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A Pro-Choice Atheist’s Inconsistency

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM

One of the ways to be a good ambassador for Christ is to be a good listener.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

I’m very sorry to hear that Brittany Maynard ended her life Saturday. My sincere condolences to her husband, family, and friends.

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Truth Is a Strange Sort of Fiction: The Postmodern Turn—Part 5

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM

Each new generation that emerges in culture needs a new generation of Christians to speak to it in its own cultural language.

Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Philosophy

If You Don’t Know Whether the Unborn Is a Human Being, Then Don’t Kill It

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 13, 2023 12:15 AM

If you’re unsure whether your action might kill an innocent human being, then the proper decision is to hold off, not charge ahead.

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Intrinsic Human Value Has to Be Taught

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 4, 2020 8:14 PM

We have to recognize and then fight the human tendency we have to deny the value of people who are different from us. We have to teach intrinsic human value.

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Why We Shouldn’t Abort Babies That Are Going to Die

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM

If you’re terrified by the knowledge that your baby is going to be born with a fetal abnormality or disability, I urge you to read carefully through these twenty reasons why you should not end his...

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Pro-Life Killers: An Oxymoron

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

On May 1, 2009, Scott Roeder walked into Reformation Lutheran Church, pulled out a gun, and shot George Tiller in the head at point blank range.

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The Birth of Transableism: Why Our Culture Bites Absurd Bullets

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM

As rational human beings, we desire to think consistently about the world, but consistent views aren’t necessarily accurate ones.

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Three Bad Arguments against Life Beginning at Conception

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM

A recent article argues “3 Ways Science Proves Life Doesn’t Begin at Conception,” but what happens when you apply those same arguments to newborns?

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Killing Abortionists

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM

Some ask “if you consider abortion murder, doesn’t that incite the killing of abortionists?”

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Same-Sex Marriage Challenges and Responses

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM

Western civilization is shuddering under a tidal wave of activism in favor of same-sex marriage. Here is a careful response to their most compelling arguments.

Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Killing Roe Doesn’t Mean It’s Illegal to Kill the Unborn

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 30, 2022 12:19 AM

The reversal of Roe v. Wade didn’t make abortion illegal, so there’s still work to do if we want the laws against killing innocent human beings to consistently apply to every human being. Here’s a...

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Answering the Challenge of Back-Alley Abortions

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jan 28, 2023 7:01 PM

How should pro-lifers respond to the objection that making abortion illegal would force women to get dangerous, back-alley abortions? Here are three steps to address this challenge.

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No Stable Rights without Intrinsic Human Value

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM

Most pro-choicers know the fetal human being is scientifically alive. What they’re really objecting to is the idea of intrinsic human value—i.e., the idea that every member of...

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I’m Not Dead Yet

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM

Why are human beings valuable? What is a human being? You have to answer those questions before you can say that this child isn’t a human being without value.

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Is Mormonism Just Another Christian Denomination?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM

Not long ago I read a stunning (and scathing) response in a blog post by a Christian woman who was furious with those taking exception with the “Christian” convictions of a well-known Mormon...

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Ida: Missing Link, Missing Evidence

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM

In May of this year, a scientific paper was released that fanned the flames of the evolution/intelligent design debate to new intensity.

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Tom Gilson: True Reason

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:39 PM

Greg talks about the Reason Rally, an update on STR Cruise-Conference, discusses True Reason with guest Tom Gilson, then takes calls on when it is moral to “pull the plug,” wisdom on how to handle...

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Buying a Gun and Getting an Abortion Aren’t the Same

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Apr 26, 2022 3:13 AM

Should gun buyers be subjected to the same restrictions as women seeking abortions? Some people use this analogy to argue against abortion restrictions, but here’s why the two activities aren’t...

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Why Are Pro-Choicers Bothered by Images of Aborted Clumps of Cells?

Web Content Article · By j.t. wynn On Dec 2, 2019 6:24 AM

If a group wrongly thought appendectomies killed human beings, we wouldn’t object to their displaying images of removed appendixes, so why do pro-choicers object to images of abortion?

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The Key Issues Around Terri Schiavo’s Death

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:44 PM

Greg talks about the key issues around Terri Schiavo’s death, a simple case for dating the gospels, then takes calls on if “ought imply can” or if God commands something, doesn’t that imply we...

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Jesus, Recycled Redeemer?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM

Is Jesus of the Gospels simply recycled ancient myths?

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Active and Passive Euthanasia

Web Content Article · By guest author On Jun 26, 2019 11:07 PM

Here are some basic ethical distinctions by way of background. I won’t cover all the bases in the active/passive debate (active—taking lives, passive—letting die).

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Redeeming the Time

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM

“The days drag on, the years fly by,” the saying goes. So true. Our time is precious, and the older I get the faster it seems to go.

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Will Right and Wrong Always Be Obvious?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM

Atheists have the mistaken idea that objective morality is simply obvious to everyone, but the truth is, it’s not. All one has to do is look back through history (and in other cultures today) to...

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Questions on God’s Promises, Euthanasia, Proof for Christianity

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM

Greg discusses callers’ questions on God’s promises, euthanasia, proof for Christianity, and more.

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Why Men Can Speak on Abortion

Web Content Article · By aaron brake On Jun 27, 2019 10:03 PM

If you’re a pro-life man, at some point you will likely be told you’re not allowed to speak against abortion. Here’s why you shouldn’t let that silence you.

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Partial-Birth Abortion Is Not About Abortion

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM

When we justify the killing of a fully human child because of severe, congenital defect, we are not making a case for abortion; we’re promoting something much more chilling.

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“Society Says” Relativism

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM

For some, ethics is nothing more than a social contract to ensure survival. Compliance is the highest good and breaking ranks the greatest evil, regardless of the issue. This may make sense on...

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Outmanned, but Not Outgunned

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM

Alan’s monthly letter for August 2011 Walking into a philosophy club at a secular college and debating the entire group on abortion wasn’t necessarily easy.

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