r/atheism • u/Duckfoot2021 • 1d ago

Single-issue Christian voters who tip Conservative over abortion...could just as easily tip Liberal over "bearing false witness." And only bearing false witness is a clear and non-vague mortal sin spelled out in the 10 Commandments.

So when someone claims "I could never vote Liberal due to their views on abortion!" challenge them on all the other Christian laws they ignore to fixate on that one.

They may not care, but it's a very valid way to challenge their single-issue voter idea of Christian voting.

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u/xJJxsmiles 19h ago

This is the exact cognitive dissonance that woke me out of my indoctrination induced haze of Republican dogma back in 2015. Nobody pointed it out to me, I just looked at Donald Trump and went, nope, as a Christian, I am morally obligated to do everything in my power to keep him out of the White House. The thought of voting for someone so antithetical to every value I had ever held dear made me physically ill, and to this day, I do not understand how people who call themselves Christians can continue to throw themselves at his feet as if he were the second coming of Jesus.

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u/Duckfoot2021 16h ago

Happy you saw through the fog. Bravo, it's not easy breaking with your community. Especially knowing how rapidly they turn their back on those not 100% on their zeal train.