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Non-religious Republicans of Lemmy, how do you reconcile your non-religious convictions with a party that bases a lot of its policies on religion? (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

think murder is abohherent, baby murder especially so. I don't know when the right to life begins, so I err on the side of caution

Why stop there? You have no idea, right? So why do you masturbate or use condoms? You're killing millions of potential babies!

If you don't know, you should err on the side of caution for the rights of the people who you do know are real.

Or maybe you should just stay out of it, because as you say, you don't know. Leave it to the scientists and doctors who DO know and who almost universally support abortion access.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Why stop there? You have no idea, right? So why do you masturbate or use condoms? You're killing millions of potential babies!

Not the guy you're responding to, but you have a point. Coincidentally, most religions are also against both, so at least you can't accuse them of being inconsistent on the issue of reproduction.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

so at least you can’t accuse them of being inconsistent on the issue of reproduction.

This person I'm responding to isn't religious.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Okay? I never said that he was.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

So they aren’t asking their religions convictions about what was right…isn’t that obvious?