The Aristophrenium

Proclaiming the truth of the gospel and the centrality of Christ in all things

Society & Culture Archive

Monday

4

March 2013

2

COMMENTS

Still the West’s most extreme abortion law reform

Written by , Posted in Pro-Life / Abortion

Last October I wrote a piece (“Pro-choice is pro-life” … or so the logic goes) following my involvement in a peaceful march through the Melbourne CBD, protesting the Victorian Abortion Law Reform Act (2008) [1] that legislated perhaps the most permissive laws on abortion in the Western world. The 2008 bill that was voted into law not only decriminalised abortion up to the day of birth, but permits partial-birth abortion and makes no provision for the medical care of infants born alive following unsuccessful abortive procedures – such infants can simply be left to die. Further, the bill denies medical practitioners any right of conscientious objection, mandating by law that all qualified medical practitioners, registered nurses and pharmacists must be complicit in the act of abortion. All proposed amendments to the bill were rejected by the Victorian Parliament. Such proposed amendments included, but were not limited to: 1). mandating medical [...]

[continue reading]

Monday

4

February 2013

0

COMMENTS

Sunday

20

January 2013

0

COMMENTS

Churches For Apologetics: A Petition.

Written by , Posted in Apologetics, Christian activism, Education, Witnessing

The leadership and overall community of the Christian Apologetics Alliance [1] are highly motivated to encourage and equip the church in defending the faith using the tools available through Christian apologetics. It is their desire to see local churches everywhere creating and fostering a safe environment of questioning and learning in which members of Christ’s body are enabled and empowered to confront the hard questions that target the faith and consequently grow in strength, knowledge, and confidence. Apologetics in the church is no less important and relevant today than it was over 150 years ago when Wilberforce noted the following: [2] In an age in which infidelity abounds, do we observe them [parents] carefully instructing their children in the principles of faith which they profess? Or do they furnish their children with arguments for the defense of that faith? They would blush on their child’s birth to think him inadequate [...]

[continue reading]

Monday

24

December 2012

0

COMMENTS

Christmas: A “festivus” for all of us

Written by , Posted in Society & Culture

End of year celebrations. Cries of Happy Holidays. People in the streets wearing Santa hats, reindeer antlers or elf-ears. Carollers singing about magical snowmen, a red-nosed reindeer and a jolly-fat guy in a red suit who squeezes down chimneys, pilfering milk and cookies, stuffing stockings and sneaking a pash with your mother. Snow-filled, feel-good, luke warm, b-grade family movies showing in cinemas or being re-run on TV for the umpteenth dozen time. Crazed, 3am zombie shoppers, milling through malls. Variations of egg-nog recipes; decorated ginger-bread houses. Candy canes; tinsel; baubles; and fake, plastic trees. Roast turkeys; roast geese. Wishes on stars and sneaking kisses under mistletoe. Outlandish, homespun woollen green and red sweaters. Fastidious – and bordering on obsessive-compulsive – displays of lights on houses and roof tops and trees. Oddly-shaped gifts; magnificently wrapped gifts; poorly wrapped gifts; unwrapped gifts! Family feuds; carols by candlelight; Kris Kringles and office parties. [...]

[continue reading]

Sunday

18

November 2012

9

COMMENTS

Gay Big Brother contestant proposes but passes on parenting

Written by , Posted in Marriage & Family, Sexuality, Society & Culture

The winner of this year’s reality show, Big Brother (Australia), surprised many when he popped the question to his partner in the dying moments of the season’s finale. Reality TV is no stranger when it comes to such outspoken displays of romance, but Ben Norris’s proposal was just as much a political statement as it was a declaration of love. His partner, to whom he presented a diamond ring that his grandfather had given his grandmother, is his boyfriend, also named Ben. In a country where the traditional definition of marriage has been challenged twice in the last few years (to no avail), Ben’s proposal is very political indeed, even if he didn’t intend it to be. But the pro same-sex ‘marriage’ media loved it. After all, when rational arguments fail, there’s nothing like a good ol’ public, emotional display that tugs at the heartstrings of the populace to make [...]

