Once you have established that the unborn are human from fertilization, the next step is to ask when we should assign basic human rights to a human individual [1]. The right to life is the most fundamental of all rights since without it you can't enjoy any other rights. It's pretty difficult to enjoy freedom of speech if you're not alive to speak in the first place. As a … [Read more...]
What is the Unborn?
Before you can even answer the question of whether or not abortion is moral, you must first decide what the unborn is. For as Greg Koukl of Stand to Reason observes, if the unborn is not human, then no justification for abortion is necessary. It would be no different from having a mole removed or a tooth pulled. But if the unborn is human, then no justification for abortion is … [Read more...]
Is Christianity Arrogant?
Recently I was at a barbecue where I talked with a woman who had many questions about Christianity. Like many of us, there were things she did not understand or agree with. As we were talking, the topic of Christianity's arrogance came up. How can Christians claim that their religion is the only true one? This seems like the height of presumption considering the many religions … [Read more...]
Moral Relativism and Two "Ten Commandments"
Does moral relativism make sense? Are all ethical theories equally good and deserving of our respect? Can a moral code be wrong? Should we always tolerate people and cultures who have different moral standards than we do? One way of examining these questions is to compare two very different versions of the Ten Commandments. We will look at Richard Dawkins’ version and then … [Read more...]