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The Biology Professor Who Hated Our Outreach Exhibit Mar 12, 2018

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This piece is an outreach dialogue story. Despite Josh not being excited to write it, it went viral on lifenews.com. We suspect this had to do with the title, which could give the impression that this is one of those "The brilliant pro-life person destroys the stupid pro-choice person" posts.

That's not an attitude that we want to nourish. We think it's more intellectually healthy to get outside of your echo chamber and think about the smartest arguments that are coming from the other side. But some people like those kinds of pieces because they feel good. Though Josh didn't intend to write a bait-and-switch piece, we think he sort of did, and we're glad it got some people who otherwise wouldn't read our blog to learn a little about what we do when we're trying to create a good dialogue.

Related Links:

Learn about Right to Life of Central CA: http://bit.ly/2p12Kjl

Learn about Justice for All: http://bit.ly/2oeSnYO

Read Dr. Rich Poupard's thought experiment: http://bit.ly/2twIn2N

Timothy Brahm: Autumn in the Sovereign Zone: Why "It's My Body, I Can Do What I Want" Won't Do: http://bit.ly/2x3TugP

Read a definition of an ad hominem fallacy: http://bit.ly/2FuQDC2

Learn about Secular Pro-Life: http://bit.ly/2oW78Rw

Josh Brahm: 6 Tips for Arguing with Analogies Clearly: http://bit.ly/2yKzcwU

Read a definition of a straw man: http://bit.ly/2FqbtGU

Timothy Brahm: Don't Be Too Nice: http://bit.ly/2vPMDX4

Share the original article: http://bit.ly/2Ft3aWI

ERI Website: https://EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Blog: https://Blog.EqualRightsInstitute.com

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COURSE PODCAST CLIP: What If the Mother's Life Is at Risk? Mar 08, 2018

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Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, "Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion." Generally, these podcast episodes won't be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from the episodes every Thursday, to give you a sense of what these podcasts are like.

In this episode of the Equipped for Life Course Podcast, Josh, Tim, and Rachel share how they respond to pro-choice students who ask about life-threatening pregnancies. They also talk through some of the more difficult philosophical issues that sometimes come up when discussing this.

In this clip, Rachel shares a sound bite to help you respond to this question, and the team discusses how to begin a response.

ERI Website: https://EqualRightsInstitute.com

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What to Say to Someone Who Says "I Wish I Had Been Aborted" Mar 05, 2018

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Josh wrote this piece a few years ago. Someone had asked him a really tough question in an email, so he decided to address the question in a blog post in case others were interested. He addressed the need to respond to this pro-choice objection relationally. To his surprise, it seemed to touch a nerve. For the past 2 years, this piece has been the #1 most-read piece from a previous year on our blog. It certainly seems to be connecting with people.

Related Links:

Watch a video where I address how to respond to the issue of rape: http://bit.ly/1i9Uj7X

Josh Brahm: Responding to the Question of Rape with Wisdom and Compassion: http://bit.ly/2w2JW5q

Learn about 40 Days for Life: https://40daysforlife.com/

Josh Brahm: Top 5 ERI Articles & Podcasts of 2017: http://bit.ly/2EvDw3l

Share the original article: http://bit.ly/2n3K18P

ERI Website: https://EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Blog: https://Blog.EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Course: https://EquippedCourse.com

COURSE PODCAST CLIP: Listener Mail - Human-Plus Arguments Mar 01, 2018

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In this episode of the Equipped for Life Course Podcast, Josh, Tim, and Rachel sit down to answer one of the most frequent questions about the Equal Rights Argument: "How do you respond to someone who says that you need to be 'human plus something else,' like sentience, to have equal rights, given that it seems like that combination gets around the problems in the Zoo Shooting thought experiment?"

In this clip, the team introduces this question while Rachel and Tim roleplay an example dialogue to demonstrate how this comes up in conversations.

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ERI Course: https://EquippedCourse.com

ERI Update - February 2018 Feb 26, 2018

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Josh gives an update on the main things that have been going on at ERI in the last month and what we're working on next.

