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Right. I came from the Episcopal Church, which changed its doctrine and endorsed contraception in 1930. All the major Protestant denominations followed. The Episcopal Church caved on the divorce and remarriage issue in 1972 (in its General Convention), and in 1975 it endorsed abortion on demand. When I was searching for a new church I checked the other big Protestant denominations. They have all endorsed abortion on demand, with the exception of the Southern Baptists. There are various small Protestant denominations which are still holding out on the abortion issue.

I had difficulty (which means I couldnt) finding any major denomination which "endorsed abortion on demand". The closest I could come is a statement that "abortion is not proscribed by Scripture". I agree this is weasle wording but, is is the parsing of words to indicate "We just don't want to get involved". I agree with the strong RCC position on abortion.

Divorce and remarriage: All Churches have caved in. Some call it by a different name - "Annulment". That explains why the Teddy Kennedy's of the world can re-marry and still be in good standing with the Church. This is a Red Herring issue.

IOW I believe we can find hypocrasy in all our religions.

Can you find a consistent Biblical position as to just when life begins? Is there any room for argument?

Divorce and remarriage: All Churches have caved in. Some call it by a different name - "Annulment". That explains why the Teddy Kennedy's of the world can re-marry and still be in good standing with the Church. This is a Red Herring issue.

If hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue, then "annulment" is the hypocrisy that we pay to upholding the sanctity of marriage. There is a vast difference between holding up a high standard and showing some mercy on folks who get lost along the way, and abandoning your standards altogether.

Like birth control. Lots of Catholics do it, but they still know that they are doing something wrong. Protestants have all caved.