Like that? Like what? I take it you didn't watch any of the video. That irritates me. I was simply sharing this video that I hoped at least one person would watch and gain something from, but I doubt that has happened. People post things with their preconceived notions and are too confident in themselves to expose themselves to something they "already know." People can't take the time to learn something. -__-
I believe he addresses certain situations (which are rarer than people seem to think), such as rape. Rape victims are 1%, or .1% (something incredibly small) of abortions. Building woeful scenarios such as those are simply irrelevant and logically fallible. But who cares about that?
There really isn't anything to discuss.
Either you believe in freedom, or you believe that we are property of 'society.'
There is another place in the Bible where it talks about people being property of a society, where everyone wears the mark and is unable to do commerce without it.
Now, by all means, if you want to tell a woman: "don't have an abortion, I will raise your child" - then, grab a catcher's mitt and be there when it comes out.
Otherwise, there is no logical argument against it.
Unless you want to ban alcohol, cigarettes, cars capable of going faster than highway speed limits, video games, and everything else that could potentially become a 'bio-ethics' issue.
One of his first points is just ridiculous - that there is no difference between a kidney dialysis patient and an unborn fetus.
I happen to work in Dialysis. There is a considerable difference between our patients and unborn fetuses. Our job would be a lot simpler if they were unborn fetuses. They wouldn't complain. They wouldn't need something to entertain them for the 4 hours they are in a chair. We wouldn't be able to talk to them - to ask them how they are doing - how their job is, or how their children are.
Even so - people have the legal right to make the decision to discontinue Dialysis. That is one of the discussions that our nurses and doctors dread - but it happens fairly frequently.
I see a variety of patients come in. A few are younger than me - some genetic flaw or tragic accident left them with reduced kidney function. So long as they take care of themselves - they will survive for decades on Dialysis or until they can get a transplant. The technology of Dialysis is continually progressing and we are only getting better at improving modalities.
On the other hand - there are people who are welfare-riders who are morbidly diabetic with multiple amputations brought about by not taking care of themselves while diabetic. Their outcomes are generally poor - because they don't take care of themselves. These people usually have a heart attack and die (which is why lawsuits are so common in Dialysis).
Other people are just old and their bodies are giving out. These people either just go to sleep and don't wake up or opt to discontinue.
Even so - Dialysis clinics withhold the right to decline service. We have a guy who we set up with a machine in his home because he's pissed off so many clinics and nurses that he's been thrown out of every one of them. Our clinic is the only one that would take him - and even then - it was under the condition that we keep him out of our clinic. From my own experiences with him (I have to go to his house to service his machine and water treatment system) - he's not a bad person. He's just kind of quirky. He's got a PhD (not sure what in - but it's an arts/history type of degree if I am not mistaken) and likes to be called "doctor." Which - in the medical field, you're not a "doctor" unless your PhD is in medicine. Always funny to get a call from someone saying: "I've got orders from a Doctor [person] for [stuff]" - then you have to explain that he's not a medical doctor, can't write his own orders, etc.
That's a long way from a fetus.
But - like I said - it basically boils down to a world view.
Either you're a servant of the beast and believe that you have been given the authority to rule over others.
Or you believe that God has given us free will and we do not have the authority to rule over each other aside from removing those from society who would destroy our society.
How is that for a scriptural argument?
The speaker is articulate and his ideas are easily understandable.
