Scucca

But I'm not applying “free market” theory. That would suggest that firms (i.e. churches) would react to consumer demands (i.e. provide tailor made worshiping opportunities). I'm really referring to economic psychology and noting the problems generated by the specific nature of religion.

I certainly agree that there is little “shopping around”, as the worshiper finds the product most suited to their preferences. Instead, we have two environments: an authoritarian “state church” or the illusion of choice. If you live in the first extreme there is no need to justify behaviour. You expect the church to come out with irrational demands and react accordingly. Thus, the catholic church is predicted to be anti-abortion and you can simply ignore it. However, if there is the illusion of choice then there is a need to justify the “investments” you make. I propose that justification process will encourage more blinkered “the church is always right” behaviour. Any disagreement with the church will encourage a dissonance, with the individual worrying over whether their investment is going to be lost. Thus, it is 'choice' that ironically encourages more extreme perceptions about abortion as individuals conform to strict church dictates.

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mikhail

I think America finds it easy to embrace religious authority because it isnt a offical authority if ya get what i mean.Countries like poland are more familiar with non-religious tyranny and therefor also embrace religion more easily.

Is it due to competitive religion? i dunno i wouldnt be able to tell you which countrie out of poland and America is the most against abortion.

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Scucca

We do have the more specific finding from the study in the original post: "It is observed that U.S. Catholics are slightly more likely to take an antiabortion position on the "traumatic" abortion items than are their Polish counterparts and considerably more likely to oppose abortion for 'elective' reasons."

American

Nice try to blow smoke, but you fail. The links are relevant, you just need to put your noodle to work understanding them.

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Scucca

If you can't refer to the issue at hand ("whether the US's competitive religious sector has actually harvested more aggressively anti-abortion attitudes") you're not going to get three cheers. A tad bleedin obvious!