Estimated reading time: 7 minutes. On September 18th, Netflix released a documentary about abortion called “Reversing Roe.” I watched it, hoping that it was made in an unbiased way, fairly showing both sides of the debate. Unfortunately, as with most documentaries about abortion, this one was edited in a very … Read More
Reversing Roe: Exposing the Bias
Estimated reading time: 1 minutes. Josh Brahm analyzes the documentary “Reversing Roe” and exposes the biased editing tricks and responds to the pro-choice arguments made. Click on the embedded playlist below to watch the video series, or click on the button on the top left of the player to pick … Read More
What’s Wrong with Saying “Fetus”
Estimated reading time: 8 minutes. Discrimination? Microaggression? Propaganda? These are common labels against pro-lifers. Anyone arguing for the rights of the unborn can expect to be characterized as enemies of women, of liberty, and of human rights. Sometimes we can learn from these accusations and pick better terms or listen … Read More
Circumventing Philosophy Hell
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes. Imagine you’re out hiking with a friend in the beautiful (and fictional) country of Florin, as depicted in The Princess Bride. You’re both clueless tourists but you’ve casually looked at some maps and you think you can handle yourselves. As you’re walking by a ravine, … Read More
Will Smith’s Indefensible Moral Relativism
Will Smith was recently featured along with several other actors on one of The Hollywood Reporter’s (THR) hour-long roundtable discussions. Not only did Will Smith make a relativistic statement, but the interviewer asked precisely the right question to push back against his view! It’s worth taking a few minutes to analyze … Read More
Recognizing the Root Problem
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. A few weeks ago I wrote about the importance of pro-life advocates being open to letting their conversation change topics. I gave the examples of religion and same-sex marriage and described how it might be more important for a given person to talk about one … Read More
When They Bite the Bullet
[youtube id=”4gnjKN3BOH0″ height=”316″ width=”560″] Download Audio MP3 | 01:14:53 Josh and Rachel respond to the common question of what to do when the person you’re talking to “bites a bullet,” by saying something like, “Maybe we can kill toddlers sometimes,” or “maybe squirrels are persons.” They also briefly discuss how … Read More
Effectively Responding to Moral Relativism
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes. This post was first published at Life Training Institute’s blog. The resource links at the end were updated in October, 2017. While working last week with the Justice For All exhibit at Kennesaw State University, I got into a conversation with two students, Justin and … Read More