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Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Oct 24, 2022 8:13 PM
Robby Lashua provides three criteria for evaluating worldviews in this class from his latest Stand to Reason University course.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 31, 2022 11:13 PM
A recent article in The Guardian posted some misleading images of “what is actually being removed in early pregnancy.” Alan explains.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Nov 15, 2022 6:15 PM
Mr. B gives four reasons why the analogy between pregnancy and a car accident does not work.
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Nov 30, 2022 9:57 PM
Jon Noyes responds to pro-choice advocates who label Christians “anti-abortionists.”
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 8, 2022 11:04 PM
Alan explains two reasons why abortion-choice advocates insist that pro-life arguments are religious.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 12, 2022 10:41 PM
The next time someone tells you the unborn aren’t human persons, try this tactic from our new Stand to Reason University course, Making Abortion Unthinkable.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 20, 2022 3:29 AM
There are many laws that allow women to end the lives of their unborn children. Despite this reality, there are still some state laws in place that protect unborn children, which leads to a...
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jan 25, 2023 10:50 PM
When we investigate the question “What is the unborn?” we find that it’s a living, unique, valuable human being...and that truth makes all the difference when it comes to abortion.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jan 31, 2023 10:40 PM
Tim Barnett responds to a video that claims an infinite being would express itself an infinite number of ways and that all religions must be valid since they all have good teachers and similar...
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Feb 14, 2023 1:10 AM
Jon Noyes explains how Darwinism impacts every area of our lives when it’s allowed to become an ideology.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Feb 17, 2023 11:50 PM
If you feel unprepared, unqualified, or simply apprehensive about talking to your Muslim friends and neighbors about Jesus, check out this simple, practical advice Alan gave in a recent interview.
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Mar 21, 2023 2:12 AM
When Jon went looking for answers to several important questions as an atheist, he found that atheism didn’t seem to match up with reality.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Apr 12, 2023 10:03 PM
A recent article in The Guardian displayed some misleading images of what is removed in an abortion from a 9-week pregnancy. Alan explains the problems with the article and the images.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 16, 2023 12:30 AM
Was it wrong for Florida to deny a woman an abortion when physicians knew the baby wouldn’t survive long after delivery? Here’s how you can use the “Trot out the Toddler” tactic to help someone...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 13, 2023 7:36 PM
Alan describes the inconsistency in current laws surrounding abortion and homicide and offers a simple solution.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 15, 2023 8:08 PM
The term “pro-life” does not mean “against all killing.” Tim Barnett clarifies how the same God who sent the flood can still be considered “pro-life.”
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jul 11, 2023 7:08 PM
Alan offers three steps to respond to the rhetorically powerful, yet flawed argument that women might get injured or killed through dangerous, back-alley abortions if abortion is made illegal.
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Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Jul 27, 2023 3:09 AM
Robby’s Latter-day Saint friend isn’t interested in trying to convert him to Mormonism, and his view of the afterlife helps explain why.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jan 9, 2024 8:08 PM
Deconstruction is built on subjective preference and has no set destination. Tim Barnett explains how this contrasts starkly with what Jesus said.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan responds to the claim that science offers an evidence-based creation story, whereas the biblical account is just based on a myth.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan exposes an inconsistency in the abortion-choice position.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
It turns out that science is not the only tool to discover knowledge. Alan explains how these other ways can be more immediate and accurate.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan responds to the challenge that Leviticus teaches some abortions are permissible because the life of a human being is in its blood.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan Shlemon talks about whether or not Muslims and Christians believe and worship the same God.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan explains why intelligent design is not another God-of-the-gaps explanation, but rather a scientific theory that provides the best explanation of the evidence.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan responds to an interesting defense for abortion. People argue that since a brain dead person is not alive, an unborn human embryo can’t be alive either because it doesn’t have a brain.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan responds to the challenge that abortion is permissible in cases where the fetus doesn’t have a brain.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan talks about taking Christians on the “Muslim Mission,” a 4-day trip to practice engaging Muslims on the street and in mosques.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan explains what happened during his recent abortion presentation to medical students at USC’s Keck School of Medicine
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan responds to the challenge that early embryos aren’t individual human beings because some of them can twin and then even recombine.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
If a woman is raped and gets pregnant, is the easier choice to have a quick abortion or endure nine months of pregnancy? Find out the surprising answer in this episode.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan responds to the challenge that men shouldn’t say anything about abortion because it’s a women’s issue.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan tells the story of how he recently role-played a Muslim to a group of Christians. Find out how they responded to the Muslim challenge.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
What does the FDA and smoking have in common with the pro-life movement? Find out in this edition of “Thinking Out Loud”
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan debates the entire philosophy club at a secular college on abortion and lives to tell about it.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan responds to the challenge that pro-life advocates are inconsistent if they favor the death penalty.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan explains why atheists must accept evolution no matter what the science says.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Muslims come into the protestant prison chapel to hear Alan teach Christians how to witness to them.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Since this month marks the 38th year of legalized abortion in the United States, Alan reflects on whether abortion counts as a social justice issue.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for April 2012 Dear Friend, I was recently invited to USC to present the pro-life view and debate abortion-choice students in the prestigious Keck School of Medicine.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for January 2012 My friend, Susan, chose the easy route when she found she was pregnant.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for January 2007 Jennifer, a staunch pro-choice advocate from Atlanta, thought for a brief moment about the pastor’s question: “If it could be proven to you that the unborn...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for November 2007 Followers of Jesus Christ are killing their unborn children. Christians in your church and mine are having abortions. What is going on?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for January 2008 Emotional? Yes. Controversial? Yes. Complex? Not really. Abortion is a straightforward issue.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for March 2008 It’s hard to believe a state legislature passed a law forbidding the teaching of evolution.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
What do Nancy Reagan, Michael J. Fox, Mary Tyler Moore, and Christopher Reeve all have in common? They have all aggressively promoted embryonic stem cell research (ESCR).
