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There may have been some women there who have had one, and I'm sure it would hurt to be called that; in fact, I think they would stop listening. Also, there might be men whose wives, or daughters, or girl friends (or even mothers) had had an abortion, and they would be offended by the label murderer applied to women they loved or cared about. People stop listening when they get offended.
A also thought that he had not prepared the speech for us. I thought it was a speech he had given many times before, and he probably didn't change it or adapt it to our church congregation. In our congregation, the issue is a divisive one. It would maybe have been better if he had found that out and then adapted the speech for an audience not already completely persuaded. He talked in a sort of confidential manner sometimes that implied he thought we all agreed with everything he was saying. But not everyone does in our church. Take me, for instance. I'm not saying I'm "for" abortion. I'm not -- but I don't think a woman who has been forcibly raped by a stranger or by someone she doesn't even like should have to bear that person's child. I don't think young girls who get molested by their...
He didn't even talk about that. And he didn't show any sympathy at all for women who are in the predicament of an unwanted pregnancy. Not all women who have unwanted pregnancies are immoral. He also slurred feminists, which I found offensive. Where would women be without the feminist movement and women who were willing to fight for equal rights? Most of his arguments were emotional and not logical -- the poor babies being killed, for example.
A guess because church is an appropriate place to discuss moral issues, that the topic of abortion was appropriate. But none of his arguments were new, and frankly, as soon as I knew what he was going to talk about, I wished I had stayed at home. I would have preferred something more uplifting. I would say that overall the speech was effective only for those people who already agreed on the issue. It maintained their opposition to abortion. But for those who have doubts and "gray areas" where the issue does not seem so clear, the speech went nowhere. The delivery was excellent. He has obviously practiced. But he sure didn't adapt it to his audience.
Speech to the Young. Speech to the Progress-Toward. Say to them, say to the down-keepers, the sun-slappers, the self-soilers, the harmony-hushers, "even if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night." You will be right. For that is the hard home-run. Live not for battles won. Live not for the-end-of-the-song. Live in the along. In the 1940s and 1950s, Gwendolin Brooks was one of the few black poets and writers to become part of the white literary
Martin Luther King Speech Critical Analysis of "I've Been to the Mountaintop" by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The last speech Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered has been popularly referred to as the "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech (). Dr. King delivered this speech on April 3, 1968 at the Mason Temple Church of God in Christ Headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee. Following this speech on April 4, 1968, Dr. King
sermon "The Dominion of Providence over the Passions of Men," by John Witherspoon, given on 17 May 1776. Specifically, it will consider who Witherspoon is responding or directing his sermon to. What does he say? How is this sermon significant? Witherspoon's sermon came at a crucial time in American history, and his words are still powerful and poignant today. The Dominion of Providence over the Passions of Men Witherspoon's sermon is
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Speech Class Learning Statement The author of this report has been asked to offer what was learned over the course of the public speaking class that is about to conclude. There are actually a great many things that were discovered or at least improved internally within the student who is writing this response. The author of this report will describe and expand on the terms and tricks that were learned over
If I was a preacher who was having a difficult time being 'biblical', then the above statement would make complete sense to me. The fact is that the Biblical Scripture does incorporate numerous concepts, values and regulations that cannot be treated or understood out of the context in which they are presented. Also, the context in which they are present is also intertwined with each other in an intricate