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as an atheist, i view death as the absolute end. i believe there is no life after death, which has consequently given me a higher respect and value on a person's life. i view the span of a human's life seems extremely short; where regretting anything and not living a full life is something i fear just as much as a christian would the devil.
also as a passivist, i truly do not believe anyone one this earth should have their life taken from them. whether by murder, war, crimnal punishment, etc.
as far as religion helping humans to kill eachother, i do find some examples of this to be rather hard to avoid. in particular, the direct attacks toward abortion clinics and patients are almost always connected to religous groups. there is a common rationalization that abortion is against god's will, and it is his people's duty to get rid of such sinners.
[and perhaps i should clarify that i do not view a fetus as a human being. they have not yet been born, and are therefore not yet a being. but to each his own]
honestly though, is there really any moral rationalization for murder? in general human instinct and overall good morals. to use one's god as a reason to kill another is almost contradictory. in some relgions, though not all, a god is seen as a creator of everything. so, to kill one of his creations [especially humans, who are regarded as the top of the food chain] would be to defy one's creator and god. with religion as a catalyst, should that person who killed another also deserve to die? for god?
quite the snowball effect. i dont agree with that, but it seems pretty contradictory.
im just kind of building my thoughts as i go along. i think i got somewhere.. hahaha. i just wanted to comment on the issue.
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