This video came to me in an email, and despite the comments of 'beautiful,' I actually have very mixed feelings about this. While I am against abortion in all cases, I make exception in the cases of the mother's life, or if the child is...
The Bible says that true spirituality involves caring for orphans and widows. But how much do we actually take this seriously? James 1:27 (New International Version)Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their...
Political Math tried to find and visualize the amount of violence associated with the pro-life movement in America. I mean, these people are a menace, right? Give me a break. As PM remarks, a proper description of the Tiller murder would be this: This incident...
Obviously, in and of itself, being able to remember does not make on a person, as animals can remember. However, for most of those who believe that personhood is a separate idea than humanity, the idea of consciousness and mental abilities often play into their...
Dr. Alvin Schmidt was interviewed in a series on the excellent Lutheran Issues Etc regarding his new book, How Christianity Changed the World. I am blogging through the interviews because I think their content are a great introduction to what appears to be a great book...
I had a (somewhat heated) discussion with a liberal friend of mine who, when I retorted that Planned Parenthood was bad because they were the leading abortion provider in the us, told me that I did not know what I was talking about, that Planned...
One accusation that both conservatives and liberals make against one another is that their opponents' hierarchy of values is out of order, if not outright contradictory. For instance – Conservatives, how can you say you are concerned for the poor if you want to cut...
Ross Douthat, of The Atlantic and soon to be of The New York Times, discusses the charge of hypocrisy at pro-lifers in the ESCR debate.
