tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442827238174603755.post6869476356086809552..comments2023-09-11T08:30:08.843-07:00Comments on Life Training Institute Blog: How Not to Address Pro-Choice Arguments in 1,000 Words [Clinton Wilcox]SKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01905606527143286458noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442827238174603755.post-48290414726966348432014-06-21T07:28:00.600-07:002014-06-21T07:28:00.600-07:00I don't think I have a argument that would sat...I don't think I have a argument that would satisfy you, but let me ask you to consider something. There was a time, not long ago, where abortion was almost universally thought of as a great evil. Abortion was something that only fringe segments and psychopaths would even consider. If we could go back in time, and ask an average person living then, "why is abortion wrong?", I think you, Scott Klusendorf, and others in the pro-life movement would give them a failing grade on their arguments. Our ancestors had built a society in which abortion is illegal, the abortion-rate was a fraction of ours, but they didn't have what you'd consider convincing arguments for why abortion is wrong. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442827238174603755.post-53842339013949738922014-06-20T08:15:25.134-07:002014-06-20T08:15:25.134-07:00Well, I wouldn't lambaste you for saying that....Well, I wouldn't lambaste you for saying that. But I would point out that remember, the pro-life position is that one is valuable for what you *are*, not what you can *do*, which is what the pro-choice position is. Einstein was intrinsically valuable, he wasn't just valuable because he was a genius. So abortion would be wrong even if it could be proven that no one of consequence had ever been aborted.<br /><br />Also, the sword cuts both ways. It's true we may have aborted the next Beethoven or Einstein, but we also may have aborted the next Hitler, or serial rapist, or Stalin.Clinton Wilcoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17018335374680419858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442827238174603755.post-35606288916917381292014-06-20T07:33:53.154-07:002014-06-20T07:33:53.154-07:00Speaking of pro-life arguments, I was on a pro-lif...Speaking of pro-life arguments, I was on a pro-life forum and we were talking about the millions of children that had been aborted. I made a comment lamenting the fact that among the children aborted, there may have been scientists greater than Einstein, statesmen greater than Churchhill, programmers greater than Linus, and authors greater than Tolkien. Imagine a world in which Lincoln was aborted in the name of "choice", so instead of growing up to preserve the USA and free slaves, he ended up in a medical waste container. And yet we live in a world deprived individuals like that. Who is to say we haven't lost the politician who negotiated peace in the Middle East? I think we have a right to not only mourn their deaths, but also to mourn all we've lost because of them. Anyway, imagine my surprise when I was lambasted by fellow pro-lifers for saying that. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com