Half of professing Christians believe Bible is ambiguous on abortion
A new survey has found that 44 percent of Christians believe the Bible is “ambiguous” on the subject of abortion, Christian Headlines reports. The Cultural Research Center (CRC) of Arizona Christian University conducted the survey in January, polling a nationally representative sample of 2,000 adult professing Christians. The results were published in the eleventh report of the annual American Worldview Inventory (AWI) 2020.
The CRC survey showed that while 44 percent of professing Christians believe the Bible “is ambiguous in its teaching about abortion,” 34 percent believe “abortion is morally acceptable if it spares the mother from financial or emotional discomfort or hardship.” When asked if they believe “human life is sacred,” 40 percent of respondents said no....