Summary of Nancy Pearcey's Love Thy Body

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#1 The body/person dichotomy is best understood through an example. If a baby is human life from conception but not a person until some later time, then those are two different things. The former has no value, and the latter has value only if we choose to value it.

#2 The assumption behind abortion is personhood theory, which states that the human body has no value until the pre-born child becomes conscious.

#3 The two-story dualism of Christianity is that there are two kinds of substances in reality: body and soul. The body is a part of nature, and people have thought about nature as God’s handiwork for centuries.

#4 The search for the origin of life has been reframed as the search for the origin of biological information. Information implies the existence of a mind, and scientists have found evidence for teleology not only in living things but also in the physical universe.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Sep 19, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350024777

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The body/person dichotomy is best understood through an example. If a baby is human life from conception but not a person until some later time, then those are two different things. The former has no value, and the latter has value only if we choose to value it.

#2

The assumption behind abortion is personhood theory, which states that the human body has no value until the pre-born child becomes conscious.

#3

The two-story dualism of Christianity is that there are two kinds of substances in reality: body and soul. The body is a part of nature, and people have thought about nature as God’s handiwork for centuries.

#4

The search for the origin of life has been reframed as the search for the origin of biological information. Information implies the existence of a mind, and scientists have found evidence for teleology not only in living things but also in the physical universe.

#5

The Christian view of the human body is that it is part of nature, and it has a built-in purpose. We are morally obligated to treat people in a way that helps them fulfill their purpose.

#6

The most important turning point in the West’s negative view of the body was the theory of evolution, which was proposed by Charles Darwin in 1859. It claimed that nature was not the handiwork of God, and that humans were not morally obligated to respect it.

#7

The personhood theory is the basis of most arguments for abortion. It states that when talking about the human as a biological organism, we are in the realm of science, where life has been reduced to a mere mechanism with no intrinsic purpose or dignity.

#8

The two-story divided worldview is reflected in the euthanasia debate. It is argued that those who are not biologically part of the human race, like the mentally disabled, do not have rights, only persons do.

#9

The secular view on sexuality is also body/person dualism. In the two-story worldview, if the body is separate from the person, then what you do with your body sexually need not have any connection to who you are as a whole person.