When we descend from the ethereal sphere of philosophy and observe historical realities, we find that religious stories almost always include three parts: 1. Ethical judgements, such as ‘human life is sacred’. 2. Factual statements, such as ‘human life begins at the moment of conception’. 3. A conflation of the ethical judgements with the factual statements, resulting in practical guidelines such as ‘you should never allow abortion, even a single day after conception’.
