re death penalty was re political atheists bil okcforum osrhe edu bill conner writes this is fascinating atheists argue for abortion defend homosexuality as a means of population control insist that the only values are biological and condemn war and capital punishment according to benedikt if something is contardictory it cannot exist which in this case means atheists i suppose i would like to understand how an atheist can object to war an excellent means of controlling population growth or to capital punishment i m sorry but the logic escapes me first you seem to assume all atheists think alike an atheist does not believe in the existence of a god our opinions on issues such as capital punishment and abortion however vary greatly if you were attacking the views of a particular atheist benedikt i presume then please present your argument as such and do not lump us all together as for the issues let s start with abortion personally i do not support abortion as a means of population control or contraception after the fact however i support the right of any woman to have an abortion regardless of what my personal views may be because it would be arrogant of me to tell any individual what he she may or may not do to his her body and the domain of legislators should not extend into the uterus that s my opinion and i am sure many atheists and theists would disagree with me i do not defend homosexuality as a means of population control but i certainly defend it as an end to itself i think most homosexuals would be angered to hear of anyone characterizing their personal relationship as nothing more than a conscious effort to keep population levels down as for atheists believing all values are biological i have no idea what you re talking about finally there are the issues of war and capital punishment an atheist can object to either one just as easily as a theist might you seem to be hung up on some supposed conspiratorial link between atheism and population control could this be the atheist cause you were referring to a few posts back kevin marshall computer science department virginia tech marshall csugrad cs vt edu blacksburg virginia
