DeusExLibrus t1_j1ei2mr wrote on December 23, 2022 at 6:40 PM

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Fundamentalists don’t actually care what their holy book says. They’re mainly interested in controlling people. Look at Christian evangelicals and fundamentalists: they’re vehemently pro-life, even though the book they claim to believe was written by God says in no uncertain terms that life doesn’t begin until the baby is born.

leelougirl89 t1_j1gr33t wrote on December 24, 2022 at 5:27 AM

Omg their new angle is “I’m against abortion. Not for religious reasons. I’m just morally against it. No one said anything about religion.”

/u/_BuffaloAlice_

DeusExLibrus t1_j1xqm11 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 4:18 AM

I mean, its possible to be against abortion for moral reasons, but morality, unlike ethics, is inextricably entangled in religion. So if they're against abortion for moral reasons, they are by definition opposed to abortion for religious reasons. Of course most Americans in my experience (and I am one) don't seem to know the definition of most words related to morality, ethics, religion, and politics, so its not that surprising. Half the country can't tell the difference between Social Democracy and Fascism, two diametrically opposed political philosophies.