Archbishop Chaput on FNC Cavuto Program on Pelosi, Biden

FNC's Neil Cavuto interviewed Catholic Archbishop Chaput of Denver on 28 August 2008 about Nancy Pelosi's misrepresentation of Catholic teaching on abortion and Joe Biden's reception of Communion.

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[tlcambell]

Mlbalan, I'm not sure what you mean by "there are always exceptions to the rule". The thesis that we begin to exist at fertilization is supposed to be a universal truth about us. But if it is false for many of us why not wonder whether it is indeed false for all of us? Why not search for a more plausible point at which we begin to exist like the emergence of consciousness? Also, if your view is correct, it seems we ought to mourn embryos that split and cease to exist when they twin.

[mlbalan74]

If you believe in providence, that God has an active role in His creation, then why do you not accept that perhaps that was the final part in the creation of those twins? The embryo that existed before didn't "die." It just entered its final state.

Any other point that is chosen in terms of recognizing the "personhood" of an individual is arbitrary. In that case, we should act with caution and with the benefit of the doubt.

[tlcambell]

"biologically we know that from the moment of conception, a human being begins to be a human being"

First of all, there is never a time at which a human being is NOT being a human being. Second of all, the remark is false. There is good biological evidence that human beings (i.e. you and I, etc.) do NOT exist at fertilization. What about identical twins? The embryo splits well into the pregnancy producing two new embryos. but there was only ONE embryo at fertilization. Do the math.

[mlbalan74]

There are always exceptions to the rule. That doesn't mean a genetically unique human being doesn't exist at fertilization.

[tlcambell]

I'm not sure what you mean by "there are always exceptions to the rule". The thesis that we begin to exist at fertilization is supposed to be a universal truth about all of us. But if it is false for many of us why not wonder whether it is indeed false for all of us. Why not search for a more plausible point at which we come into the world such as the onset of consciousness? Also, if you take your beliefs seriously, shouldn't you mourn the embryo that splits and ceases to exist when it twins?

[mlbalan74]

The posts on this video have always been moderated, because many people on YouTube can't seem to control the language they use.

[patrissimo]

If Pelosi is as ardent a Catholic as she claims, she would know that it doesn't necessarily matter what ONE Father or Doctor says. What the magesterium says counts and the magesterium is quite clear on this issue. You are NOT a Catholic Pelosi. You are as anti-Catholic as it gets. You aren't fooling averyone.

[UnusFides]

Thank you Archbishop Chaput!

[Wired4Life2]

Yeh, we need more interviews as good as this one. Spot on Archbishop Chaput!

[teak421a]

Archbishop Chaput is right on!

[sebastians92]

Yes many do mourn..

[tlcambell]

Mlbalan, are you suggesting that the embryo that twins was never one of us, but was rather the vessel through which the twins arrived on the scene? So when it splits it doesn't really "die" because it was never one of us to begin with? That is an interesting thought, though it would still entail that the twins didn't exist at fertilization.

[tlcambell]

I'm not sure what you mean by the embryo entering it's final state. If the embryo splits and two new embryos result, then it seems the original no longer exists. Maybe you don't want to call that "death" but then I don't know how to interpret it. When I mentioned the onset of consciousness, I wasn't talking about recognizing "personhood" I was proposing that that is when WE being to exist. In other words, that minds and biological living organisms are two distinct entities, and that we are minds