[Wonder Warthog]

"In the first post you state that abortion is murder. In the second you state that capital punishment is not murder because it is legally done. By your logic abortion which is "lawfully done" is not murder."

In one case (capital punishment) there is a legal process for assessing guilt or innocence. In abortion, there is no such process.

The victim is innocent.

[jas3]

In one case (capital punishment) there is a legal process for assessing guilt or innocence. In abortion, there is no such process.

The victim is innocent.

And that is entirely irrelevant to your post on the definition of murder, or do you now withdraw your dictionary definiton of murder?

One is also tempted to remind you that the Soviets and Nazis were very good about creating legal processes prior to slaughering millions. Having a legal process in place does not ensure justice.

My suggestion is that you admit your your dictionary definition of what constitutes murder was not well reasoned, you withdraw that definition (which contradicts your subsequent and prior posts), and then we can return to the discussion about some religions defining capital punishment as murder, which you avoided by temporarily pretending to only accept the dictionary definition of murder.

jas3