Barak Obama is considered to be one of the most pro-murder candidates to ever run for office. Strangely, the very community which looks to him with such admiration, is the same community decimated three times over by the kind of abortion policies he is so radical in advocating. The statistics below are stark evidence of a modern day genocide of a minority community in our land.
[Statistics below from—http://www.blackgenocide.org/black.html]
Minority women constitute only about 13% of the female population (age 15-44) in the United States, but they underwent approximately 36% of the abortions.
According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, black women are more than 5 times as likely as white women to have an abortion
On average, 1,876 black babies are aborted every day in the United States.
This incidence of abortion has resulted in a tremendous loss of life. It has been estimated that since 1973 Black women have had about 16 million abortions. Michael Novak had calculated "Since the number of current living Blacks (in the U.S.) is 36 million, the missing 16 million represents an enormous loss, for without abortion, America's Black community would now number 52 million persons. It would be 36 percent larger than it is. Abortion has swept through the Black community like a scythe, cutting down every fourth member."
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On a personal note— Today a wonderful Christian layman at our church, who was the father of nine, beautiful, Christian children, was buried. Each Sunday as his family filed into the Divine Service, filling an entire pew, I used to think how blessed he was to have such a wonderful family. Several of his kids are prodigies with a variety of musical instruments. They often played music during special feast days at church.
He exemplified all that is best about being a Christian father. He and his wife loved children. Each new life was God's blessing to them including one of their sons that is a special needs child. What a contrast this Christian family is in comparison to the selfishness of so many in our society who see a child as an inconvenience or a burden. May God strengthen Larry's wife and family with a continued devotion to Christ and to one another! We will all miss him. Our prayers are with his dear wife and the kids as they go through the grieving process.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Abortion is Genocide Redux
It is time to speak up, to vote, to be active protecting the unborn. If we do not speak up for the least among us, someday we may find no one to speak up for us!
I am reminded of a poem about the Nazi regime attributed to Pastor Martin Niemöller:
"In Germany, they came first for the Communists,
And I didn’t speak up
because I wasn’t a Communist;
And then they came for the trade unionists,
And I didn’t speak up
because I wasn’t a trade unionist;
And then they came for the Jews,
And I didn’t speak up
because I wasn’t a Jew;
And then . . . they came for me . . .
And by that time there was no one left to speak up."
My own addition to the poem:
Daily they come for the weakest among us.
And too many do not speak up
because it is too much trouble.
They will come again when we are old and weak.
And multitudes of children will not speak up
because they were murdered.
Here is an article that you should read before Election Tuesday.
For full text of this lengthy article go to: http://www.evangelizationstation.com/
Follow the links: >Moral Theology >Abortion and the Catholic Church >Why Abortion is Genocide
"Why Abortion is Genocide"
Gregg Cunningham
RATIONALE FOR THE GENOCIDE AWARENESS PROJECT (GAP)
As part of its Genocide Awareness Project, The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform exhibits large photo murals comparing aborted babies with Jewish Holocaust victims, African Americans killed in racist lynchings, Native Americans exterminated by the US Army, etc. Our purpose is to illuminate the conceptual similarities which exist between abortion and more widely recognized forms of genocide. This is important because perpetrators of genocide always call it something else and the word "abortion" has, therefore, lost most of its meaning.
GENOCIDE AS INDESCRIBABLE EVIL
Visual depictions of abortion are indispensable to the restoration of that meaning because abortion represents an evil so inexpressible that words fail us when we attempt to describe its horror. Abortion will continue to be trivialized as "the lesser of two evils," or perhaps even "a necessary evil," as long as it is allowed to remain an invisible abstraction. Pictures make it impossible for anyone with a shred of intellectual honesty to maintain the pretense that "it's not a baby" and "abortion is not an act of violence." Pictures also make clear to people of conscience the fact that abortion is an evil whose magnitude is comparable to that of any "crime against humanity." Educators properly use shocking imagery to teach about genocide and we insist on the right to do the same.
(Much of this article has been edited out of this post due to its length.)
