Suppose I grant the pro-choice argument that the fetus is a parasite (There are good reasons for believing this to be mistaken, but they will not be covered here). Because parasites are generally detrimental to the host organism, it would follow that pregnancy is harmful to the health of the mother. Assuming further that one should [...]
Tags: Abortion, Parasite, Pro-choice
Politics has always been something that I never really took an interest in. But since bioethics, one of my main interests, is often intertwined with political and jurisprudential issues, I figured that it was about time that I started studying it. Until recently, my main source of political knowledge came from television news stations such [...]
Most of you will not know that I am an assistant youth leader at a local church (When I graduated, I refused to be split from my friends and they made room for me). My responsibilities involve running the sound booth on Tuesday nights, managing the Facebook group, website and attending the youth meetings every [...]
Tags: Bible inspiration, inspiration, Scripture, study, verbal
For those who are behind the times, I made a response to Theoretical BS’s argument for the non-existence of God and he recently provided a response to me here. I was planning to write this sooner but work got in the way. If you’re mad about this then please send all complaints to Tim (my [...]
You will see a pattern arise in this post which I hope to follow through the entire series. First I’d like to give a history of the various arguments and note several of its key defenders through time. Then we will look at several versions of the argument as they are discussed in philosophy today [...]
Tags: Argument from truth