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for January 2010 Some say what I did was crazy. I was standing alone on a stage at Central Michigan University. My job was simple: Present the pro-life view and then debate...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
“It is not necessary to invoke God to...set the Universe going,” concludes Stephen Hawking in his latest book, The Grand Design. Denying God is old hat, but this comes from a world-class...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for January 2011 It’s trendy to talk about social justice these days. Poverty. Human trafficking. The homeless. These social ills stir up images of helpless human beings,...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for June 2011 Atheists like to fancy themselves as rational people. They claim they aren’t encumbered by holy books or divine doctrine.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Americans are in for a rude awakening. Starting September 2012, some people will wake up to strategically-placed graphic pictures. And they won’t like what they see. But it’s about time.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
The arguments against slavery were the same as the arguments now against abortion: All human beings are intrinsically valuable and have equal natural rights, regardless of their characteristics.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Making the pro-life case is completely within your ability. You just need to arm yourself with some information, a game plan, and some tools to help you get started.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Saying that life begins at conception isn’t controversial. It’s science. What’s controversial is the question of whether or not every human being is valuable.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Don’t know how to defend the pro-life position? Here’s a crash course.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
All the beliefs that go along with an atheist’s “lack of belief in God” can be stated as positive claims that need to be recognized and defended.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
In an Unbelievable podcast discussing the question, “What was the primary cause of Nazi ideology—Darwinism or Christian anti-Semitism?” a listener asked, “Has Darwinism become prescriptive?...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Should graphic images be used when we’re arguing against abortion? Yes, but care needs to be taken to make sure they’re used appropriately.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
The Newsroom at LDS.org posted this in response to the current controversy: Recent political events have once again brought the “Mormons aren’t Christians,” “Mormons are a cult” epithets...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
I made a quick comment in yesterday’s post about how reductions trouble pro-choicers not because they’re morally different from abortions, but because it’s easier to see them for what they really are.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
I was going to comment on this article in the New York Times, “The Two-Minus-One Pregnancy,” but I think the horror of it speaks more clearly for itself than I ever could.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
It may seem like there are a myriad of defenses for abortion, but they fall into three categories.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
A parable printed in the official LDS (Mormon) teaching manual illustrates well the difference between our view of the atonement and the LDS view.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM
Alan explains why abortion rarely makes the social justice list and why it should be at the top of the list.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
In response to Judith Jarvis Thompson’s “Violinist” bodily rights argument, there’s a new illustration that more closely parallels the situation of a pregnant woman (including those who are...
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Here’s a recording of the counseling a woman received who went in for a late-term abortion—what she was told about the procedure and what to expect.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Hawking believes that human behavior is determined by physical laws, but this has serious implications for all his work.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
Abortion choice advocates often engage in logical gymnastics to avoid the inconsistency of their view.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Atheist philosopher Bradley Monton says that “intelligent design needs to be taken more seriously than a lot of its opponents are willing to.”
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Schooled not only in mathematics and astronomy but also in theology, [Johannes] Kepler initially intended to serve as a minister.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Someone brought this video to our attention and asked what our response is. It’s a nicely made video, but the argument is so flawed the response seems simplistic.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Josh Brahm describes the approach his pro-life organization has been teaching volunteers to focus on when speaking to pro-choicers.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Stephen Meyer’s response to the charge that Darwin’s Doubt makes only a negative “God-of-the-gaps” argument (i.e., “We can’t explain it, therefore God did it”) is helpful in concisely...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Alan discusses his monthly letter for October 2013.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Alan responds to a claim from the Qur’an that Jesus didn’t die on the cross.
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