For those paying attention, ever since the Dobbs decision dropped, the predicted Red Wave has faltered. The extent of which is still unknown but be sure that this decision is a big part of it. We have seen a large surge in women registrations as well as places that are considered "conservative" vote for some form of "abortion rights".
As has been pointed out by not a few online commentators there are a rather large percentage of "Christian" women who have abortions and the fact of the matter is that they will vote for their own interests and what they believe to be the interests of their daughters (that their sons will have their offspring killed before they even know about it, is not important. I've had these discussions).
This brings me to a report I read that underscores why Dobbs, rather than rallying so called conservatives (who have conserved nothing), may turn out to be their undoing, if not blunt their results in 2022.
The Christian Post has reported the following:
" one-third or more of senior pastors surveyed also believe the Holy Spirit is not a person but rather “a symbol of God’s power." Others said that moral truth is subjective; sexual relations between two unmarried people who love each other is “morally acceptable" and biblical teaching on abortion is “ambiguous.”"
I suppose the whole Jeremiah 1:5 and that commandment about killing is 'ambiguous". I'm not a Christian and even I know better than that. And mind you these are *leaders*
"After data reported earlier this year found just 37% of Christian pastors have a biblical worldview, the latest CRC report analyzed that research across all major U.S. denominations, and found that a “loss of biblical belief is prevalent among pastors in all denominational groupings.”"
I don't quite understand how only 37% of pastors have a biblical world view.
"The current report focuses on roughly half of those beliefs, revealing that a shockingly large percentage reject biblical teaching on some of the most basic Christian beliefs."
Not surprised in the least bit.
"Roughly the same percentage (38%) didn't answer in the affirmative when asked if "human life is sacred,""And this is the point of this post. These represent leadership. I do know that membership can hold views that differ from leadership. However; in my experience those with fundamentally different views tend to leave with most going to a church (usually in the same denom) that shares their views.
Dobbs may have played well to the extremes of both sides. Thing is that most people fall in the middle and they *will* compromise and these kinds of personal "health" decisions will weigh heavily in the voting booth. How much I cannot say for certain but do not be surprised if in November that the Red Wave isn't as large as predicted (absent some other event of course).
