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The Counsel of Trent

#393 - Why Pro-lifers Need Philosophy (Part 2)

The Counsel of Trent

Catholic Answers

Religion & Spirituality

4.82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In this episode Trent continues his discussion about pro-life philosophy by rebutting some of the most sophisticated arguments made in defense of abortion.

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0:00.0

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

0:10.4

Welcome back everyone.

0:11.4

This is part two of pro-life week.

0:13.8

I mean, we've got the commemoration of the evil, rovers' way decision, the Biden-Harris

0:19.5

administration being inaugurated.

0:21.9

There's a lot of things that can bring us down, but I've said this before when it comes

0:26.0

to the saints.

0:27.1

What makes someone a saint is not that they don't get knocked down, whether it's by sin

0:31.4

or struggles in this world.

0:33.0

What makes someone a saint is they refuse to stay down.

0:36.0

They refuse to say no to the grace of the Holy Spirit.

0:39.6

They ask for God's help and they get back up again.

0:42.3

They let the Holy Spirit be like the coach from Rocky.

0:45.7

Get up, ya bum!

0:47.2

So we need that.

0:48.2

And we need to be encouraged and equipped to address all the different pro-choice arguments

0:52.2

that are out there, especially the most sophisticated ones put out by contemporary

0:56.5

philosophers.

0:58.2

These aren't just in the ivory tower.

0:59.4

I've seen variants of these arguments even on social media.

1:02.4

You'll come across them.

1:03.8

That's why I want to cover them this week here on the show.

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