Ken Ham Slams Richard Dawkins for Defending Aborting Babies With Birth Defects to 'End Suffering'
Young Earth Creationist Ken Ham has asked atheist author Richard Dawkins if he believes children born into Christian families should be aborted to save them from perceived suffering.
Ham noted in a Facebook post on Thursday that Dawkins recently argued that Christian teachings on an eternal Hell have a worse effect on children than being sexually abused.
"Thank goodness, I have never personally experienced what it is like to believe — really and truly and deeply believe — in Hell. But I think it can be plausibly argued that such a deeply held belief might cause a child more long-lasting mental trauma than the temporary embarrassment of mild physical abuse," Dawkins wrote on his website at the time, referring to his experience of being abused at the hands of a priest....