Comments on: Ignoring her Bible, Palin denies human dominion over Earth http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/09/17/ignoring-her-bible-palin-denies-human-dominion-over-earth/ Think - it ain't illegal yet... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:32:11 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Scholars and Rogues » Coal waste dumps: ticking toxic time bombs http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/09/17/ignoring-her-bible-palin-denies-human-dominion-over-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-60213 Scholars and Rogues » Coal waste dumps: ticking toxic time bombs Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:00:23 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=4082#comment-60213 [...] here. This is Tom’s second guest post: his first (on a very different topic) can be found here, and the original of this post can be found [...] [...] here. This is Tom’s second guest post: his first (on a very different topic) can be found here, and the original of this post can be found [...]

]]> By: Scholars and Rogues » Pro-Life, Pro-Obama: is it possible? http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/09/17/ignoring-her-bible-palin-denies-human-dominion-over-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-53254 Scholars and Rogues » Pro-Life, Pro-Obama: is it possible? Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:10:20 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=4082#comment-53254 [...] The challenge for shaping public policy in a manner that honors life amid such philosophically complex and often conflicting “life interests” does not lend itself to cut-and-dried, black-and-white terms or positions.  What does “pro-choice” really mean?  Does the fetus get a choice?  Does it deserve one?  Are conservatives willing to create a social structure in which a mother can choose life and be confident that the quality of her child’s life is also part of that ethos?  Are liberals willing to examine the moral inconsistency of a worldview in which prairie dogs are accorded more value than unborn human life?  There are plenty of folks in Boulder, Colorado, where I live, who regularly campaign for the welfare of the proliferating rodents yet refuse to recognize that a woman’s “right to privacy” involves a private choice to kill developing human life, which is what happens when you “terminate a pregnancy.”  Their opponents on the right, however, disdain the importance of protecting the very ecosystems on which all life relies, failing to recognize, for instance, that the prairie dog is a keystone species whose presence contributes to a rich diversity of life that sustains us.  Often, those who are first to speak against abortion are the same people, like Sarah Palin, who are also quickest to advocate destruction of the very environment that a Christian worldview deems God’s sacred creation, to be stewarded with care for all generations (for more on this, see Tom Yulsman’s 9/17 post).  [...] [...] The challenge for shaping public policy in a manner that honors life amid such philosophically complex and often conflicting “life interests” does not lend itself to cut-and-dried, black-and-white terms or positions.  What does “pro-choice” really mean?  Does the fetus get a choice?  Does it deserve one?  Are conservatives willing to create a social structure in which a mother can choose life and be confident that the quality of her child’s life is also part of that ethos?  Are liberals willing to examine the moral inconsistency of a worldview in which prairie dogs are accorded more value than unborn human life?  There are plenty of folks in Boulder, Colorado, where I live, who regularly campaign for the welfare of the proliferating rodents yet refuse to recognize that a woman’s “right to privacy” involves a private choice to kill developing human life, which is what happens when you “terminate a pregnancy.”  Their opponents on the right, however, disdain the importance of protecting the very ecosystems on which all life relies, failing to recognize, for instance, that the prairie dog is a keystone species whose presence contributes to a rich diversity of life that sustains us.  Often, those who are first to speak against abortion are the same people, like Sarah Palin, who are also quickest to advocate destruction of the very environment that a Christian worldview deems God’s sacred creation, to be stewarded with care for all generations (for more on this, see Tom Yulsman’s 9/17 post).  [...]

]]> By: Tom Yulsman http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/09/17/ignoring-her-bible-palin-denies-human-dominion-over-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-53080 Tom Yulsman Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:28:44 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=4082#comment-53080 A quick followup related to Palin's environmental views: http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=15319 The story describes how Palin is urging California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to veto legislation aimed at reducing congestion at California's seaports — and the significant air pollution created by shipping. A quick followup related to Palin’s environmental views: http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=15319

The story describes how Palin is urging California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to veto legislation aimed at reducing congestion at California’s seaports — and the significant air pollution created by shipping.

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