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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow the Christian Right Became Prolife on Abortion and Transformed the Culture Wars
Snip: So what changed?
In the 1970s, the pro-life position was predominantly Catholic. Before Roe, there were some liberal Protestant elements to the pro-life movement, as Daniel Williamss book shows, but the Catholic Church was the dominant force.
By the early-mid-1970s, there was a bit of growing concern within evangelicalism. Carl F. H. Henry took a strong pro-life stance in 1971, and the National Association of Evangelicals asserted its opposition to abortion in 1971 and 1973.
But on the mass level, evangelicals were slow to join the pro-life movement. Even as late as 1979, the Baptist Joint Committee argued before a federal court that the Hyde Amendment, which restricted federal funds from being used to pay for abortions, violated the Establishment Clause because it established the Catholic religion.
It really was not until the end of the 1970s and early 1980s that conservative Christians moved decidedly in the pro-life direction. More popular groups like Baptists for Life and Christians for Life were created in the mid- to late-1970s, for example. I draw attention to Francis Schaeffers books and documentary films, which were popular among churches, pastors, and lay leaders. Schaeffers works also influenced Jerry Falwell, who helped elevate abortion activism on the national political stage. In 1980, the SBC passed an unequivocally pro-life resolution.
More: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/evangelical-history/christian-right-discovered-abortion-rights-transformed-culture-wars/
rurallib
(62,411 posts)I think these are them:
Quixote1818
(28,930 posts)on Facebook etc.
hedda_foil
(16,373 posts)rurallib
(62,411 posts)These have been go to videos for me when folks start talking about the evangelicals and especially abortions.
hedda_foil
(16,373 posts)struggle4progress
(118,282 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,787 posts)Pro-life is a myth.
The supposed pro-lifers cared naught when the state of Texas (republican gov, republican Prez) deliberately killed living baby Sun Hudson against the mother's wishes because he was an inconvenience to the state.
It is not a matter of life to the supposed pro-lifers.
It is a matter of control.
Quixote1818
(28,930 posts)Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)I have several zealously pro life relatives. To them, they really think they are saving a child's life. They believe it hook, line, and sinker
keithbvadu2
(36,787 posts)Ask them why they did not try to save Sun Hudson.
The supposed pro-lifers tried to 'save' Terry Schiavo.
pnwmom
(108,977 posts)Volaris
(10,270 posts)Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)Why are they supposed devout Catholics but support the death penalty. They are brainwashed.
Quixote1818
(28,930 posts)care!
TheBlackAdder
(28,189 posts).
Before the 80s, people who thought of the Bible being without error were seen as pariahs.
Then, there was a big push, around the same time as the "Moral Majority" came to be, and churches slowly adopted this thought. Christians who believed in Verbal Dictation or Verbal Plenary Inspiration argued that, since the Bible was inspired by God, it must be perfect. Evangelical minister, Harold Lindsell, wrote a book and later headed the International Council on Biblical Inerrancy. An astonishing 335 Evangelical leaders signed onto the The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy."
Soon, the educated ministers were forced out of churches. Religious universities, began to purge any doctors who refused to sign onto inerrancy, since the Bible contains hundreds of erroneous and conflicting passages. Compound this with the modernist view that anyone can be a minister, without official training or education, as long as one was divinely inspired or felt so.
This led to a complete dumbing down of religion within Christianity, as the majority of church organizations and movements have now subscribed to this Biblical Inerrancy movement.
The problem with this belief, is that people must make up stories and excuses to resolve these Biblical errors.
Now, after 35 years, a generation and a half, most people are used to explaining away things to meet their needs. The educated are no longer acting as the firewalls of insanity, and lunatic fringes are now the keymasters to most churches.
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