Why is it that christians dont have a problem with the death penalty but when it comes to abortion theyre all?

Question

obsessed with it?

Answer 1

I am not religious, but.

I dont believe in the death penalty, but I'm pro chioce on abortion.

People who have commited horrible crimes should not be put out of their misery.

Children don't belong in orphanges and foster homes.

Answer 2

First of all, let me clearly state that I am not a Christian nor am I religious in any way. I don't subscribe to any religious doctrines and try to respect all religions.

The issues of death penalty and abortion, however, transcend all religous boundaries. Here are the reasons I support the death penalty and am pro-choice at the same time.

First, the death penalty. I strongly support the death penalty for people who commit seriously haneous crimes like serial murderers, terrorists, etc. These people cannot be rehabilitated and I don't think we should clog up the jails with them. In some countries, like the one I live in, the death penalty is taken very seriously. Drug trafficers are given the death penalty if they are carrying a certain amount of drugs. I fully support that because it's our only way to prevent such things from coming in.

Are all systems perfect? Of course not, but I think we need to take each and every system into consideration. Capital punishment works. That's why countries that strongly enforce it have lower crime rates that those that don't.

As for the issue of abortion. This is a very personal one. I am pro-choice because I personally feel that as a man, I have no right to tell a woman what to do with her body. I don't think that abortion is always the answer but how can we tell a woman who has been raped that she should carry the rapist's child to term? How can we tell a woman who already has 10 children she cannot afford to feed that she has to bring another one into the world? How can we tell a woman who will die if she gives birth that she has to give her life so that the baby has the right to live? If she chooses to do so, I say all the more power to her. But I don't feel that I have the right to tell her what to do.

The bottom line here is education. If we teach people to respect and love each other, we will have less reason for capital punishment. If we are honest and open about condoms and sex education, we may see less abortions.

Just my two cents worth.

Answer 3

Catholics do not like the death penalty, but if it's someone who continues to cause great harm or murders, then it becomes self defense.
There are four basic types of abortion being performed in America today, while two more types may be added in the near future.

First, there's the suction type abortion. This is where the unborn child is literally vacuumed from the mother's womb during the early stages of pregnancy.


The currette-type abortion is where the child is cut from the mother's womb with a spoon-like object.

A third type is similar to a Caesarean operation. The baby is surgically removed from the mother and allowed to suffocate, because the child's lungs aren't developed.

The fourth type of abortion is the Salt Brine technique. With this method, the unborn child is literally "pickled" to death by the injection of a strong salt solution. A few days after the injection the child is still born.

There is currently much debate about partial-birth abortions. This is where a child is partially delivered, then stabbed in the skull to have his or her brains sucked out.

There is also much talk about the RU-486 abortion pill
Notice that in Jeremiah 1:5 we are told that God KNEW Jeremiah:"Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations."

To further confirm the fact that God views the unborn child as a person, please consider Exodus 21:22-23:

"If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,"

If the woman has a premature birth and the child lives ("no mischief follows"), then there's no death penalty. However, if the child dies (or the woman dies) God says the death penalty applies: "thou shalt give life for life." Why would God require the death penalty if He didn't consider the unborn child to be a human being??

Answer 4

The death penalty. We all die. You need to figure out if what the Bible claims is true. Was Jesus the Son of God? If he was, then don't you think what he had to say about heaven, and hell, and eternity pretty important? He seemed to think so. Can you or anyone else tell me exactly what is going to happen in one person's life who will not be born for 800 years? The Bible does. There are 30 specific prophecies written about Jesus' birth, death, and resurrection written 800 - 1,000 years before he arrived on earth. That statistic is the same as you flipping a quarter 30 times in a row and have it landing heads every time. The chance of that is 1 Billion to 1.

Time to take the claims of Christ seriously. Read the Bible and pray to God to save you.

Answer 5

The life conceived in the womb is innocent. The one sentenced to death has been found guilty of some felony and he is no longer innocent. That is the difference. That's why, I think Christians are against abortion to the teeth. You are the judge and I think you have that quality to differentiate what is right and what is wrong. Anyway, try to preach to the one on the death roll to turn to Christ so that his soul in heaven will laugh at us who believe not in Christ. In that way, our so called guilt that a life should die because of the felony committed by him is reduced or eliminated.

Answer 6

You are going to get a lot of answers stating the aborted child (fetus) did nothing to deserve death, but the person being killed by the state did, and therefore deserves it.

The Catholic Church is against both, and so am I (although I am not Catholic). I do not believe Jesus would have ever supported state-sponsored killing, even of people who had committed horrible sins.

Can it be possible for a person to be truly changed by Christ, yet at the same time have no problem with the government killing someone?

And to Texas Rose: Jesus says that the old law says an eye for an eye; but now, with Jesus, he tells us to love our enemies, and pray for those who persecute us...Are we reading the same book? Committing ourselves to the same Christ?

Answer 7

One of the answers is incorrect on crime and homicide rates.
Both are higher in the United States than in Canada (which does not have a death penalty) and in Western Europe, (without a death penalty) with which we share many traditions, languages, culture and democratic institutions.

Within the United States, crime and homicide rates are higher in states with a death penalty than in states without a death penalty.

Answer 8

They hypocritically pretend that no innocent people are being executed (hmm... didn't JESUS receive the death penalty? And wasn't HE innocent?) If the most innocent man on Earth (by their own belief) couldn't get a fair trial, how in HELL do they have the gaul to claim our rickety system of 'justice' never makes such mistakes?!?

Answer 9

You abide by the laws of the land, These people that are going to die via the death penalty did something really bad,,,What did an innocent baby do to you?

Answer 10

I don't like either one...but for death penalty, they are being punished for a crime they have commited on thierself..How could that even be close to the same,,these children had no choice..

Answer 11

Because the Bible promotes capital punishment - for the breaking of religious laws and divine commandments, at least.

By the way, God, in the Old Testament, commanded the genecide of entire groups of people, including men, women, and children - I imagine some of those women were pregnant - thus, making God an abortionist.