Stoicism wasn't something that required effort. Stoicism, to me at least, was just the natural state of somebody's mind when they have lived a life of hardship. It isn't that they tried to restrict their emotions, it is just that they have seen worse.

Murder is a legal term — AmadeusD

I said fundamentally, which means that they have the same effect of terminating life.

If anyone could prove the existence of God, there would be very few atheists.

They should, and have already, arranged peace meetings. Say what you want about Trump, but foreign countries respect his power and fall in line.

murder isn't fundamentally different from abortion. Any descriptor of the beginning of life that could be mentioned could be countered by giving an example of an adult human with those characteristics. Ex: A person in a coma that isn't conscious. A person with a pacemaker that doesn't have a heartbeat. The only question that matters is: Why is murder wrong? And from that question comes the following question, why does life have value? My opinion is that life can't have value, because life itself is the value. Murder is wrong because it extinguishes the possibility of the victim to live a full life. With that reasoning, even a painless death is immoral. Here are some common arguments for abortion, and why I think they are wrong. "My body, my choice": It isn't your body, otherwise you couldn't kill it without harming yourself. If it was your body, it also wouldn't have to be removed. There are also multiple arguments about the quality of life after birth. But, life is more valuable than non life, so unless the majority of kids in foster care are suicidal, then your point is null and void. Please respond with more arguments for abortion.