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The Counsel of Trent

#392 - Why Pro-lifers Need Philosophy (Part 1)

The Counsel of Trent

Catholic Answers

Religion & Spirituality

4.82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

It’s pro-life week on the Counsel of Trent podcast so Trent is dedicating two episodes to defending the pro-life view against clever thought experiments and powerful objections from the world’s best pro-choice philosophers.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Council of Trend Podcast, a production of Catholic Answers.

0:10.4

This week marks the commemoration of the evil, rovers' way decision.

0:14.6

It's also the inauguration of the Biden-Harris administration, which is not going to be great

0:18.4

for pro-life legislation.

0:20.3

But take heart.

0:21.3

God is with us, no matter what is thrown at us.

0:23.6

We have a duty to stand firm and defend the truth, defend the unborn.

0:28.3

First we're going to talk about this week on the podcast because it's pro-life week.

0:32.3

Welcome to the Council of Trend Podcast.

0:34.0

I'm your host, Caving Answers Apologist and Speaker, Trent Horn.

0:37.8

And on this week, we have a two-part episode.

0:40.0

We're going to talk about why pro-lifers need philosophy, why we need the tools of philosophy

0:45.5

to put forward the best pro-life arguments and to avoid pro-life arguments that are not

0:50.7

as strong and how to use philosophy to refute the most sophisticated pro-choice arguments.

0:56.8

To help us do that is John DeRosa from the Classical Theism podcast.

1:00.5

John had me on his show recently because he does a lot on metaphysics, philosophy of religion,

1:06.1

how to show that God exists, how to explain things like the Trinity.

1:09.8

Classical Theism podcast is one of my favorites.

1:11.5

You don't want to miss it.

1:12.7

John gets the smartest people on there and he's really good at breaking things down with

1:16.4

his guests to equip you to defend our faith against the toughest atheist objections out

1:22.6

there.

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