#91: Intellectual Honesty, Transparency, and Observations about the Pro-Life Movement (with Apologist Dr. Randal Rauser)
Release Date: 06/22/2023
#104: Are Women Being Denied Care? (w/ Secular Pro-Life's Monica Snyder)
Equipped for Life Podcast
Josh Brahm and Monica Snyder wrap up their series of recent discussions by addressing denial-of-care stories. In this episode, Monica and Josh define what a denial-of-care story is, explain why abortion bans are often blamed for causing pregnancy-related deaths, identify the actual problems behind the most sensationalized stories, empathize with tragic outcomes and legitimate pro-choice concerns, and propose courses of action that pro-life people can take to help prevent similar tragic stories from happening in the future. Related Links: Secular Pro-Life’s entire blog category of debunking...
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#103: Do You Need Religion to be Pro-Life? (w/ Monica Snyder)
Equipped for Life Podcast
Josh Brahm and Monica Snyder return to discuss the question: “Do You Need Religion to be Pro-Life?” The conversation touches on practical and philosophical points, including discussion about objective and subjective morality and its relationship with deism, as well as Monica’s experiences responding to both pro-life and pro-choice people who raise a scrutinizing eyebrow when they realize that they are talking with a pro-life atheist. Links: Secular Pro-Life: Secular Pro-Life: A couple of examples of pro-choice religious-ish-ness: Human Life...
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#102: Forensics and Abortion (w/ Secular Pro-Life's Monica Snyder)
Equipped for Life Podcast
After much anticipation, Josh Brahm FINALLY gets to interview Monica Snyder from Secular Pro-Life about her background and expertise in Forensics. Monica explains how her work in forensics and DNA analysis affects her view on the abortion issue, particularly when it comes to questions about the justice system and why we shouldn’t prosecute women who have had abortions. Content warning: Includes discussion of forensic rape kits as well as methods of testing whether a baby was aborted instead of miscarried. Links: National Right to Life: ERI Statement: Chapters: 00:00:00...
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#101: It’s About the Babies, Not Your Sex Life (w/ Monica Snyder)
Equipped for Life Podcast
Content warning: This whole episode is about sex. It’s probably not the episode to listen to around your kids. Secular Pro-Life’s Monica Snyder returns to the Equipped for Life Podcast for another series of episodes, beginning with the topic, “It’s About Babies, Not Your Sex Life.” Stemming from real-life conversations, Monica and Josh identify many of the various factors that contribute to pro-choice perceptions or labeling of pro-life people as being “anti-sex” and then respond accordingly to each factor. The Dynamic Duo also provides some fun commentary...
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#100: Celebrating 100 Episodes! (with the Whole Staff!)
Equipped for Life Podcast
We brought the entire staff on for our 100th episode! The team planned the outline without Josh, and the result was a fun, retrospective celebration of the podcast. Related Links: Ellen's first blog post: Ellen's most recent blog post: Joshua's episode on the podcast: Rebecca’s talking head video: Our first podcast with Rebecca co-hosting: Josh’s article the atheist responded to: Ellen’s favorite episode: Rebecca’s favorite episode: Joshua’s favorite episode : Emily's favorite episodes: Josh's favorite episodes: Tim Hull's favorite episode: ...
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#99: Practical Tips for 40 Days for Life Volunteers
Equipped for Life Podcast
It’s October, and 40 Days for Life campaigns are in full swing! Josh, Emily, and Rebecca share and react to short video tips sent in from pro-life activists from around the country on how to effectively participate in your local 40 Days for Life campaign. (SPOILER ALERT: it’s not as hard as you think!) Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 07:40 Tip #1: Herb Geraghty 13:43 Tip #2: Rebecca Carlson 19:45 Tip #3: Kristi Burkhart 24:52 Tip #4: Michael New 28:07 Tip #5: Emily Geiger 32:26 Tip #6: Jim Burke 38:04 Tip #7: Rebekah Dyer 41:24 Tip #8: Josh Brahm 45:33 Tip #9: Jay Watts 50:45 Tip...