Dr. Martin Luther King was often castigated by racists who unjustly blamed him for the violent unrest which sometimes followed his peaceful but confrontational demonstrations. Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago argued that if Dr. King would stop exposing racial injustice, black people would be less likely participate in the riots which left many dead and injured (The Civil Rights Movement, Steven Kasher, Abbeville Press, 1996). In his "Letter From The Birmingham Jail," supra, Dr. King rebutted this dishonest attempt to change the subject:
In your statement you asserted that our actions, though peaceful, must be condemned because they precipitate violence .... [I]t is immoral to urge an individual to withdraw his efforts to gain ... basic constitutional rights because the quest precipitates violence .... Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such a creative tension that a community ... is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that is can no longer be ignored.
In a speech delivered just months before he would be murdered, he restated the imperative of confronting a complacent culture:
... [U]ntil our problem is solved, America may have many, many days, but they will be full of trouble. There will be no rest, there will be no tranquillity in this country until the nation comes to terms with our problem.
Neither will there be tranquillity until the nation comes to terms with the "problem" of abortion.
I am reminded of a poem about the Nazi regime attributed to Pastor Martin Niemöller:
"In Germany, they came first for the Communists,
And I didn’t speak up
because I wasn’t a Communist;
And then they came for the trade unionists,
And I didn’t speak up
because I wasn’t a trade unionist;
And then they came for the Jews,
And I didn’t speak up
because I wasn’t a Jew;
And then . . . they came for me . . .
And by that time there was no one left to speak up."
My own addition to the poem:
Daily they come for the weakest among us.
And too many do not speak up
because it is too much trouble.
They will come again when we are old and weak.
And multitudes of children will not speak up
because they were murdered.
Here is an article that you should read before Election Tuesday.
For full text of this lengthy article go to: http://www.evangelizationstation.com/
Follow the links: >Moral Theology >Abortion and the Catholic Church >Why Abortion is Genocide
"Why Abortion is Genocide"
Gregg Cunningham
RATIONALE FOR THE GENOCIDE AWARENESS PROJECT (GAP)
As part of its Genocide Awareness Project, The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform exhibits large photo murals comparing aborted babies with Jewish Holocaust victims, African Americans killed in racist lynchings, Native Americans exterminated by the US Army, etc. Our purpose is to illuminate the conceptual similarities which exist between abortion and more widely recognized forms of genocide. This is important because perpetrators of genocide always call it something else and the word "abortion" has, therefore, lost most of its meaning.
GENOCIDE AS INDESCRIBABLE EVIL
Visual depictions of abortion are indispensable to the restoration of that meaning because abortion represents an evil so inexpressible that words fail us when we attempt to describe its horror. Abortion will continue to be trivialized as "the lesser of two evils," or perhaps even "a necessary evil," as long as it is allowed to remain an invisible abstraction. Pictures make it impossible for anyone with a shred of intellectual honesty to maintain the pretense that "it's not a baby" and "abortion is not an act of violence." Pictures also make clear to people of conscience the fact that abortion is an evil whose magnitude is comparable to that of any "crime against humanity." Educators properly use shocking imagery to teach about genocide and we insist on the right to do the same.
(Much of this article has been edited out of this post due to its length.)
Dr. Martin Luther King was often castigated by racists who unjustly blamed him for the violent unrest which sometimes followed his peaceful but confrontational demonstrations. Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago argued that if Dr. King would stop exposing racial injustice, black people would be less likely participate in the riots which left many dead and injured (The Civil Rights Movement, Steven Kasher, Abbeville Press, 1996). In his "Letter From The Birmingham Jail," supra, Dr. King rebutted this dishonest attempt to change the subject:
In your statement you asserted that our actions, though peaceful, must be condemned because they precipitate violence .... [I]t is immoral to urge an individual to withdraw his efforts to gain ... basic constitutional rights because the quest precipitates violence .... Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such a creative tension that a community ... is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that is can no longer be ignored.
In a speech delivered just months before he would be murdered, he restated the imperative of confronting a complacent culture:
... [U]ntil our problem is solved, America may have many, many days, but they will be full of trouble. There will be no rest, there will be no tranquillity in this country until the nation comes to terms with our problem.
