I am illogical because I value all life as sacred and to be defended? Interesting.
Not sure I’d say you are illogical.
We have no proof yet of your abilities in logic.
You have not engaged in the discussion yet.
You seem to have made a statement, then repeated it a few times.
Your statement has been addressed (very well I might add) by RobertLGarrett.
You have yet to engage him in his response.
I’ve had this exact discussion with my father recently.
I’m a pro-life (all life) guy that dislikes politics and my father is a die-hard democrat. I keep warning him not to put his faith in any politician because, eventually, they will let you down.
So we kept our discussion on the topic of life and it’s value.
He stated that abortion was not the only life issue we need to consider.
I agreed and said we must also discuss the death penalty, war, and euthanasia.
It can be argued that the death penalty and war can actually be justified. I, personally, do not believe this is the case today,though.
The life given to you is a gift from God and you have a responsibility (not just a right) to defend your life. If there is no other alternative, you are justified in protecting your life even if it results in the ultimate demise of the life of the attacker.
As well, if you are a father, you have the same responsibility to protect your family if there is no other option.
As well, if you are responsible for a community, you have a responsibility to protect your community if there is no other option.
If there is a person that, if let loose on society, will kill others, and there is no other way to protect that society, it could be a justified execution… but only because there is no other option. I believe that today we have other options. In fact, I’d love to see us go back to the Cool Hand Luke style of prison time. I love the tent city desert prison in Arizona. While I don’t care for the death penalty, I’m surprisingly okay with cruel and unusual punishment. (guess i need to work on that)
Can war be justified? Of course. Would you actually say that the U.S. was not justified in entering WWII and stopping Hitler?
That’s not to say THIS current war is justified. That is a different discussion.
Point being … of the life issues, two of them CAN be justified depending on the circumstance (death penalty, war).
However, there is absolutely no circumstance warranting the justification of the other two (abortion, euthanasia).
The difference in the line between these is possible justification of the action.
As RobertLGarrett mentioned before, the innocence of the victim must be part of the discussion.
In euthanasia, the victim may or may not be a willing participant in the action and may not be completely innocent.
In abortion, the victim is always an unwilling, completely innocent party.
Yes … abortion kills over 1 million per year in the U.S. alone.
This is a gargantuan number compared to the possible tens of thousands over several years in Iraq.
However, the count doesn’t really matter.
Even if the numbers were reversed, abortion is still a bigger evil… because of the complete innocence of the victim.
michel
