I cannot believe that 'when the soul enters the body' is actually part of the abortion debate

[Caliman73]

63. You are overthinking it.

There is a brand of fundamentalist Christianity that is pushing this "debate" from conservative Catholics to the more hardline Protestant denominations, to the grifter mega churches who just see this as a way to gain power and money.

Most people in the US, whether affiliated to a religious tradition or not, prefer the choice. It is the extremists who drive the whole, "Soul" debate because it is a tactic that allows them to represent themselves as "being persecuted" for their beliefs.

The extremists think that their particular brand of Christianity should be the only word on this topic.

If we were to decide tomorrow that Christianity were the "National Religion", I guarantee that all of those churches who have been united in the "pro-life" and anti-LGBTQ efforts, would immediately turn on each other. The Protestant churches would go after the Catholics, then they would turn on each other, and Greg Locke would be calling them all "witches". They may say it is about being righteous and preparing for Judgement and the kingdom of heaven, but they behave A LOT like it is about earthly power and wealth.