Atheists, the death penalty and abortion...

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I am against abortion. The reason is that we don't know exactly when the "baby" is "alive" in the "awareness" sense. Therefore abortion can be potentially killing a soul/human. That's just cold.

Actually, we really can know: http://www.scientificamerican.com/articl...ness-arise

Science rocks.

Beyond that, is awareness really the sole qualifier for life, in your opinion? Because infants don't even come out of the womb with a complete suite of conscious abilities. That shit grows in later.

Also another thing is that a baby is pretty much on the way. I understand the choice not have children etc...but when the baby is on it's way, preventing that is a whole different matter and is not analogous to condoms or pregnancy prevention pills.

Isn't it? I mean, the fetus doesn't come prepackaged in a human form, you know. How is preventing pregnancy so much different just because the sperm and egg have joined? It's all just cells.

It's one of the coldest things humans can do in my honest opinion. I dread at the thought that so much of society is supporting it.

So long as you keep in mind that your opinions aren't representative of the entire world and you can't restrict the freedom of others based on them, then fine.

There is of course exceptions to the rule. For example, if the life of the mother is severely in danger, perhaps this is a grey area.

If it were my wife in danger, you can bet your ass I wouldn't be waiting for your, or anyone else's, imprimatur to save her damn life any way possible, abortion or no.