Any Atheists Here Opposed to Abortion?

[MariaEvri]

I believe I won;t end up there. I don;t like laws telling me what to do with my body.
But like I said... (did I? it's midnight) I didn't think about this much.

[Wilson]

Well, I do think we should punish them, but not too harshly, and try to rehabilitate them in the process. I remember seeing somewhere that in one area, they made special housing for sex offenders that had finished out their sentence in jail but weren't ready to be released back into public. It was really comfortable and nice -- hell, they could even view legal pornography in there.

That's the sort of thing I want to see.

Legal pornography?

As opposed to child pornography or the like, which obviously wouldn't be a very good thing to give to a pedophile (which a lot of sex offenders are).

My little joke was in asking whether the sort of thing you wanted to see was legal pornography.  Sorry for not making that clear.

Lame, I know.

[LegendarySandwich]

My little joke was in asking whether the sort of thing you wanted to see was legal pornography.  Sorry for not making that clear.

Lame, I know.

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I GET IT NOW.

[Being_Brave]

I hope I'm okay putting this here, it's been all over the news lately so it's got my cogs turning again.

Are there any pro-life athiests? I ask because I've never met a pro-life person who didn't say something about religion. Being pro-life means never even entertaining the possibility of abortion at any stage, so I'm curious if there are pro-life Athiests; why?

[LegendarySandwich]

I hope I'm okay putting this here, it's been all over the news lately so it's got my cogs turning again.

Are there any pro-life athiests? I ask because I've never met a pro-life person who didn't say something about religion. Being pro-life means never even entertaining the possibility of abortion at any stage, so I'm curious if there are pro-life Athiests; why?

Atheist is spelled "atheist". You have to flip around the e and i.

I know there are some pro-life atheists, although I don't know how many are at this forum. I'm for legalization of abortion at all stages, so I don't have much to say in regards to your question.

[Tank]

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[LegendarySandwich]

I think you need to explain your definition of pro-life for this to be a meaningful discussion.

Being pro-life means never even entertaining the possibility of abortion at any stage, so I'm curious if there are pro-life Athiests; why?

[LegendarySandwich]

Oh, yeah. I knew that there was another thread like this...I just forgot it was mine.

[Being_Brave]

Oh, yeah. I knew that there was another thread like this...I just forgot it was mine.

Sorry, I wouldn't have started a new one if I'd found yours    It didn't come up when I searched "abortion".

[LegendarySandwich]

Sorry, I wouldn't have started a new one if I'd found yours    It didn't come up when I searched "abortion".

Yeah, forum searches usually suck.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Intrauterine brainwaves seems as good a criterion as any for determining when thought begins, don't you think?  After all, there is a very strong correlation between an active EEG readout and and active thought process.

What I'm saying is that that's pretty arbitrary as a dividing line.  A matter of individual opinion.

But personhood is more brain-related than anything else, in my opinion.

Make up your mind, eh?

[JoeBobSmith]

 

[Lythande]

I'm not pro-abortion, but I am pro-choice.  I doubt anyone is truly pro-abortion, even those that have it done in the end.  Not many pro-lifers realize what a difficult decision it is to make.  But why the distinction between atheists and "religious people"?  There are those with both opinions on both sides of that line.

[AnimatedDirt]

I'm not pro-abortion, but I am pro-choice.  I doubt anyone is truly pro-abortion, even those that have it done in the end.  Not many pro-lifers realize what a difficult decision it is to make.  But why the distinction between atheists and "religious people"?  There are those with both opinions on both sides of that line.

Because the perception is that all Christians are pro-life.  Which, as you point out, is really not the case at all.

[LegendarySandwich]

True. But it's no secret that most religious folk are anti-abortion, and most atheists are pro-choice. I guess I could have also asked if there were any pro-choice theists here, but we only have like, a couple that come here on a regular basis.