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 ====== PBA120H: How to Effectively Dialogue About Pre-Born Human Rights ====== ====== PBA120H: How to Effectively Dialogue About Pre-Born Human Rights ======
  
-FIXME Include more mock-dialogue examples? +FIXME need a bank of role-playing scenarios, e.g. real things an interlocutor might say, personas, user stories to help facilitate role-playing dialogue (rather than just relying on people with experience latching on to something that comes to mind) 
 +  - Bridging the Gap 
 +  - Three-question apologetic 
 +  - Practice conversations 
 +    - Demo 
 +    - Pairs 
 +    - Small group conversations and critique
  
 ===== Integrating Head, Heart, and Hands: The Ambassador Model ===== ===== Integrating Head, Heart, and Hands: The Ambassador Model =====
  
 According to Aristotle, [[http://www.classicalwriting.com/blog/2010/01/12/discovering-the-arguments-artistic-and-inartistic-proofs/|effective communicators]] need to have ethos (credibility/character), pathos (empathy), and logos (logic). Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toronto, Cardinal Thomas Collins, puts it this way: we need to //build a bridge// (ethos), //touch the heart// (pathos), and then and only then can we effectively //deliver the message// (logos). If all we have is an argument, no one will want to listen. According to Aristotle, [[http://www.classicalwriting.com/blog/2010/01/12/discovering-the-arguments-artistic-and-inartistic-proofs/|effective communicators]] need to have ethos (credibility/character), pathos (empathy), and logos (logic). Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toronto, Cardinal Thomas Collins, puts it this way: we need to //build a bridge// (ethos), //touch the heart// (pathos), and then and only then can we effectively //deliver the message// (logos). If all we have is an argument, no one will want to listen.
 +{{ :utsfl:classroom:seminars:cc_good_ambassador.jpg?300|}}
 Another way to think about this is through Stand to Reason’s [[http://www.str.org/about/ambassadors-creed|ambassador model]]. To be effective pro-life ambassadors, we need: Another way to think about this is through Stand to Reason’s [[http://www.str.org/about/ambassadors-creed|ambassador model]]. To be effective pro-life ambassadors, we need:
  
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 **Wisdom in Dialogue: Being //Proactive// Rather than //Reactive//** **Wisdom in Dialogue: Being //Proactive// Rather than //Reactive//**
  
-Abortion advocates may ask a question that is designed to make the pro-lifer defend herself. It is important for the pro-lifer to remember the abortion advocate supports killing innocent children and that’s the position that should be challenged. A wise pro-life apologist will avoid getting distracted by tangential issues brought up by an abortion-advocate, and will //re-focus// the debate on the primary issue at hand: the killing of pre-born children.+Abortion advocates may ask a question that is designed to make the pro-lifer defend herself. ([[https://twitter.com/ApiecalypseNow/status/1151175609772584960|Here are several examples from Jen Bundock]]) It is important for the pro-lifer to remember the abortion advocate supports killing innocent children and that’s the position that should be challenged. A wise pro-life apologist will avoid getting distracted by tangential issues brought up by an abortion-advocate, and will //re-focus// the debate on the primary issue at hand: the killing of pre-born children.
  
 Here is a **dialogue example** from when the local media in St. Catharine's reported on CCBR's demonstrations in the city. Devorah Gilman responded proactively rather than reactively to a question from an abortion supporter: Here is a **dialogue example** from when the local media in St. Catharine's reported on CCBR's demonstrations in the city. Devorah Gilman responded proactively rather than reactively to a question from an abortion supporter:
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 FIXME a story? Inspiring people to take action? FIXME a story? Inspiring people to take action?
  
-Joe in Florida?+https://www.torontoagainstabortion.org/2018/05/21/adoption-suffering-and-love-reflections-of-a-powerful-conversation-on-a-rainy-day/ 
 +- shifting someone's perspective
  
 +https://mariamccann.ca/2023/02/10/the-truth-is-a-light-in-the-darkness/ sharing "D=S-M" in conversation to inspire the hopeless
 ===== Role-Playing ===== ===== Role-Playing =====
 Role-play is a critical part of dialogue. Role-play is a critical part of dialogue.