When the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. (And) Jesus said to her, Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come. His mother said to the servers, Do whatever he tells you. Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings, each holding twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus told them, Fill the jars with water. So they filled them to the brim. Then he told them, Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter. So they took it. And when the headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine, without knowing where it came from (although the servers who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter called the bridegroom and said to him, Everyone serves good wine first, and then when people have drunk freely, an inferior one; but you have kept the good wine until now. Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs in Cana in Galilee and so revealed his glory, and his disciples began to believe in him. -The 2nd Luminous Mystery

abortion excuses


Question from robin on 2/21/2008:  
the biggest problem I have in explaining why abortion is wrong is proving the egg/sperm combination is actually a human being. The pro-choice friends I have always come back with "But you can never know for sureeee." How can I fight this? I can say that life has to start somewhere and it would make sense that it begins with an egg/sperm, and then they just say "yeah but you can't say that for sure, therefore you cannot judge other people." As a pro-lifer, they do a good job making me feel like i'm "judging" other people and that I'm "speculating" when life begins.

When they start to feel like i'm making good points with when life begins, they change the subject to rape, mothers life in jeopardy, etc. It seems impossible that these people will get it, they have so many ways to get around the fact that abortion is wrong.

How do you debate with these people who say with "absolute certainity" that nobody knows anything with absolute certainty????

Thanks! Robin
Answer by Judie Brown on 2/24/2008: 
Dear Robin

take a look at this article: When do human beings (normally) begin? by Professor Dianne Irving: http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_01lifebegin1.html

Also, take a look at this excellent material on YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAcoL67W9b0 and This one narrated by John Willke, MD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qY2TS4wi2U&feature=related

Judie Brown

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