tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442827238174603755.post5164399424163981042..comments2023-09-11T08:30:08.843-07:00Comments on Life Training Institute Blog: "We Shall Not Weary, We Shall Not Rest" [SK]SKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01905606527143286458noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442827238174603755.post-14887599364490767142009-01-14T19:41:00.000-08:002009-01-14T19:41:00.000-08:00Thanks for the information. I’ll study those reso...Thanks for the information. I’ll study those resources. <BR/><BR/>God bless,<BR/>KylKyl Schalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954965854308545599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442827238174603755.post-78666659616599354642009-01-14T17:49:00.000-08:002009-01-14T17:49:00.000-08:00Kyl,I deal with Boonin's bodily autonomy defense i...Kyl,<BR/>I deal with Boonin's bodily autonomy defense in my book (though Beckwith is more detailed than me), but Serge has some excellent posts on the subject in general, one of which you can access right now:<BR/><BR/>http://lti-blog.blogspot.com/2007/01/do-no-harm-except-for-that-killing.html<BR/><BR/>I will try and find the others relating to bodily rights claims later tonight.<BR/><BR/>Boonin also claims the unborn are not valuable human beings because they lack higher cortical organization. WHy this is decisive and not something else is not clearly stated. But beyond that, his criteria for what makes humans special doesn't fit in either worldview, theistic or Darwinistic. For theists, humans have value because of who's image they bear, not because of some developmental function they perform. In Darwin, humans of any stage of development are mere cosmic accidents and thus have no intrinsic value.<BR/><BR/>So where, exactly, does Boonin fit in terms of his own attempts to ground human value?SKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01905606527143286458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442827238174603755.post-21992657749710605792009-01-14T17:18:00.000-08:002009-01-14T17:18:00.000-08:00Kyl,Frank Beckwith already pretty well handled Boo...Kyl,<BR/><BR/>Frank Beckwith already pretty well handled Boonin and his book in Defending Abortion Philosophically: A Review of David Boonin's A Defense of Abortion.<BR/><BR/>If you google it you should find it pretty easily.<BR/><BR/>God bless,<BR/>JayJay Wattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11298001988620531769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442827238174603755.post-48693606938608942142009-01-14T13:06:00.000-08:002009-01-14T13:06:00.000-08:00Hi Scott,Since you mentioned you are working on yo...Hi Scott,<BR/><BR/>Since you mentioned you are working on your new book, I would like to encourage you to vigorously refute David Boonin’s abortion-choice arguments in your book. If we can consistently refute Boonin’s arguments clearly, the pro-life view can make an even greater impact. If Boonin’s arguments are refuted in a way that is easy to understand, that would be great. I’m on page 260 of Boonin’s A Defense of Abortion and I’m still amazed by how thoroughly he examines the abortion topic.Kyl Schalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954965854308545599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442827238174603755.post-70397785111735006852009-01-14T06:20:00.000-08:002009-01-14T06:20:00.000-08:00"by the criteria of the privileged and enlightened..."by the criteria of the privileged and enlightened, none of these my people had a life worth living"<BR/><BR/>Powerful stuff ...<BR/><BR/>If the culture of death is an idea before it is a deed (as I agree with him that it is), then the fact that he, and you, and Jay, have been recruited to defeat it is no accident. Each of you is a mighty example to all of us about the mastering of both ideas and deeds in the pursuit of that goal.Av8torbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09052262247710521065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442827238174603755.post-31214931092744757972009-01-14T04:35:00.000-08:002009-01-14T04:35:00.000-08:00Hi Reepicheep,Thanks for the kind remarks about my...Hi Reepicheep,<BR/>Thanks for the kind remarks about my work. Th best sites for keeping tabs on FOCA are The Family Research Council and National Right to Life. (I'm having trouble inserting links in the comment section, so you'll have to google.) National Review's The Corner is also good at keeping up on things.<BR/><BR/>For pastors, you can see the link on our home page (www.prolifetraining.com) which reads "The Pro-Life Pastor." Also, my new book, due out March 31, has a three chapters dealing with the role of the church on abortion.<BR/><BR/>Hope that helps. Keep contending like that powerful little mouse who never shrank back from a good fight!SKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01905606527143286458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442827238174603755.post-82724693268989344712009-01-13T22:55:00.000-08:002009-01-13T22:55:00.000-08:00Hi Scott,So many are so grateful that you said yes...Hi Scott,<BR/><BR/>So many are so grateful that you said yes to your recruiting!<BR/>May I ask you, at present,where is the best website for the current status and implications of the Freedom of Choice Act? And do you have any advice for pastors here? This feels like Germany in the 1930s.Reepicheephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08732225875687801600noreply@blogger.com