Neither will there be tranquillity until the nation comes to terms with the "problem" of abortion.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Abortion is Genocide!
From— http://www.evangelizationstation.com/
Follow the links below:
Moral Theology
Abortion and the Catholic Church
Why Abortion is Genocide
"Why Abortion is Genocide"
by Gregg Cunningham
Cunningham notes, Webster's New World Encyclopedia, Prentice Hall General Reference, 1992, defines "genocide" as "The deliberate and systematic destruction of a national, racial, religious, political, cultural, ethnic, or other group defined by the exterminators as undesirable."
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An unwanted baby is not undesirable. It is not an inconvenience. It is a human being with intrinsic value to be protected with all the care we would want for ourselves.
Friends, our nation is sowing for a terrible harvest; Hosea 8:7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind....
Follow the links below:
Moral Theology
Abortion and the Catholic Church
Why Abortion is Genocide
"Why Abortion is Genocide"
by Gregg Cunningham
Cunningham notes, Webster's New World Encyclopedia, Prentice Hall General Reference, 1992, defines "genocide" as "The deliberate and systematic destruction of a national, racial, religious, political, cultural, ethnic, or other group defined by the exterminators as undesirable."
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An unwanted baby is not undesirable. It is not an inconvenience. It is a human being with intrinsic value to be protected with all the care we would want for ourselves.
Friends, our nation is sowing for a terrible harvest; Hosea 8:7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind....
Monday, October 27, 2008
The Next Genocidal Regime?
Some of you may find this offensive. I am not sorry. The real offensive thing is the murder that takes place thousands of times each day. One of the presidential candidates has pledged the most aggressive pro-murder policy ever desired by the murder for money lobby. God have mercy on us all!
Addressing the Planned Parenthood Action Fund (7/17/2007), Obama promised that the first thing he would do as president is to sign the Freedom of Choice Act. The Freedom of Choice Act would invalidate any “statute, ordinance, regulation, administrative order, decision, policy, practice, or other action” of any federal, state, or local government or government official (or anyone acting under government authority) that would “deny or interfere with” a woman's right to an abortion. This includes overturning the following: parental consent and notification laws, restrictions on government (tax-payer) funding of abortions, and legal protections for health workers who refuse to participate in abortions due to conscience. Heil Obama!
Addressing the Planned Parenthood Action Fund (7/17/2007), Obama promised that the first thing he would do as president is to sign the Freedom of Choice Act. The Freedom of Choice Act would invalidate any “statute, ordinance, regulation, administrative order, decision, policy, practice, or other action” of any federal, state, or local government or government official (or anyone acting under government authority) that would “deny or interfere with” a woman's right to an abortion. This includes overturning the following: parental consent and notification laws, restrictions on government (tax-payer) funding of abortions, and legal protections for health workers who refuse to participate in abortions due to conscience. Heil Obama!
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
The Economics of Sin
History should teach us something about ourselves. Sadly, the aphorism by George Santayana that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it is true of us also. We are pig headed and do not learn from the past. We are determined to make the same kind of mistakes over and over again. The sins of previous generations are repeated among us.
I recognize that history is not always easy to understand. Put three historians in a closed room and you will get four theories about what happened, eight theories about their meaning, and sixteen ideas about the manner this should influence our national policies. Santayana also said, "History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there." Caveat lector!
Three statistics to consider:
1) Joseph Stalin is thought to have been responsible for 20 million deaths.
2) Adolf Hitler is generally acknowledged to be responsible for 42 million deaths.
3) All the Wars of the US (Revolution to Viet Nam) took approximately 1.1 million lives.
These three statistics represent staggering loses personally. The economic losses are probably beyond accurate counting. No reasonable person admires Hitler or Stalin. They are bywords for great evils committed on the basis of evil ideologies. We mourn the deaths of American citizens in her wars. As evil as Stalin and Hitler were, as sad as the death of our soldiers is to us, we tolerate something far worse in our nation.
Another staggering statistic:
Since 1973 an estimated 52 million deaths by elective abortion have occurred in the USA!
