Defending the Life of the Unborn Part 13

The Bible supports all humans are intrinsically valuable Intrinsically valuable means a person has great worth simply because he or she is human.  According to the Bible intrinsic value is given to all humans because we are all made in the image of God.  On the other hand, instrumental value is judged by what we [...]

Defending the Life of the Unborn Part 11

If you are prolife you need to ask yourself the question, what can I do?  Babies are being killed daily and there doesn’t seem to be an end to this tragedy.  As prolife advocates we need to do something.  Here are a few ideas: We can help guide woman away from having an abortion. We [...]

Defending the Life of the Unborn Part 10

I would like to share a tool that will help you make a case for the intrinsic value of the unborn.  The embryo differs from a newborn in four ways, but these differences are not significant in the way that abortion-advocates need them to be.  The acrostic SLED is a helpful reminder of these non-essential [...]

Defending the Life of the Unborn Part 9

What makes a human being valuable[1]? We stand before two possible futures based on two radically different views of humanity.  One view says that human beings are intrinsically valuable simply because they are human.  If something is “intrinsically valuable” it is valuable by itself and not because of its associations.  According to this view, your [...]

Defending the Life of the Unborn Part 8

Part 7 gave a brief look at the scientific evidence supporting the unborn is a distinct, living, whole human being.  Next I would like to take on specific objections to the scientific evidence for the full humanity of the unborn.  Again I will utilize answers from Scott Klusendorf[1], who is the president of Life Training [...]

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