Archive for the ‘Pro Life Apologetics’ Category
The science of when life begins
Here’s a great video from our friends at the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform. Stephanie Gray presents medical information on the beginning of life. She also describes why it is illogical to hold the position that preborn children may be killed because they are smaller, less developed, more dependent, and/or simply living in a different environment than the rest of us.
Abortion advocates deny science
In recent weeks, we are seeing a kind of science denial by abortion advocates in Missouri that is normally the prevue of Darwinists. The state legislature has recently passed a bill that actually recognizes the scientific fact that life begins at conception.
Senate Bill 793, which adds new regulations to the state’s 24-hour informed consent law for abortions, states that “the life of each human being begins at conception.” It also declares that “abortion will terminate the life of a separate, unique, living human being.” (Source 1) (Source 2)
As you can imagine, that law didn’t sit too well with pro-aborts. So, taking a page out of the Darwinist playbook, they claimed that the scientific evidence (confirmed by many medical textbooks on prenatal development) isn’t really science at all. It is religion. I’m not kidding.
But of course, what else could they say? After all, they can’t admit that the facts are true. The implications of the facts are so horrifying, they must be denied, no matter what.
(Click here for a paper that summarizes statements from medical school textbooks, scientists, and even pro-abortion philosophers, all confirming that life begins at conception.)
People deny science when it challenges their own religion or some other deeply-held belief. Did you watch “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed”? If you didn’t, shame on you. BTW, if every child in your church doesn’t see it once a year, then shame on you. (Yes, I said you.)
Anyway, in this movie, the great Darwinist Richard Dawkins is interviewed by intelligent design (ID) proponent Ben Stein. The idea of an intelligent Designer/Creator is so horrifying to Dawkins, any evidence for it must be denied or ignored, no matter what. Darwinists must pretend that such evidence isn’t really science at all. It is religion.
But Dawkins has a problem because Darwinism can’t begin to explain how highly complex cells got here in the first place. Cells are vastly more complex than was ever imagined, and Darwinism just doesn’t explain it. So Dawkins has to speculate. In a moment of candor not likely to be repeated anytime soon, he suggests that one possible explanation might be that space aliens planted cellular life here on Earth. I’m not lying; watch the movie.
Lemme get this straight. According to Dawkins, it’s entirely plausible that we all evolved from the protozoa that came from the bowels of some space alien who stopped off at Planet Earth for a potty break on his way to the Delta Quadrant. But it’s NOT plausible that we were created by a Creator God. Riiiiight.
And they say this stuff with a straight face.
Pro-life apologetics training highlighted by new Facebook page
CBR Southeast announces a new page on Facebook that will focus on our pro-life apologetics training.
Our Pro Life Training Academy (PLTA) is an ourtreach primarily to Christian/pro-life college and high-school students, but even experienced activists will benefit from the training.
Pro-life youth are a critical group because they are the future leaders of the movement. More immediately, they wield enormous influence on their peers, particularly when they are trained and equipped.
Please go “Like” our new page at www.facebook.com/ProLifeTraining.
A full-day seminar prepares the student to articulate and respectfully defend the pro-life position, even before hostile audiences. Role-playing exercises allow the student to practice for real-life encounters. For students ready to take the next step, CBR’s Genocide Awareness Project (GAP) provides a unique opportunity for on-the-job training (www.facebook.com/ProLifeOnCampus).
In addition to the training pro-life advocates, the PLTA unites pro-lifers behind common goals of education, training, and outreach. Community pro-life advocates host, promote, and participate in the training. Target audiences include college pro-life groups, Church youth groups, Christian high schools, pro-life agencies, and pro-life volunteers.
CBR and the local community stakeholders work jointly to fund community-wide training.
We’re having a choice!
I think this is pretty funny:
Articulating the Pro Life Position | A video by Lia Mills
I saw this video by Lia Mills yesterday. I think she’s 13 years old, maybe 14. In this video, she explains the difference between personal preference choices and moral choices. What do you think? Please comment!
Answering the rape question
What about rape? It’s one of the most popular questions they ask us. The question is often an attempt to prove that pro-lifers are either (a) insensitive “fetus lovers” who don’t care about women, or (b) ethically inconsistent, allowing abortion in some cases but not in others. I’ve just written an article about it on our website. Click here to check it out.
By the way, my answer consists of 6 steps, and I’m looking for an acronym that will help us all remember the 6 steps in the correct order. (For example, SLED helps us remember size, level of development, environment, and degree of dependancy.) Let me know if you think of anything!