WHY? OR WHY NOT?
2006-08-28 23:49:26 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
inquisitor
your the moron! assuming i think this...just because i asked this! i happen to BE an atheist PRO LIFER! i just wanted to get other's views on it..because ive had bible thumpers hounding me!
so excuse me!
2006-08-29 00:02:24 · update #1
lol,
okay...im sorry too. i got over heated...and my panties were in a bunch! and about the 'your, you're' thing...you try being grammatically correct while ticked off! lol
2006-08-30 17:10:02 · update #2
No not at all. Where is the logic in that? I'm failing to see any logic at all.
2006-08-29 00:01:46 · answer #1 · answered by John R 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am pro-life and Athiest. By pro-life I'll assume it is the politically correct version of anti-abortion.
First, I believe women have plenty of choices BEFORE and AFTER the pregnancy. They are able to use all types of contraceptives including morning after pill incase of rape or broken condom. The woman can then give away the child after it is born if she does not want it. And let's not forget that personal responsibility has to take place. If you know the possible consequences of an action and you still take it, you should be accountable for them. My closest analogy is like a boy that joins the military and then gets called to war where he may get murdered, he has to face his responisibility; there is no button (like abortion) that can let him relinquish his responsibility.
The other reason I am against abortion is because I believe that at least after the first trimester there is no other way around it than calling it an abhorrance and borderline murder. The fetus is able to feel the pain of being murdered during the abortion. Studies and videos have shown that the abortion breaks the fetus into pieces and it battles to survive until it fully is destroyed. Some say that they don't have conciousness or some other lame excuse, but that doesn't take away the obvious pain and suffering from the fetus.
I also hate late term-abortion the most (last trimester). It is fact that the fetus could survive as a baby at 7 months of later, but instead doctors are murdering the fetus. The alternative of it being born and given away does not exist unless the pregnant woman wants it to. The way in which an abortion like this is done is horrible and destructive.
Finally, I believe the arguments for abortion are poor. Most of them rely with the woman not wanting to have it. Although that is true in the sense that nobody should be obligated to have something they don't want, in the particular case of abortion, because we are treating with another living being, it should be treated as a special and unique case. Another one I hear is that it is just a bunch of cells, and I think it has some validity on the first trimester where a compromise could be reached for abortions not exceeding that time period. Another argument is that the crime rate goes down, but the study that claimed this has been challenged for poor methodology and proven overall untrue, but abortion lobbyists don't seem to remember this fact. The last argument I usually hear is that the woman will have consequences she may not want to face like pain at labor or job loss, but I don't think those, in utilitarian terms, outweight personal responsibility and the fact that we are dealing with a being that feels.
And lastly, in the case where the mother or only the child could survive I believe it is fair that nature chooses that. Nobody has the right to say one life is worth more than another, and if they do, they should realize that the potential a child has overall is greater than the woman's.
So no, atheism and anti-abortion is not an oxymoron. I'm also a right-wing conservative, is that another "oxymoron"?
2006-08-29 00:09:18 · answer #2 · answered by Alucard 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, not an oxymoron.
I'm guessing that more atheists would be pro-choice because they emphasize the right of the individual to make her own health decisions. Nevertheless, pro-life is also a valid position, at least after a certain point in the pregnancy (locating that point is, naturally, a matter of debate).
2006-08-29 00:14:06 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it doesn't sound like a contradiction at all. You are allowed to have an opinion as an atheist the last time I checked. I don't think being pro-life contradicts with atheism. However, I think the majority of atheists support abortion because they look at life as more of a biological function than purposeful. Which is why they can justify abortion so easily.
So, your opinion is the minority among atheists, but it's not a contradiction to the belief.
2006-08-29 00:09:49 · answer #4 · answered by IL Padrino 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Cause all human r free and have all the rights to think differently and individually according to their own views on life and beliefts or everything else. Only ones that can not accept that then try to dictate others thinking and views are the oxymoron.
2006-08-29 00:04:17 · answer #5 · answered by asura_sunya_ragi 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No they don't have to be mutually excluisive. You can choose not to believe in god or whatever, and still believe in the right of all living things to have that life, and that a foetus is alive from the moment of conception. Do not confuse religion with your own moral beliefs - think for yourself and don't just think what people tell you to think. You are an intelligent being and you can make up your own mind. YOU ARE RIGHT!! - not the people who tell you how to think - YOU ARE RIGHT!! - whatever you think or decide about anything - that's what free will is all about!!
2006-08-28 23:55:35 · answer #6 · answered by Steve 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course not.
I do not see what bearing a person's belief in God has upon the validity of their arguments in the field of the rights or wrongs of abortion.
If one believes that it is an oxymoron, I feel that the holder of such an opinion would commit the fallacy of believing that religious people hold a monopoly on morals; and are accordingly the only fit people to decide upon such issues.
2006-08-28 23:54:08 · answer #7 · answered by Here's Danny 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No. But the asker of this question DOES sound like a MORON to me, tho'.
Hey I think that should read 'you're the moron' but never mind. I stand suitably chastised. I did assume you were another brainwashed airhead god botherer, not a clear thinking free minded individual. I accept I was completely mistaken, and stand guilty as charged. Apologies. I hang my head in shame.
2006-08-28 23:59:42 · answer #8 · answered by inquisitor 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Hello!! :o) I suppose - given the fact that Atheists believe that 'we only go around once' - and that when THIS life ends - that's IT - 'they' might actually value life MORE than some who believe in an 'after-life'. Craig!! :o)
2006-08-29 00:10:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope. It is similar to 'Did you take a bus to school or pack a lunch'. The two have nothing to do with one another. One has to do with a social issue the other has to do with faith.
2006-08-29 00:14:01 · answer #10 · answered by Stephen 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I dont believe so. One has nothing to do with the other. Atheist do not believe in God. However they have no problem with life.
2006-08-29 00:02:09 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