The Myth of the Unwanted Child (with Bethany Bomberger)

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae

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🗓️ 31 October 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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With abortion being so available today, the notion of the unwanted child has become standard fare among defenders of abortion. Bethany Bomberger, herself at one time pregnant in less than ideal circumstances, is married to her husband Ryan, who was conceived as a result of sexual assault. She explodes the myth that children are unwanted-join Scott and Sean for this insightful interview that comes out of her chapter in the new book, Choose Life. Bethany Bomberger is co-founder and Execut...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Think Biblically, Conversations on Faith and Culture, a podcast from Talbot School
0:07.5	Theology here at Biola University.
0:09.5	I'm your host Scott Ray, Dean of Faculty and Professor of Christian Ethics.
0:13.7	I'm your co-host, Sean McDowell Professor of Apologetics.
0:17.2	We're here with our special guest today, Bethany Baumberger,
0:20.2	who is the founder and executive director of an organization called the Radiance Foundation.
0:26.4	They do a whole host of things, but maybe the best way to describe this.
0:30.3	Beth you can correct me if I'm wrong on this, would be a pro-life, pro-family organization
0:35.8	that has a wide, wide variety of things going on, both in the United States and around the world.
0:41.8	She's also the author of a fascinating book that we will
0:45.5	feature another time called ProLife Kids, which is a children's book that introduces kids to all the issues around the pro-life debate.
0:56.4	But what we're here to talk to her about is a chapter that she has written in an upcoming
1:00.6	book entitled Choose Life, which is a series of essays that are designed
1:06.1	to take the pro-life movement to the next generation.
1:09.9	And we're particularly interested in the title of your chapter called The Myth of the Unwanted Child.
1:17.2	So Bethany, welcome, so delighted to have you with us and appreciate you being with us.
1:22.8	So what, why is the idea of the unwanted child a myth?
1:26.6	Yes, well thank you so much for having me.
1:28.4	I'm honored to be part of our discussion today and it is absolutely a myth. We know that every human being has
1:35.8	inherent value. We are made in the image of God and our value is not based on the
1:42.4	status of our wantedness.
1:45.0	And it's a myth because honestly we are all wanted by someone.
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