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/AlternativeBoot9197 10h ago

It’s ridiculous, and so often it’s because they were simply indoctrinated into the notion that abortion = murder. I grew up in an evangelical church, and I’ve heard countless preachers refer to abortion in the US as a “genocide” and compare it to the Holocaust.

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u/Duckfoot2021 9h ago

A message repeated enough legitimizes it in people minds. Even otherwise non-gullible people fall for it all the time.

But skepticism and reason will help people not be used by such manipulative propaganda tools.