In this paper, I will argue against the most controversial things that exist, including religion, the death penalty, and abortion and try to find consistency in people that are in favor of it and in their arguments. These are things that should be handled with common sense and not with the mindset that everything has some type of divine intervention or religious answer. Furthermore, I will take a stance that will show that religion is used as an excuse for people in this world to believe that life is something worth living for because of the "after-life".
             First off, I would like to start with a term we have all heard that is referred to as the Sanctity of Life. Personally, I think it's a crock of nonsense. Life is sacred? Who said so? God? If you read history, "God" is one of the leading causes of death, has been for thousands of years. Jews, Christians, Muslims, and Hindus all killing each other because God said it was a good idea. Some of the most brutal wars have been fought over religion, the Crusades for instance. Even if you do try to talk about the Sanctity of Life you can't try and blame it on God because we made it up. You know why? We are alive, that's why we made it up. Living people have a strong interest of promoting that life is sacred. What does Richard Nixon have to say about the Sanctity of Life? What's the latest from JFK? What do the victims of the World Trade Center attack have to say about it? Nothing! That's because Richard Nixon, JFK, and the victims of the World Trade Center are all dead. Last time I checked, dead people could care less about the Sanctity of Life; only living people care about it. Therefore, it grows out of a completely biased point of view. It was a self- serving man-made bunch of garbage. Its one of these things we tell ourselves to make us feel noble. If everything that ever lived is dead, and everything that is living is going to die, then wh...