Why do "PRO-LIFE" People believe in the Death Penality?
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well I can't speak for the general public, but if they do then they would be hypocrites.
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No.\n\nIn fact the Catholic Church is not just against abortion, it is pro-life in the widest sense. This is often called a "Consistent Ethic of Life."\n\nThis pro-life stance stresses the highest regard for dignity of human life including that of:\n- All people in objecting to unjust war and nuclear arms.\n- The unborn in objecting to to abortion, in fitro fertilization, frozen embryos, embryonic stem cell research, and cloning\n- The elderly, sick and dying in objecting to assisted suicide and euthanazia\n- Prisoners in objecting to the death penalty\n- The poor and minorities in supporting social justice issues.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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No, not everyone who supports forced pregnancy also supports capitol punisment.  These issues can be looked at from two different angles.  The first is the religious viewpoint, the second is the social viewpoint.  \n\nCatolics, because of their religious doctorins, believe that both abortion and capitol punishment are wrong.  It’s a sin and therefore should be illegal.  I give them credit for at least being consistent in their oppinions.  \n\nThe group that one typically thinks of as the religious right tends to oppose abortion on religious grounds, but doesn’t seem to have a problem executing criminals.  I suppose that their sense of imposing justice is more important to them than whatever their religion may say about it.\n\nThe pro choice groups tend to hold their viewpoints based on societal reasons rather than religious.  The logic basically says, “don’t force your religious views on me” \n\nPeople that look to the bill of rights for guidance will say that the right to privacy protects abortion, and the clause against cruel and unusual punishment should prohibit capitol punishment.\n\nI think that it is easy to get the impression that the supporters of forced pregnany and capitol punishment are linked because that is where the modern conservitive movement is headed.  Our current president deffinitly falls into this category.  I can only hope that most americans don’t.
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I am against abortion, except to save the mother's life.  I am in favor of the death penalty in the most extreme cases.
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Our society has put a high price on the life of the individual.  We have debated the death penalty with this question at the fore.  If someone takes a life, should they forfeit theirs?  We value life so highly that even in this case we don't take a life.
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That's the liberal thought, don't put to death convicted murderers and rapists, but kill all the babies you want to. Crack the little skulls open and suck their brains out. They love it.\n\n\nAnd by the looks of some of these answers it's pretty easy to see, the whacked out libs can actually rationalize this stuff. But you'll never get a reasonable answer.\n\nI'm kinda undecided on the death penalty. I been for it for a while but the bible does say "the wrath of man doith not the righteousness of God".\n\nAs far as abortion,... if you don't want to have babies, don't produce them. If you can't control yourself enough to keep from getting pregnant/getting someone pregnant, then you don't even need to be walking around with the rest of us.
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Execution can be viewed as the physical manifestation of Justice carried out on those found guilty of killing.\n\nI doubt death penalty advocates are really getting off knowing that criminals are dying.  The argument that never seems to be heard is that, aside from being a (alleged) deterrent to crime, the death penalty allows Justice to be done.  When one takes another life, it isn't hypocritical to take the life of the killer-- it is Justice.  It would threaten our integrity as a Just society, a crime far worse than hypocrisy some would argue, if our society allowed one of the most heinous crimes to go (relatively) unpunished.
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you're quite brave to say this with anger still inside after he took your daughter from you!\n\nI also don't believe in the death penalty, we are not ones to judge whether we take another life too...\n\nas for the so called "luxuries" that prisoners get, it's called humanity!\n\nBUT one things for sure, they can't just wake up and get into their car and go for a drive to the shops, go to their friends place, see a family member, go to a movie, picnic... or even decide on a vacation.\nThey cannot join friends in another social gathering...\n...they cannot get up and help themselves to the refridgerator.\nCan't phone anyone they like when they like...\n\nThey ARE in prison, but how awful to know you are held captive in a cell only to be killed off eventually!
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Because christian fundamentalists don't like the idea of innocent fetuses dying.  \n\nThey are cool with the fact of innocent adults dying in war called "collateral damage" or innocent adults on death row dying with the rationale that "God will sort them out."\n\nAs you can see it is complete BS rationalizations but that's life and politics.
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They feel they have free choice, even though they shouldn't have the power to decide if someone should die or not. They are killing an innocent baby because they think it's a problem, they should work through it and not get rid of it.
