Download Audio MP3 | 00:28:36

Josh and Tim answer a question from “e” on the forum about pro-abortion campaigns like #ShoutYourAbortion. They answer the following questions:

Do you think the push to normalize abortion is a credible threat to the pro-life movement?

Have you noticed a change in your conversations on university campuses in the past two years?

How should pro-life advocates balance compassion for women with spreading the truth when faced with #Shoutyourabortion type campaigns?

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Download Audio MP3 | 00:43:14

Josh and Tim answer questions about the art of dialogue. Watch this preview video from the Equipped for Life Course to hear the lesson they are discussing.

Questions:

Jim: “I know your focus is more of a one-on-one conversational dialogue. But is there any consideration of including anything regarding how things differ in a debate scenario?”

Kristine: “Could you give me some more examples of the differences between a clarification question and an argument with a question mark that you encourage people to avoid making? And are there any instances where you might use an argument with a question mark?” We also discuss “the Socratic method” and more reasons why we make most of our arguments with periods instead of question marks.

Simon in Australia: “How do you deal with people who are equivocating or using words vaguely?”

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Download Audio MP3 | 00:29:43

Josh interviews Sara Littlefield from Abortion Pill Reversal about the research they’ve done on saving babies whose mom has taken the first RU-486 pill and then changed her mind, as well as the resources they offer these women.

Josh also asks Sara to respond to the arguments that pro-choice groups have made about APR’s work.

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Download Audio MP3 | 00:33:46

In this episode Tim gives a fuller explanation of the argument Josh presented in the course about avoiding burden of proof shifts, and responds to likely counter-arguments. For example, doesn’t the dialogue style Tim is teaching allow the pro-choice person to have too much of an advantage, or allow them to take too much control of the conversation?

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Download Audio MP3 | 01:14:53

Josh and Rachel respond to the common question of what to do when the person you’re talking to “bites a bullet,” by saying something like, “Maybe we can kill toddlers sometimes,” or “maybe squirrels are persons.” They also briefly discuss how to respond to utilitarians and moral relativists, who often bite bullets.

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