We are approaching a national election. The biggest issue is the economy, followed by health care, terrorism, Iraq, and immigration. Pro-life issues do not even make the key issue list in the polling. About half the voters consider abortion to be not that important. Of those who do consider it to be an important factor, not all are in favor of making it illegal. What does this say about our national priorities? We have brutally murdered about as many infants as the total deaths attributed to Stalin and Hitler combined. (Not to even argue that the ideology of the "culture of death" is very much like Stalin and Hitler's ideologies.)
Recently there have been several news items indicating that some supposed "pro-lifers" are voting for the Obama/Biden ticket because of economic problems in our nation. (I am sure other factors are part of these defections but the economy is cited.) Obama and Biden both have pro-abortion voting records. Economics trumps morality!
This is where the title of this article comes in, just what are the economics of sin? Is the dollar more important than morality? Can we be bought off so cheaply?
I am not that enamored of McCain's stand on all of the life issues (especially embryonic stem cell research). However, in good conscience I cannot vote for candidates and a party (Democrats) that stand firmly in the death culture camp. The Republican candidates have their own problems, but they at least do not vote for the culture of death agenda.
Another question concerning the economy and abortion—how do we dare think that God overlooks this evil? If God does not bring upon our heads the recompense of our sin, then he will have to apologize to Stalin and Hitler. But our economy apparently comes before morality. This is a building built over an abyss. We carelessly live as if there is no Judge and no judgment.
Gal. 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
So, I will vote, but not for those who support abortion. I may not like my choices. I may have to hold my nose as I pull the lever. But I will never vote for those who think that killing an infant is a choice.
I recognize that history is not always easy to understand. Put three historians in a closed room and you will get four theories about what happened, eight theories about their meaning, and sixteen ideas about the manner this should influence our national policies. Santayana also said, "History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there." Caveat lector!
Three statistics to consider:
1) Joseph Stalin is thought to have been responsible for 20 million deaths.
2) Adolf Hitler is generally acknowledged to be responsible for 42 million deaths.
3) All the Wars of the US (Revolution to Viet Nam) took approximately 1.1 million lives.
These three statistics represent staggering loses personally. The economic losses are probably beyond accurate counting. No reasonable person admires Hitler or Stalin. They are bywords for great evils committed on the basis of evil ideologies. We mourn the deaths of American citizens in her wars. As evil as Stalin and Hitler were, as sad as the death of our soldiers is to us, we tolerate something far worse in our nation.
Another staggering statistic:
Since 1973 an estimated 52 million deaths by elective abortion have occurred in the USA!
We are approaching a national election. The biggest issue is the economy, followed by health care, terrorism, Iraq, and immigration. Pro-life issues do not even make the key issue list in the polling. About half the voters consider abortion to be not that important. Of those who do consider it to be an important factor, not all are in favor of making it illegal. What does this say about our national priorities? We have brutally murdered about as many infants as the total deaths attributed to Stalin and Hitler combined. (Not to even argue that the ideology of the "culture of death" is very much like Stalin and Hitler's ideologies.)
Recently there have been several news items indicating that some supposed "pro-lifers" are voting for the Obama/Biden ticket because of economic problems in our nation. (I am sure other factors are part of these defections but the economy is cited.) Obama and Biden both have pro-abortion voting records. Economics trumps morality!
This is where the title of this article comes in, just what are the economics of sin? Is the dollar more important than morality? Can we be bought off so cheaply?
I am not that enamored of McCain's stand on all of the life issues (especially embryonic stem cell research). However, in good conscience I cannot vote for candidates and a party (Democrats) that stand firmly in the death culture camp. The Republican candidates have their own problems, but they at least do not vote for the culture of death agenda.
Another question concerning the economy and abortion—how do we dare think that God overlooks this evil? If God does not bring upon our heads the recompense of our sin, then he will have to apologize to Stalin and Hitler. But our economy apparently comes before morality. This is a building built over an abyss. We carelessly live as if there is no Judge and no judgment.
Gal. 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
So, I will vote, but not for those who support abortion. I may not like my choices. I may have to hold my nose as I pull the lever. But I will never vote for those who think that killing an infant is a choice.
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