clarification that cannot be refuted. No one can dispute the facts that Dr. Kaufmann documents in it, both theologically and scientifically, that a human being is a living person...at the moment of conception. I particularly liked the way he summed up these proofs in Part IV, Question 8: “Yes, both Scripture and science agree that the baby at conception is a human being with potential—not a potential human being.” Therefore, all induced abortions, though legal, are immoral, premeditated murder except for those extremely rare physical conditions when one is necessary, as a matter of self-defense, to prevent the death of the mother (and baby, if possible).

As a Presbyterian Elder, I have but one regret: Dr. Kaufmann’s well-reasoned catechism should not be limited to Lutherans. It applies to and should be widely distributed throughout the entire Church of Jesus Christ, our Creator, Saviour, Sustainer, Redeemer, and Lord.

Albert S. Anderson, M.D.,
President, Creation Health Foundation
19 Gallery Centre
Taylors, South Carolina
July 1, 1995

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© Copyright 1996 (Revised November 2002) by David A. Kaufmann, 3745 NW 7^th Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32611.

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