
#103: Do You Need Religion to be Pro-Life? (w/ Monica Snyder)
Josh Brahm and Monica Snyder return to discuss the question: "Do You Need Religion to be Pro-Life?" The conversation touches on practical and philosophical points, including discussion about objective and subjective morality and its relationship with deism, as well as Monica's experiences responding to both pro-life and pro-choice people who raise a scrutinizing eyebrow when they realize that they are talking with a pro-life atheist.
Links:
Secular Pro-Life: "Is belief in God necessary for the pro-life cause to succeed?"
Secular Pro-Life: "Where do atheists think human rights come from?"
A couple of examples of pro-choice religious-ish-ness:
- "'Where does life begin?' is a spiritual question"
- "We invited the child's spirit to revisit Earth another time."
Human Life Review: SYMPOSIUM: What's God Got to Do with It?
Secular Pro Life's blog of sources about moral realism from non-theistic perspectives
"Is God Necessary for Morality?" Debate between Shelly Kagan and William Lane Craig
Pew Research Center study on religiously unaffiliated people (specifically the "Beliefs & practices" tab)
EFL Podcast on Stanford persuasion study
Retten Til Liv (Denmark Right to Life)
Sidewalk Counseling Masterclass
Chapters:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:46 How both sides react to pro-life atheists
00:03:29 How do you respond to the pro-choice people?
00:13:15 Responding to pro-lifers
00:20:10 Examining demographic trends, statistics, and labels
00:27:27 Widening the tent to welcome atheists and other alt pro-lifers
00:35:50 How do you respond to the nihilist as an atheist?
00:42:52 Will the Pro-Life Movement survive increasing secularity?
00:47:57 Do you need religion to be pro-choice?
00:52:57 Can pro-life Christians evangelize without being off-putting?
01:04:18 Wrap-up
Host: Josh Brahm
Guest: Monica Snyder
Audio/Video Editors: Joshua Head, Josh Brahm
Publisher: Ellen Campbell
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