Planned Parenthood and “Situation Ethics”

 In the 1960s an ordained Episcopal priest and Harvard Divinity School ethics professor named Joseph Fletcher (1905-1991) wrote a best selling book titled Situation Ethics. In his lectures and books, Fletcher (who later admitted he was an atheist) used a number of hypothetical moral dilemmas to advocate his view…
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Take Your Youth Group to See “The Giver!”

  What would it be like to live in a world where people were assigned their careers by an all-powerful state? Who would want to live in a place where emotions, sensations, and pain were neutralized by a daily dose of a drug?  Would you want a world without war…
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What do Jewish people believe? Anything, except…

What if you asked a person, “Are you a Christian?” “Yes,” she answered. “So what do you believe about Jesus?” You continue. “He was one of the greatest men who ever lived. He was a great moral teacher who championed human rights and the poor,” she replies. “Do you believe
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A P.C. Pope?

Last week the world’s news media had a field day with a recent interview Pope Francis gave to La Civilta Cattolica (The Catholic Civilization) a Rome based Journal for Jesuit priests. In the interview the Pope seemed to be wavering on some ethical concerns that the Roman Catholic Church has…
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