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To all those saying that abortion is killing an innocent child and the death penalty is killing a murderer, making it justified. \n\nAbortion is not killing a reasoning human being with cognitive skills. Yes, it can potentially become one, however, by using that argument, one can say that by not having sex with your spouse at this very moment, you are wasting innocent eggs and sperm, thus killing potential life. The line can be drawn anywhere. The bottom line is, until the society can provide a safe and harmonious upbringing and support for the potential child, abortion is by all means justified. It is quite easy to be a male in a nice little house with a backyard and a church next door and say that abortion is wrong. But you see, not everyone is in that comfortable position. \n\nAs for the death penalty, haven't I heard some Christian people speak of this "thou shall not kill" deal every now and then? So it is alright to take life as a form of punishment? Revenge, is that what we've scooped down to? As Mr Gandhi put it so eloquently, "an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind". Not even speaking of the other side of the death penalty, i.e. the victims. At least one person a year is wrongly executed in the United States. At least one. Every year. That's some 10 people's lives you destroy there every year. Think about it. \n\n\n\n\n\nEdit, as a response to comments posted below: \n\nSee, but that's where we differ. I don't see abortion as equal to murder. I just don't, because in my opinion, it's not killing. See my argument above in the second paragraph. You just can't draw a line. Second of all, so if abortion is to be illegal, are YOU willing to take care of the child? Apparently you are. An ideal world is one thing, I too wish there was no need for abortion, but the real world is something different. Let's abolish the REASON for abortion, not abortion itself. \n\nBy the way, in my arguments, I am speaking about abortion where the mother's health is not endangered. If it is, then abortion is justified even in the ideal world. \n\nAs for the death penalty, I am sticking to my argument. The ones that kill for killing are just as bad as the killers. If it is right to murder for murder, then, basically, anyone can murder you, as you support the death penalty, making you co-responsible for a couple of deaths, a lot of them innocents. And then, anyone can murder your murderer. And so on... Killing as a form of punishment is quite the barbaric practice that has no place in the modern world. And if you look at the list of countries that still implement the death penalty, you'll see that I'm quite right on that point.
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Of course your question might be phrased a little off, because the death penalty IS legal in some states.\n\nMy personal opinion is it should be legal in all states.  I kind of differ that I do not belief it should be shown or made a big deal out of, glorifying it in the news, etc, though that is normal human nature I guess.\n\nThe reason I believe in the death penalty is there are some people that are so dangerous they will continue to do what they do whether they are in prison or not.  And those that have prison terms have been dealt the fairest justice exacted upon them, and the risk of dying at the hands of another would be reduced by the death penalty I believe.  I also believe the families deserve closure.
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becasue there are people out there the deserve it. I believe in the death penalty very much. If they are found guilty of what they did and its a bad thing then they deserve to die for it. They have no mercy on what they did so why should we show mercy.
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Most people have the belief that killing is wrong (or immoral).\n\nWhen this belief is mixed with other beliefs (eg the right of a person to liberty), then the two beliefs have to be valued (or graded) so that one will prevail in a given situation. This is our ethical framework\n\nSo whilst we all believe that it is morally wrong to kill, we may agree that ethically it is neccessary when other beliefs (like our self preservation) are more important\n\nBecause we grade our beliefs in different ways, there will be no single view on what is right or wrong. So a Quaker (or pacifist) will never agree with a combat marine - both agree that killing is immoral but have different frameworks of importance (the latter will place integrity of country above the death of a hostile soldier wheras the former will not)\n\nMurder is defined as unlawful killing of another human being; the marine would argue that their actions are lawful and therefore not murder. Equating abortion with murder is incorrect; it is not unlawful and the science on when a foetus becomes a sentient human being unclear.
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Well. I'm pro-choice and pro death penalty.  I agree fully with the inconsistency posed in your question. I feel the same way about those who are pro choice and anti death penalty.  There's no arguing that a multiple murder has less a right to life than a child.\n   My only point I want to make is that it works both ways.
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I agree with you there. The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. It violates the right to life. It is irrevocable and can be inflicted on the innocent and has never been shown to deter crime more effectively than other punishments.\nCheck out the link below & help to protest.
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The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. It violates the right to life. It is irrevocable and can be inflicted on the innocent and has never been shown to deter crime more effectively than other punishments.\nNo I don't believe in the Death Penalty.\nCheck out the link below for more information.