[concerned about politics]

Well, first of all, abortion is performed on an innocent, unborn child, whereas the death penalty is applied against an adult with free will who has committed a heinous crime.

The Bible says man kind is born into sin. Aborted infants are not yet born into sin, therefore without sin, or sin free.
The criminals are not only born into sin, but chose through their own free will to commit the worst of sin.

[HenryLeeII]

The Bible says man kind is born into sin. Aborted infants are not yet born into sin, therefore without sin, or sin free. The criminals are not only born into sin, but chose through their own free will to commit the worst of sin.

How come we lay-people understand this instinctively, but church officials have to debate and discuss the issue as though each side is morally- and logically-equivalent?