[continue reading]

Tuesday

30

October 2012

6

COMMENTS

Championing pro-life views in the public square

Written by , Posted in Christian activism, Misc, Politics, Pro-Life / Abortion

As I alluded to in response to a comment made on my post reporting on the recent pro-life rally in Melbourne, there are a couple of things that I felt would have been beneficial to exclude from the event. I mention what those are in the below paragraphs. One of the more interesting points I noted with regards to the pro-abortion protesters in my previous article was the tactical angle of their messages: Shame, bigots, shame! Shame, bigots, shame! We won, you lost! We won, you lost! God raped Mary. She should have aborted Black, white, queer, straight! Women will control our fate! F*ck off, bigots, f*ck off! F*ck off, bigots, f*ck off! Jesus was a gay sheila who was pro-choice! You have 99 problems. They are all misogyny I had an abortion because I chose life Pro-choice is pro-life Not every ejaculation needs a name If the foetus you [...]

[continue reading]

Tuesday

23

October 2012

1

COMMENTS

The Same-Sex-Parenting v Pro-life Conundrum?

Written by , Posted in Marriage & Family, Sexuality

During a recent conversation about same-sex parenting, a friend of mine made an interesting segue into the abortion topic that I thought would be instructional to share here. The conversation had gotten onto same-sex marriage and homosexual parenting. He already knew from previous conversations that I didn’t support either of these. He also knew that I didn’t support abortion and introduced the topic to the conversation to point out an apparent conflict – not necessarily in the views themselves, but in holding them both at the same time. Greg Koukl gives an example of this:[1] Those who are quick to object that God isn’t doing enough about evil in the world (“A good God wouldn’t let that happen”) are often equally quick to complain when God puts His foot down (“A loving God would never send anyone to hell”). If He appears indifferent to wickedness, His goodness is challenged. Yet [...]

[continue reading]

Monday

22

October 2012

7

COMMENTS

Why Fiscal Conservatives Need to Care About Abortion

Written by , Posted in Apologetics, Ethics, Pro-Life / Abortion, Society & Culture

Note: I wrote this as a submission for a political newsletter. It is addressed specifically to Canadians, although the arguments can apply pretty much anywhere. Unlike in American politics, there isn’t a direct relationship between Fiscal and Social Conservatism in Canadian politics. While Tories in Canada are generally Fiscally Conservative, they are split down the middle on social issues. This was seen clearly recently with Motion 312, with 87 of 163 Tory MPs (plus 4 Liberal MPs) voting in favour of the motion and the rest voting against it or abstaining from voting.[1] This is because the Conservative Party of Canada and the provincial Progressive-Conservative Parties do not include pro-life stances in their platforms (unlike the the GOP in the US). The Conservative Party (and its provincial counterparts) will not enact any legislation pertaining to abortion, although individual MPs such as Stephen Woodworth can and do pass private members’ bills [...]

[continue reading]

Monday

15

October 2012

0

COMMENTS

Saturday

13

October 2012

15

COMMENTS

“Pro-choice is pro-life” … or so the logic goes

Written by , Posted in Christian activism, Politics, Pro-Life / Abortion, Society & Culture

Today in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, the fourth annual March for the Babies rally took place, winding itself through the streets of the CBD to stage a peaceful protest on the steps of Parliament House. Four years ago, on 10 October 2008, the Victorian Parliament passed the Abortion Law Reform Act, which legalised abortion at any stage of a mother’s pregnancy. Not only did the killing – without restriction – of the unborn up until birth become legal in the state, but medical practitioners were stripped of any conscientious objections to take no part in abortion. The law forces them to refer women through to practitioners who hold no such objections, removing from them the option of referral to crisis pregnancy centers in line with their conscience. Estimates of the size of the pro-life crowd vary in reports, but I believe a figure upwards of 2,500 protesters would be a conservative [...]

[continue reading]
← Older Entries

Recent Posts

Recent Comments

Most Popular Posts

Honor Roll

Index

Abortion Acts 17 Apologetics apologetics argument for atheism Atheism Atonement Biblical issues Calvinism Christmas Christology David Wood Dearborn Easter evangelism evolution exegesis free will Genesis 1 gospel grace gratuitous evil Greg Koukl homosexuality Intelligent Design Islam James White Jesus John MacArthur John Walton marriage morality Nabeel Qureshi Negeen Mayel Paul Rezkalla postmodernism presuppositionalism pro-choice pro-life problem of evil Richard Dawkins salvation Same-sex Marriage Sexuality soteriology video

Categories

AristoVault

Meta

Christian Apologetics Alliance