PleaseConvinceMe Blog: Abortion, Analogies and Viability

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Abortion, Analogies and Viability

PleaseConvinceMe Podcast 253

In this podcast, Jim reads a listener letter challenging his prior use of analogies when make the pro-life case. What kinds of analogies are reasonable when discussing the nature of fetal humans? Jim also discusses the alleged immorality of Old Testament laws.

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