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#98: Listener Mail: Lightning Round! Part 2 (w/ Monica Snyder)
Equipped for Life Podcast
LIGHTNING!!! (in slow motion). In this podcast, Josh Brahm and Monica Snyder from Secular Pro-Life sort through listener mail from SPL’s mailbag and give quick responses to several questions and requests. Part 2 of 2 addresses eight main topics, to include the biological case for the unborn, how to combat viral misinformation, the concept of abortion as healthcare, why women advocate for abortion, the medical necessity of third trimester abortions, what to do if the pro-choice person jumps topics, if brain activity should define personhood, and counseling resources for nonreligious,...
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#97: Listener Mail: Lightning Round! Part 1 (w/ Monica Snyder)
Equipped for Life Podcast
LIGHTNING!!! (in slow motion). In this podcast, Josh Brahm and Monica Snyder from sort through listener mail from SPL’s mailbag and give quick responses to several questions and requests. Part 1 of 2 (this episode) covers seven main topics, namely, whether the “pro-life movement” should actually be called the “anti-abortion movement”, the availability of abortion pills, discrimination against children with disabilities, how to welcome secular members into a pro-life space, if we should boycott pro-choice media, trying to understand how a pro-choice person thinks, and whether...
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#96: Survey Review: How Pro-Life & Pro-Choice People Define Abortion (w/ Monica Snyder)
Equipped for Life Podcast
We recorded another episode with Secular Pro-Life’s Monica Snyder, our favorite practically co-host, to discuss Secular Pro-Life’s recent survey on the differences between how both sides of the issue define abortion. A critical part of clear communication is making sure you and your dialogue partner are using the key words in the same way. Pro-life and pro-choice people often mean VERY different things when they use the word "abortion," but they don't know that, and miscommunication ensues. This episode will help you avoid that miscommunication. The ERI team offers several practical...
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#95: No, Abortion Pills Aren’t Harming the Environment
Equipped for Life Podcast
Yes, abortion pills are harmful to women and unborn children. We're pro-life. But when you take an honest look at the evidence, there is no evidence that abortion pills are poisoning our wastewater. This episode includes a visual slideshow, and can be viewed at our YouTube channel here: Content warning: If you have experienced pregnancy loss, this may not be the episode for you. There’s an inherent graphic nature to the kinds of claims we’re offering factual and philosophical arguments against. While we kept the conversation as tame as possible, we know this is a...
info_outlineJosh's favorite Christian apologist, Dr. Randal Rauser, joins the show. Randal describes himself as "progressively Evangelical and generously Orthodox." Josh asks him about open-mindedness, his observations about the pro-life movement, when it's appropriate to call leaders out publicly, and the difference between an "agitation apologetics model" and an "agreement apologetics model."
While Josh doesn't agree with everything Rauser believes, that's not the point, and this isn't a debate episode. Josh found this to be a good opportunity to listen to the views of a very careful thinker in spite of the fact that they don't agree on everything within the abortion debate.
Related Links:
Randal Rauser's website:
https://RandalRauser.com
Randal's YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@Randal_Rauser
Randal interviews Josh about the state of the abortion debate:
https://youtu.be/zRQuuTh8YxI
Randal debates Trent Horn on abortion:
https://youtu.be/TCK_Pu4lf8A
Randal's book, "Jesus Loves Canaanites"
https://randalrauser.com/book/jesus-loves-canaanites
ERI Blog: "Abortion Images: A Case for Disagreement without Division"
http://bit.ly/2uJWRcI
Equal Rights Institute Website:
https://EqualRightsInstitute.com
Equal Rights Institute Blog:
https://Blog.EqualRightsInstitute.com
Equipped for Life Course:
https://EquippedCourse.com
Sidewalk Counseling Masterclass:
http://SidewalkCounselingMasterclass.com
Chapters:
- 00:00: Introduction and thoughts on intellectual honesty
- 07:33: On trying to convince people to be open-minded
- 11:20: Defining what it means to be a “Progressive Evangelical”
- 15:05: What would he say to more conservative Christians who are concerned about Progressive Evangelicals?
- 17:30: How would Randall describe his views on abortion?
- 23:20: What are his observations about the pro-life movement from outside of it?
- 27:26: What advice would he give to pro-life leaders?
- 29:45: A discussion on when it’s appropriate to call other leaders out in public for poor behavior
- 40:35: What practical things can people do if they want to transition from agitative apologetics to more of an agreement apologetics model?
- 42:52: Final thoughts on deception and transparency
Host: Josh Brahm
Guest: Dr. Randal Rauser
Audio/Video Editors: Josh Brahm
Publisher: Ellen Campbell