Posted on 06/14/2015 9:15:16 PM PDT by Morgana
One of the pillars of the Evangelical marriage to the Republican Party is the Pro-Life movement. By far, this movement is one of the most passionate and mobilized groups in America. But I wonder have they ever taken a moment to ask themselves the question of why, according to the Guttmacher Institute, 65 percent of all abortions are performed on Christian patients (37 percent Protestant and 28 percent Catholic). Sometimes I wonder if they even know this statistic. And if they do, how do they look at themselves in the mirror at night after they have gone to college campuses and given graphic demonstrations to kids that they likely presume are heathens only to know in their own heart that it is their fellow-churchgoers that are having 65 percent of all abortions? So if Evangelicals are so fixated on ending abortions then maybe they should stop having them.
(Excerpt) Read more at patheos.com ...
Maybe they have already repented.
One can self-identify as a “Christian” (culturally) and not be baptized, a church-goer, a member of a particular congregation/denomination or even have ever entered a church, especially in a majority Christian country settled by Christians. That proves nothing.
"The Guttmacher Institute in 1968 was founded as the Center for Family Planning Program Development, a semi-autonomous division of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. The Center was renamed in memory of Alan Frank Guttmacher, an Ob/Gyn and former president of Planned Parenthood, and the Guttmacher Institute became an independent, non-profit corporation in 1977..."
A quick Google of how many Americans are Christian yields 83 percent...so the 65 percent of abortions mean they are less likely than people not identifying as christian
The blacks that have them (the majority of them) are CINOs, if they go to Rev Wright-type churches where whitey is the devil and Black Jesus wants reparations.
So here’s the problem. This guy from the “God is Not a Republican” website was kind enough to post a link to his assertion that “...65 percent of all abortions being performed on Christian patients...”.
So I followed the link and found a FAQ at the “Guttmacher Institute” website. They foot-noted the entry on religious self-identification”: http://www.guttmacher.org/media/evidencecheck/2011/01/31/Advisory-Abortion-Mental-Health.pdf
If you take the time and actually read it you’ll find no mention of religious affiliation in the PDF at all.
I don’t know if this was intentional sloppiness or pure deceit. Either way his conclusions are out to lunch because his premises are fatally flawed.
By definition, if these people you mention are not baptized, then they are NOT Christians. They might self identify as “Christians” but there is no way that they actually are.
The article title has a flawed assumption.
They don’t distinguish between a real Christian and a CINO.
We have denominations who promote abortion. You can’t call them Christian even though they self-identify that way. You’ve got pro-aborts in denominations that oppose abortion.
You certainly can’t lump both together in a flawed assumption article headline like this author does and expect an accurate discussion by blaming generic “Christians”.
When the real Christians have made progress ending abortion by prayer, silent vigils, getting abortion mills treated to the same medical standards of any other place that does medical procedures and hygiene levels, these same bastards have written scathing shrieking hit pieces against the evil Christians for doing this.
THe left makes me vomit their hypocrisy back at them.
I am not the least bit surprised.
You make my point for me.
[[Anybody can call himself or herself a Christian.]]
Heck, even the _resident claims he’s one... Actiosn speak louder than words- and it’s plain as day he isn’t one
WOW! Satan’s argument is so...Satanic.
Planned Parenthood should know. A lot of the abortions they perform are on moms from 9 to 17 years old.
In Illinois they can take these girls out of school and take them to a clinic for an abortion and they don’t have to notify their parents.
Funny, I've been to the March for Life twice, and most of the people who attended the largest event of the Pro-Life movement were Catholics, not evangelical protestants.
I think I found the original study.
https://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/US-Abortion-Patients.pdf
The article appears to be accurate in its claims of what the study shows. What it means is open to debate.
Those who claim it’s false are perpetrating, at least to some extent, the No True Scotsman logical fallacy.
There is also simply no way for any study to differentiate between “real” and “not-real” Christians. Though to my mind one fairly good method is to separate out the “Christians” who get an abortion as being not very sincere.
The "No True Scotsman" fallacy implies when one starts by making a universal claim and then denying a counter example by contriving the definition of their terms to make an exception to that counter-example.
In this case, there was no universal rule and counter example, so this is not an example of such a fallacy...even though language like "then they are no true Christian" might bring the fallacy to mind.
For pity sake, the president calls himself a Christian. If you ever needed proof that calling oneself a Christian means next to nothing, that’s it.
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