Anti-Death Penalty But Pro-Abortion?

My comment was made tongue in cheek. Some people that proclaim to be Christians are very confused about their beliefs to the point of contradicting themselves on a daily basis and on very important issues!!!

One is ok in their minds but the other is taboo while they should, thinking a believing as a CHRISTIAN either both be wrong or right!!!!

On the death penalty - I oppose it absolutely. If it is wrong to kill, then it is wrong to kill.

On abortion, personally, I am against it, but I would never oppose anyone that is having an abortion. I have supported female friends of mine that have had abortions, despite them knowing that I am against it. I do not think they are evil for doing it, I just think it is really sad that it happens so often... and, having seen a feotus fighting to get away from the stuff being injected into it, and knowing that they suffer great pain, yes, I call it killing - it is damned brutal too. Kind of like torturing them to death. That most abortions are for convenience sake is a little repugnant to me, but, that is the nature of our society these days. Having been and seen unwanted kids, I think killing them is often for the best, which is kind of sad.

I am not sure what all the options are for having abortions, but at least some of them are incredibly inhumane, and should be banned. We will sedate an animal before we kill it, yet do horrible things to a feotus that is capable of feeling pain. Something about that disturbs me.

I opposse the death penalty simply because it is hypocritical. I mean think about it...your killing someone for killing someone else. Besides it makes martyrs of people, which leads to more people killing even more people

I'm pro-choice to an extent. I believe life begins when the fetus/child/w.e has a brain and a heart. However, I don't think we should change the law as it currently stands. Abortions should be available to whomever needs them at whatever time in their pregnancy. It is THEIR fetus/child/w.e
and I dont even think men should have a say on the topic, they arn't the ones that have to deal with a creature living inside them.

I DO NOT agree with abortion at all! As far as the death penalty, for ones that truly deserve it...hell yeah! Those people have done s'thing extremely wrong where an innocent childe never had a chance to life at all.

For abortion, I'm pro-choice. If a woman really wants an abortion, she'll go to a guy who knows a guy who lives in a backalley which usually results in not just an abortion but the death of the woman.

As fot the death penalty, I'm against that too. It's one thing to kill a guilty man, it's another to kill a man who's guilt was proved "beyond reasonable doubt" according to the evidence available at the time. Evidence aquitting people can show up years later or it could be that a piece of evidence that couldn't be analysed fully has a slightly different story to tell.

I'm pro abortion and pro dP. However I think that each should have strict laws. For example, I, personally, think that abortion should be done in the first trimester. I think that the death penalty should only be used in extreme cases...i.e. someone who has dead children froze in the freezer...thats just horrible! Its sick, u know who did it, and its a waste of money to keep them locked up.

Circumstances alter cases.


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I doubt very strongly that the death penalty has deterred any murders. This is because people who murder do not care about the legal consequences of their actions, because they don't expect to be caught. You could just as easily argue that the death penalty encourages murderers to be even more discreet about covering their tracks.

Why should we simply let the guilty hang? What could be more purely absolutist and drenched in prejudice than the assumption that someone is so guilty and permanently criminal that they will definitely kill more people even if they are already under arrest?
The death penalty is a loud and clear declaration that forgiveness is wrong, while brutality and absolutism are right.

Abortion, as I understand, does not involve 'murder' any more than menstruation does. In truth, the majority of fertilised embryos fail to survive the earliest stages of pregnancy anyway. Embryos are not sentient life-forms, they aren't capable of suffering as a child is. If an abortion can cause less suffering than allowing a pregnancy to continue, then it is moral. Killing criminals simply bleeds as much pain out of the situation as possible in order to satisfy some people's primitive thirst for brutal retribution, when rehabilitation and forgiveness are blatantly the most moral choices.

It's invariably more expensive... monetarily, that is... to go through the legal process of convicting someone of killing someone and sentencing them to be killed themselves than to rehabilitate them, or, if they truly are incapable of not killing more people despite societies best efforts, to detain them from society indefinitely.

However, capital punishment costs someone their life, even when life has already been lost. That, in my opinion, is more expensive than redemption.

The intial post says the the death penalty deters murder. I agree ,but I feel that there would be a greater deterrent if the penalty was such that the guilty party wished for death.It is fairly easy for someone to reconcile themselves to dying, but not so to a life time of suffering.Granted that is a form of punishment more than a solution to the danger to the public. Personally I would be more in favour of placing the guilty person in a situation where they must support themselves and do not pose a threat to society.

Abortion is fine. Everybody knows that babies aren't alive until they exit the mother's womb and the doctor casts a magic spell on them. Its really no different than getting your hair cut or your nails done.

Might as well make a business out of it. An abortion clinic/beauty saloon for the busy woman on the go. Kill two birds with one stone.

I totally agree ....... oh wait were you being sarcastic?

I am pro choice when it comes to abortion issues.
And even after watching the movie The Life of David Gale, which is a great argument against it, I still support the death penalty aswell.