What parts of life are ok to kill in a pro life world view?

Question

The death penalty and war casualties seem ok. Animal killing seems fine too. Is it just unborn fetuses? Or is it all life? Or is it just anti-choice?

Answer 1

Who said any or all pro-lifers were for any of those things?

Answer 2

I am against all abortion except when the pregnancy endangers the life of the mother (although all efforts should be made to save both mother and baby).
I'm mostly against the death penalty. I think it should only be used when the person is still a danger to society (e.g. they have escaped from prison) or if they are a danger to the people in the prison.
I think war casualties are OK as long as the war is justified, but every effort should be made to minimize them.
Killing animals for food is OK, and for research that will benefit humans and other animals, if it is done humanely. Killing animals needlessly or cruelly is not ok.

Answer 3

I am not pro- choice but I wouldn't consider my self pro-life either. I feel that a women has a lot of choices at her finger tips. A condom or a form of birth control... both are free at family planning, how about not having sex? When a women is raped her choice was taken from her so in that case I feel it should be legal but I wouldn't do it. Why? The child was never given a chance. He/she never was able to make a decision for themselves to choose to fight, or to kill as war casualties and people on death row do so they should not be considered in the same group. Killing animals not for the purpose of food is wrong. We need the protien they provide that is the cycle of life but we don't need to kill them for scientific advances or as a way to release agression. I don't agree with abortion, not for any religious reason because I am not religious, but because it is a way to cover up an irresponsible action and many times used as a form of birth control. No a women doesn't have to raise the child. There are many people waiting to adopt a child. That is the responsible thing to do.

Answer 4

This is the problem with organized religion zealots. They use only the parts of the bible (or whatever religious document) that suits them. They can rationalize not following what they don't want to follow and going nuts about the rest.

I have seen two daughters of clergy who were taught to be pro-life (anti-abortion) until they found themselves in a "situation" where daddy had it taken care of quickly and discreetly.

Religious people act like Atheists and Agnostics are bad people but generally they are very reasonable, educated people with very strong ethics. Less likely to kill in any way than a religious fanatic

Answer 5

I really think it's anti thought. If the idiots were to actually read the cr** that they profess to, then maybe they wrap their pea sized brains around "thy shall not kill" and maybe get it doesn't just mean unborn. Do you know how many Iraqi babies die? Yes and even unborn ones too. Have they seen the pictures of the deformities on the newborns because their beloved president approved the use of depleted uranium bullets?

Answer 6

World veiw? who cares. Biblical veiw? Lets see......

Is killing terror leaders wrong?

The Detroit Free Press

A very, very good question found there. Let's see what is again happening: “Suicide attacks push limits when the bombers are kids” – [Michael Matza – Knight Ridder newspapers]. We were all shocked at what happened there. “Palestinian youth believe that if killed fighting for Islam, they will go to heaven and delight in the company of beautiful virgins” – [World Magazine]. And here you see Hussam Abdu, a 16-year-old boy who had that bomb strapped to his body and he gave up. He did not want to die. Well, “The U.S. blocks U.N. Security Council rebuke of Israel. [USA Today, Bill Nichols & Barbara Slavin]. you know, i am absolutely shocked that they're using children to commit suicide in order to promote their terrorism.



A sheik, Ahmed Yassin, trained these children and they put him to death and everyone is complaining now. Wait a minute! Don't you believe the Bible? The Bible says in the Noahic Covenant, “Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by him shall man's blood be shed”, Genesis 9:5,6. Under the Mosiac Covenant, Exodus 20 verse 13, “Thou shall not kill”. The Hebrew there is murder. Turn the page. “He that smites a man so that he dies shall be put to death", Leviticus 24:17.

This man was training these little children to put bombs in their body and this kid says, “They gave me $25 and told me I'd have 72 virgins”. What would a 16-year-old do with them? He probably wouldn't know what to do. How sad. Yet this man who was killed was behind all of this. What did you say, Jesus? In Mark 9:42, “Whosoever shall offend one of these little children that believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged around his neck and he were cast into the sea.”

Now, that sounds like capital punishment to me. You drop a guy into the sea and he's gone. And the policemen and military men are ministers of God and they bear not the sword in vain, Romans 13:14. That's not for peeling potatoes. I say murderers should be put to death. Even some of these juveniles who are killing everyone around this country.

Answer 7

Personally, I don't feel any form of killing is acceptable, except in self-defense. I do not believe in the death penalty, abortion or killing animals. Anything else to me seems hypocritical.

Best wishes.

Answer 8

It's not really about protecting life - it's about restricting choice. Oh, no, wait, most pro-lifers abhor government intervention and any restriction of the ability to choose (to choose guns, smoking, hummers). But darn, they don't think people should be able to choose abortion or who they marry, so they're really against choice. But then . . no. . wait. . gaaaaaaa.

Answer 9

I like guns, the death penalty, and abortions. Which political party would have me?

Answer 10

The pro-life don't like abortions because they like to raise good soldiers so they can die for their country.