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Oklahoma in the US opens first abortion clinic in 30 years

jmotivator said:
What does the separation of Church and State have to do with this?
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It has to do the Baptist tenet of soul competency.
Soul Competency is extremely important to the Baptist religion.
It means freedom of conscience or the God-given freedom and ability of persons to understand and respond to God’s will.
The Baptists believe that God gives people competency to make choices. They belive that human beings have choices.

Baptists believe soul competency is not a mere human characteristic, but a gift from God.
That God gave to persons the freedom to make choices.
 
minnie616 said:
It has to do the Baptist tenet of soul competency.
Soul Competency is extremely important to the Baptist religion.
It means freedom of conscience or the God-given freedom and ability of persons to understand and respond to God’s will.
The Baptists believe that God gives people competency to make choices. They belive that human beings have choices.

Baptists believe soul competency is not a mere human characteristic, but a gift from God.
That God gave to persons the freedom to make choices.
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I have already shown you the SBC position on abortion which is the subject we are discussing here. SBC is about 90% of all Baptists in the US
 
jmotivator said:
I have already shown you the SBC position on abortion which is the subject we are discussing here. SBC is about 90% of all Baptists in the US
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Soul competency is a Baptist tenant for all Baptists.

The fact the Southern Baptists changed positions regarding abortion in the late 1970s does not mean they gave up their tenant regarding soul competency.


From the following:

When Roe was first decided, most of the Southern evangelicals who today make up the backbone of the anti-abortion movement believed that abortion was a deeply personal issue in which government shouldn’t play a role. Some were hesitant to take a position on abortion because they saw it as a “Catholic issue,” and worried about the influence of Catholic teachings on American religious observance.

Shortly after the decision was handed down, The Baptist Press, a wire service run by the Southern Baptist Convention — the biggest Evangelical organization in the US — ran an op-ed praising the ruling. “Religious liberty, human equality and justice are advanced by the Supreme Court abortion decision,” read the January 31, 1973, piece by W. Barry Garrett, The Baptist Press’s Washington bureau chief.

Religious bodies and religious persons can continue to teach their own particular views to their constituents with all the vigor they desire. People whose conscience forbids abortion are not compelled by law to have abortions. They are free to practice their religion according to the tenets of their personal or corporate faith.

The reverse is also now true since the Supreme Court decision. Those whose conscience or religious convictions are not violated by abortion may not now be forbidden by a religious law to obtain an abortion if they so choose.
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When Southern Baptists Were Pro-Choice | BillMoyers.com
 
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