Yes, that is -precisely- what is going on. The religious using religious belief bought and sold by the hacks at the catholic church, combined with the evangelical movement, created a subset of voters who are obsessed with the rights of unborn even when the bible says life begins at the first breath.
I have zero tolerance for any argument that the "pro-life" position is not religious. Religion is the GENESIS of this movement. It is the FACADE of this movement. It is the nature, and the demeanor. It is the mask and the face.
Atheists who espouse pro-birth ideological perspectives are so few as to be a statistical irrelevance.
Make no mistake. This movement is religious, through and through, and has been since the beginning.
You make it seem like this religious argument against abortion has only recently gained steam and traction. This is not the case. The RvW ruling has been mired in controversy since the very day of its liberal 7-2 ruling.
You would be mistaken its been around since well before Roe Vs Wade (which is unconstitutional, btw) Also - I agree it is a religious argument at its core. Or should I say - A MORAL argument at its core. God does not want us butchering unborn babies. Oh that's right, human babies are not human until they are born. Just a bundle of cells with no real purpose. LOL
There is a meme circulating among the left which makes the claim life doesn't begin until the first breath.
First, the pro-life argument isn’t that abortion is wrong “because my religion says so.” We can make a biblical argument. However, our primary argument isn’t biblical; it’s philosophical and scientific.
The pro-life argument is that it’s wrong to intentionally kill an innocent human being. Abortion intentionally kills an innocent human being. Therefore, abortion is wrong.
Notice no Bible verses were quoted. So, this meme doesn’t even come close to addressing the pro-life case. In fact, this meme ignores it completely.
Second, the Bible does not say life begins at “first breath.” Whoever created this meme needs to read their Bible again. It says Adam came to life at first breath (Gen. 2:7). Of course, this is a descriptive statement, not a prescriptive statement. The author of Genesis is not telling us when all human beings come to life. The Bible doesn’t teach that every man comes to life at first breath any more than it teaches that every woman comes from the rib of a man (Gen. 2:21–22).
If we want to know what the Bible teaches about when life begins, we are going to have to look elsewhere.
Third, the Bible elevates the status of unborn humans to valuable persons. For example, Psalm 139:13–16, Jeremiah 1:5, Job 31:15, and Psalm 22:10–11 all imply the unborn is a valuable human being. Never is the unborn treated as a “clump of cells.” Look these verses up and see for yourself.
Furthermore, Luke 1:41–43 clearly teaches that unborn babies—even in the first trimester—are valuable persons. It says,
And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me?”
It’s hard to grasp the weight of this paragraph. The third trimester John (who was already “filled with the Holy Spirit” according to Luke 1:15) leaped for joy in the presence of the first trimester Jesus, who was even called “Lord” in His first trimester. How can a “clump of cells” be Lord?
The Bible clearly communicates that Jesus, John the Baptist, Jeremiah, David, and others were valuable persons—living human beings—before they ever took their first breath.
you wanted to live, that everyone else does...even when I posted information that proved not everyone believes as you do.
