Religions > Atheism > Poll: Christians, Churchgoers More Likely Pro-Life, Non-Christians Pro-Abortion
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03 Apr 2006 04:28:37 PM |
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Poll: Christians, Churchgoers More Likely Pro-Life, Non-Christians Pro-Abortion |
Truth in journalism would have used the terms ''decent'' for pro-life and
''indecent'' for anti-life.
http://www.lifenews.com/nat2183.html
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A new Gallup analysis of the polls it has
taken on abortion in the last two years finds Christians and churchgoers in
the U.S. are more likely to take a pro-life position on abortion while
non-Christians are more likely to support legalized abortion.
The findings also show churchgoing Republicans and Democrats are more likely
to be pro-life than those who attend church less frequently.
The Gallup poll typically asks Americans if they think abortion should be
legal under any circumstances, illegal under any circumstances, or only
legal in certain circumstances. In their analysis about religious views and
its affect on abortion stances, Gallup relied on the always illegal or
always legal categories.
Gallup concluded that there is a "stark difference in views on abortion
between Americans who are Christians and those who are not Christians."
While just 20% of Christians say abortion should be legal under any
circumstances, a majority of non-Christians (54%) and a large segment of
those with no religious preference (39%) agree.
The Gallup surveys also showed that evangelical and "other" Christians, such
as Mormons or Greek Orthodox, were much more likely to say abortion should
always be illegal than Catholics or Christians in mainline Protestant
denominations like Presbyterians or Methodists.
Another clear contrast is found when comparing Christians who are weekly
churchgoers with those who attend church less frequently or not at all.
Those who attend church on a weekly basis are overwhelmingly more pro-life,
those who attend almost weekly are split, while those who attend just once a
month or seldom attend are much more likely to favor unlimited abortion.
"Thus, while the broad type of Christian religion to which one adheres does
not seem to affect one's attitude toward abortion, the intensity with which
one practices that religion does," Gallup concluded.
Gallup found that Republicans are more likely to be pro-life than Democrats,
but that it has a lot to do with the fact that Republicans are more likely
to attend church on a regular basis.
Half of Republicans, 51%, attend religious services weekly or nearly weekly,
compared with 37% of Democrats.
But Gallup found, again, that church attendance had a significant impact on
abortion views.
Even Democrats who attend church on an every week basis were much more
likely to oppose abortion, although to a lesser degree than Republicans who
attend church weekly. Democrats who seldom attended church were
overwhelmingly pro-abortion and to a much greater degree than Republicans
who infrequently attend church services.
The Gallup analysis is based on four abortion polls it conducted at various
times from May 2004 through June 2005.
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J Young
youngopinions@aol.com
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| User: "Ray Fischer" |
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| Title: Re: Poll: Christians, Churchgoers More Likely Anti-Choice, Non-Christians Pro-Life |
03 Apr 2006 11:28:39 PM |
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<youngopinions@aol.com> wrote:
Truth in journalism would have used the terms ''decent'' for pro-life and
''indecent'' for anti-life.
Truth would label you a terrorist bigot.
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Ray Fischer
rfischer@sonic.net
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| User: "Christopher A. Lee" |
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| Title: Re: Poll: Christians, Churchgoers More Likely Anti-Choice, Non-Christians Pro-Life |
04 Apr 2006 04:07:24 AM |
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On 04 Apr 2006 04:28:39 GMT, (Ray Fischer) wrote:
<youngopinions@aol.com> wrote:
Truth in journalism would have used the terms ''decent'' for pro-life and
''indecent'' for anti-life.
Truth would label you a terrorist bigot.
Somebody remind the moron that nobody is "pro-abortion" outside his
own dishonesty.
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| User: "grinder" |
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| Title: Re: Poll: Christians, Churchgoers More Likely Anti-Choice, Non-Christians Pro-Life |
04 Apr 2006 11:17:37 AM |
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"Christopher A. Lee" <calee@optonline.net> wrote in message
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On 04 Apr 2006 04:28:39 GMT, (Ray Fischer) wrote:
<youngopinions@aol.com> wrote:
Truth in journalism would have used the terms ''decent'' for pro-life and
''indecent'' for anti-life.
Truth would label you a terrorist bigot.
Somebody remind the moron that nobody is "pro-abortion" outside his
own dishonesty.
My guess Ray doesn't listen to Jesus:
Matthew 6:5
And when you pray, don't be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray
standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. l
tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full
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| User: "Uncle Vic" |
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| Title: Re: Christians, Churchgoers More Likely Pro-Life, Non-Christians Pro-Abortion |
03 Apr 2006 11:16:51 PM |
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<youngopinions@aol.com> wrote in message
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Truth in journalism would have used the terms ''decent'' for pro-life and
''indecent'' for anti-life.
How would they describe "pro-choice"?
UV
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| User: "Denis Loubet" |
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| Title: Re: Christians, Churchgoers More Likely Pro-Life, Non-Christians Pro-Abortion |
03 Apr 2006 06:23:42 PM |
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<youngopinions@aol.com> wrote in message
news:-9qdnX5zi9T2DqzZRVn-hg@giganews.com...
Truth in journalism would have used the terms ''decent'' for pro-life and
''indecent'' for anti-life.
With you as the unquestioned arbiter, right?
Uh huh, that's what I thought.
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Denis Loubet
dloubet@io.com
http://www.io.com/~dloubet
http://www.ashenempires.com
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| User: "--sexkitten--" |
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| Title: Re: Poll: Christians, Churchgoers More Likely Pro-Life, Non-ChristiansPro-Abortion |
04 Apr 2006 12:19:41 AM |
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wrote:
Truth in journalism would have used the terms ''decent'' for pro-life and
''indecent'' for anti-life.
We call you Christian killers indecent all the time. What are you
talking about?
http://www.lifenews.com/nat2183.html
Do you ever read anything credible?
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--sexkitten--
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?
Epicurus
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| User: "Phillip Brown" |
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| Title: Re: Poll: Christians, Churchgoers More Likely Pro-Life, Non-Christians Pro-Abortion |
03 Apr 2006 08:18:41 PM |
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On Mon, 03 Apr 2006 17:28:37 -0400, youngopinions wrote:
Isn't there a study that shows that christians are more likely to go to
prison than non-christians - statistically greater than the distribution
in the population - so by correlation, pro-lifers are more likely to go to
prison than pro-choicers.
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phillip brown
"***** doesn't just happen. there is always an *****-hole involved"
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| User: "R. Pierce Butler" |
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| Title: Re: Poll: Christians, Churchgoers More Likely Pro-Life, Non-Christians Pro-Abortion |
03 Apr 2006 09:14:19 PM |
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Phillip Brown <phillipbrownau@netscape.net> wrote in
news:pan.2006.04.04.01.18.37.780706@netscape.net:
On Mon, 03 Apr 2006 17:28:37 -0400, youngopinions wrote:
Isn't there a study that shows that christians are more likely to go to
prison than non-christians - statistically greater than the distribution
in the population - so by correlation, pro-lifers are more likely to go to
prison than pro-choicers.
I wonder what the percentages each of the three groups are compared to the US
as a whole.
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