"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
At one of the recent Women’s Marches, those marching were asked about their thoughts on abortion…
If you’re wondering why we can say life begins at conception, here’s a video which will explain why:
…and this is how pro-lifers respond to the question of personhood of the unborn:
I’ve heard some very strange claims by Muslim apologists over the years, but this clip of Yusuf Estes is BONKERS!
Last month, one of my friends posted an image of this Instagram conversation on her Facebook account:
The point of the post is clear – you don’t get to call a child an abomination just because of the manner of his or her conception. However, a man named Sam responded by writing the following:
This is a straw man. Just because some people are rude does not mean you get to take away women’s choices
Sam on Facebook
Sam had clearly seen people use the phrase “straw man” in arguments before, but doesn’t understand what it means. The Straw Man Fallacy is when an argument is misrepresented or weakened in an attempt to make it more easily refuted. However, that’s not happening here… In the image, thewhistestguy called unborn children conceived in incest/rape an “abomination of nature”. The user albany_rose pointed out that, if he’s willing to apply this slur to the unborn, he’s implicitly applying this slur to those who are born.
Read moreThis month was the pro-life month, with lots of walks and marches around the country. Here are some of my favourite signs at those demonstrations…
Despite its obvious flaw, I’m often told that abortion is fine because it’s legal…
