Quote Originally Posted by capsulecorpjx
But ... if a mother had the intention of sending her child to heaven thus avoiding the possibility of hell ... and knew the consequences of her action yet does it anyway. Isn't it a noble act?
No. Read up on free will. It is up to the child to get his/herself into wherever, not the mother. Nobel? What does that have to do with anything? It's about sinner/non sinner.

A Christian (Muslim or Jew) might say that it is not up to the Mother to choose. But ... the intention is the same, the effect is the same (child goes to heaven), so wouldn't it still be noble?
Again, It is not up to the mother. And has nothing to do with your definition of noble.
Other people say that the premise that the child goes to heaven is wrong, that instead the child goes to limbo because of original Sin. Which brings another point, is it ethical for an unborn child to go to limbo? It had no control over the situation. Is Original Sin ethical?
Original sin means that humans are born, inperfect with a predisposition to sin. Mother Theresa, fictional aborted baby, and Ted Bundy were all born with original sin. Theresa followed the rules, Aborted baby didn't do a damn thing right or wrong, Teddie broke damn near every one of the rules.

Theresa and dead fetus will both end up in heavan eventually, teddie is screwed. It's that simple. Acording to those religons.