What if an atheist or an agnostic was pro life cause they felt life started at conception?

Question

Trust me people, I'm not a Christian and I'm not pro-life. Think people think. Think outside the box.

If you have a position about something political, do you spend all your time and energy attacking the religion of the opponent, or actually attack the position?

I'm just asking, its just a question. Just yahoo answers just trying to create a database of questions and answers.

Answer 1

They would have to prove their theory , because they have no faith. the scientific facts are still out on this one. and I am a Christian. but if by Christian Standards then the Life is in the Blood.

Answer 2

Seems to me it's only logical to attack the position itself. Doesn't make much sense to attack the religion of the opponent. I know there are some out there who aren't religious (Atheist/Agnostic/etc....) who are Pro-Life. Though, personally, I haven't met a Pro-LIFE person yet who was against capital punishment, so I'm not sure how that label fits.

Answer 3

Pro-life atheist here too. I'm for preventing conception, because life does begin at conception. Take responsibiltiy for your actions. You had your choice, and you chose to have sex and not properly protect against pregnancy.
What would you say to that potential person you killed? Yeah, sorry about that whole killing you thing....I was out of condoms that day.

UGH...sorry, started on a tangent there, I guess that wasn't what you were asking. Nope, attacking the religion that supports that issue is pointless. Attacking the position might be pointless too, but at least it's time better spent.

Answer 4

Technically life begins at conception. But it's not a viable entity.
I believe when there is a hearbeat, then it is alive. Yet, even a
5 month old fetus, is viable only while inside the womb. It most
likely cannot sustain life on it's own, outside the womb. Nothing
is just black & white, there are always variables to consider.

Answer 5

Why shouldn't an atheist or an agnostic be pro-life? This isn't necessarily a religious issue, it is about how much we value life, isn't it? Does one have to be a Christian (or a believer in any god, for that matter) to value life?
It would seem to me that a person who did not believe in any god or any afterlife would actually treasure life even more than someone who does believe in these things...think, man...by killing that innocent child, you just took away his/her one and ONLY chance at life! WOW, how would a person EVER live with that horrible guilt??

Answer 6

You make it sound like it's impossible to be pro-life and atheist at the same time. Is there some law I've never heard of about atheists having to be pro-choice? By not wanting to kill babies, that would automatically make you a christian? You atheists have some pretty weird ideas, always trying to stick everyone in a nice little labeled box.

Answer 7

More power to these individuals. There are lot of people out there in the world who are not Christians, that doesn't mean that they have bad morals. Believe it or not, but there are people outside of the Christian circle that are good people by the standards of our government laws - they don't kill, or cheat. They don't cuss or do anything bad. They stand up for what is right in the eyes of the law and family values. So I am sure that there are individuals out there who have strong morals and values and not have any connection to any belief systems or churches.

Answer 8

I am an atheist and am pro-life. I believe that life begins at conception, but do not believe in a god or gods. The two are not mutually exclusive. For me, my pro-life stance is based on science and fact, not politics or religion.

Answer 9

There are more than a few and that is their choice. Whether it be political, spiritual or even economical, ideas that create ideologies have consequences and implications. There are so many different ones though that we need to learn not to attack people but only what we deem to be a detrimental or inferior idea.

Answer 10

I have a funny story, I was driving on the road and this lady had this truck. She had stickers on the back of it. One said "Treat our animals with respect!" and a license plate with a woman and dog walking. Then over on the other side another sticker indicated the womans right to abortion. I thought that was the wierdest statement all at one time.