Highlights from Josh's Canadian speaking tour;
Rachel is in Charlotte, and we hired Andrew Kaake and John Ferrer;
Doing a lot of research on A/V equipment for extending the course as well as a new project we're starting this year;
Update on course extension we're going to shoot this year;
Update on the search for an office.

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ERI Website: https://EqualRightsInstitute.com

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ERI Course: https://EquippedCourse.com

10 Practical Tips for Leading a Campus Outreach Feb 26, 2018

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When Rachel was president of Students for Life at the University of Michigan, they tried to do an outreach at least once per month because they felt that once per semester wasn't quite enough. With that experience and help from the rest of the team, she put together a list of 10 tips that will help student leaders as they prepare for an outreach. Especially if you're doing this for the first time, you want to prepare for whatever might arise by having a strategic plan and practical supplies.

Related Links:

Download the volunteer agreement ERI uses: http://bit.ly/2ovKm1y

Create a Doodle poll: http://doodle.com/

Share the original article: http://bit.ly/2onpRD6

ERI Website: https://EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Blog: https://Blog.EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Course: https://EquippedCourse.com

COURSE PODCAST CLIP: Interview with Casey Mattox from Alliance Defending Freedom Feb 22, 2018

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In this episode of the Equipped for Life Course Podcast, Josh, Tim, and Rachel interview Casey Mattox from Alliance Defending Freedom on how students should deal with free speech violations and respond to common arguments from typical leftists defending free speech violations.

In this clip, Casey gives advice to students about what to do if people try to silence your outreach event.

ERI Website: https://EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Blog: https://Blog.EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Course: https://EquippedCourse.com

Pay Attention to Who Should NOT Be in a Given Conversation Feb 19, 2018

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If you are a part of a dialogue-oriented outreach, you should be paying attention to who should be in a given conversation, and who should not be. This is one of those advanced practical outreach tips that you just learn by doing outreach a lot and by talking with the rest of your team a lot about different kinds of situations. The idea for this piece came to Josh as we were debriefing an outreach our staff did at Davidson College here outside of Charlotte, NC.

Related Links:

Justice for All: http://bit.ly/2oeSnYO

Equal Rights Institute Blog: Relational Apologetics: http://bit.ly/2BOVX0s

The lore behind the name of "The Vampire Rule": http://bit.ly/2HowcIn Rachel Crawford: 10 Practical Tips for Leading a Campus Outreach: http://bit.ly/2onpRD6

Share the original article: http://bit.ly/2DyxFdi

ERI Website: https://EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Blog: https://Blog.EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Course: https://EquippedCourse.com

COURSE PODCAST CLIP: Listener Mail - Insta-Correcting Views Feb 15, 2018

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In this episode of the Equipped for Life Course Podcast, Josh, Tim, and Jacob answer listener mail.

In this clip, the team responds to a question about the "Rephrase What They Said" lesson in Module 2. How should we respond if they say that they didn't actually say that, not because we misunderstood, but because they are changing their views during the conversation?

ERI Website: https://EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Blog: https://Blog.EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Course: https://EquippedCourse.com

The Best Way to Expose Logical Fallacies: Don't Call Them by Name Feb 12, 2018

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This is a follow-up piece to the previous audio blog on logical fallacies and the danger of accusing people of fallacies they did not commit. This piece focuses on how to effectively expose logical fallacies that are committed during a dialogue. Because this piece became one of the most popular posts, Josh began including this practical dialogue tip in a lot of his talks.

Related Links:

Josh Brahm: You Should Know What a Logical Fallacy Actually Is: http://bit.ly/2go17bp

Watch Trent Horn talk about exposing logical fallacies on an episode of Life Report:https://youtu.be/c3zDGEtf6Rw

Download the mp3 of the same Life Report episode:http://bit.ly/2EVsZPB

Buy Greg Koukl's Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions:http://bit.ly/2nSIjoM

Read about Justice for All's "Three Essential Skills": http://bit.ly/2nXPIm5

Read explanation of post hoc ergo propter hoc:http://bit.ly/2EgRSbj

Share the original article: http://bit.ly/2ikWwed

ERI Website: https://EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Blog: https://Blog.EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Course: https://EquippedCourse.com