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Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Barak's refusal to go without Deborah and his rebuke — 'the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.'

The Barak-Deborah exchange in Judges 4:8-10

Judges 4:8-10 Deborah Barak Sisera

Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Byrd claims Deborah's words about a woman getting the honor are not a rebuke — Barak wasn't after his own glory.

Byrd's spin on the shame element

Judges 5 Deborah Barak Aimee Byrd

Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Deborah as the chief counter-example to patriarchalist restrictions

Mike presents a detailed analysis of Deborah as judge.

Judges 2:16 Judges 2:18 Judges 4-5 Deborah Barak Judges 2:16

Mike Winger idea 2018-04-11

Reason 2 refuted: The Bible contains extensive practical advice; specificity is about utility, not inspiration

The skeptic argues the Bible does not give specific enough practical advice — for instance, a chapter organized by killing scenarios (war, self-defense, execution).

Barak's refusal to go without Deborah and his rebuke — 'the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.'

Byrd claims Deborah's words about a woman getting the honor are not a rebuke — Barak wasn't after his own glory.

Deborah as the chief counter-example to patriarchalist restrictions

Reason 2 refuted: The Bible contains extensive practical advice; specificity is about utility, not inspiration

Q: Does God killing babies make it okay for humans? Winger dismisses the question as absurd; Sye says context of OT law must be applied and God has prerogative over life

People who jumped from the Twin Towers on 9/11 were not committing suicide — they were choosing the least terrible option available, which involved no moral culpability.

Jim's claim about Herod: Herod the Great wouldn't have cared about killing infant Jesus because life expectancy was ~35 years and he was already old and near death

Historical evidence that Herod the Great was extremely paranoid and murderous — he killed three of his own sons and executed hundreds on suspicion alone, making the Massacre of the Innocents entirely consistent with his character

Pro-abortion advocates Ronald Dworkin and Faye Wattleton concede abortion kills a developing human

The pro-life syllogism — abortion is wrong because it intentionally kills an innocent human being

Introduction of the SLED acronym — four categories of differences between the unborn and born humans, none of which are morally relevant

SLED — L: Level of Development does not determine human value

SLED — D: Degree of Dependence does not determine human value

In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) — moral issues around discarding or permanently freezing fertilized embryos

Rape exception — the child is not morally culpable for the father's crime; killing the child does not undo the evil

Pre-Roe abortion death statistics were radically overstated — Scott Klusendorf cites approximately 70 deaths in the year before Roe

Mother's life exception — ectopic pregnancy and similar cases are not 'abortion' by definition; they are pro-life decisions

Overpopulation argument fails — if it justifies killing the unborn, it justifies killing anyone

High-risk pregnancy (lupus) scenario — saving the mother is a pro-life position, not abortion by definition

Call to repentance for those who have had or supported abortions — women were often deceived by dishonest medical language; the gospel offers forgiveness

Q&A: Mosaic Law on servants — corporal punishment was permitted; killing or maiming a servant freed them; Winger defends this as reasonable in historical context

Job 2:10 confirms ra as calamity: Job receiving evil = loss of children, livestock, health

Q&A: Canaanite genocide — was it genocide, and does God have the right to kill?

Leon Morris: God's wrath is consistent, not capricious — a divine reaction to evil

Refutation of "all religions work": Jim Jones and the Jonestown Massacre as a test case

9/11 terrorists and suicide bombers: sincerity and sacrifice do not validate a belief system

Slogan 6: "God knows our hearts and good people will be okay" — people are not actually good

Religious pluralism summarized as dangerous, not merely wrong: a false diagnosis that makes you feel good while killing you

Sexual content in any media is a hard redline for Christians; violence is treated differently in Scripture

Old Testament law: killing in self-defense carried no penalty, establishing self-defense as a legitimate moral category

Numbers 5 — the Bitter Water trial does not describe an abortion; the NIV translation is mistaken on this point

Luke 23:34 'Father forgive them' likely refers to delayed judgment / forgiveness offered, not full salvific pardon

Pro-life and pro-death penalty are not contradictory positions

Old Testament slavery laws contained extensive humanitarian protections radically superior to surrounding cultures and incompatible with chattel slavery

Mike argues that killing in self-defense is clearly permitted by Scripture, citing Old Testament law which imposed no penalty for legitimate self-defense, and Jesus’ instruction to the disciples to carry swords the night of his betrayal.

Mike addresses the morality of soldiers killing in war, arguing that just war is a real category but that individual soldiers must personally discern whether a given war is just rather than simply following orders.

Birth control and vasectomy: contraception that prevents conception is morally permissible for Christians; abortifacient contraception is morally equivalent to killing a human life.

The Canaanite genocide: why God commanded Israel to kill rather than drive out or convert

James 1:15 — desire conceived becomes sin; sin full-grown brings death. The passage primarily warns against blaming God for temptation and shows sin's natural progression.

Pro-choice language like "clump of cells," "remove the pregnancy," and "evacuate the uterus" are propagandistic euphemisms designed to avoid acknowledging that a living human being is being killed.

Every argument for abortion in the womb can equally justify killing a baby five minutes after birth — the baby is just as dependent, just as unaware, just as small. The moral distinction collapses.

Q&A: Babies killed through abortion go to heaven — supported by David's words in 2 Samuel 12:23 about his dead child. This doesn't justify killing them, just as Christians going to heaven doesn't justify murdering Christians.

Q&A: When the mother's life is in danger and both will die, abortion to save the mother is the one exception most pro-lifers accept. Analogous to separating conjoined twins when one is dying — saving one life rather than losing both.

Reason 8 (Logos Apologetics): Realizing all pro-choice arguments apply equally to a one-year-old. The SLED test: Size, Level of development, Environment, Degree of dependency — none of these justify killing a baby in the womb without also justifying killing a one-year-old.

Q&A: Babies who die (including through abortion) go to be with God, supported by 2 Samuel 12:23 where David says "I shall go to him" about his dead child. This doesn't justify killing them — you could make the same argument for killing Christians.

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