I had to sit a while after reading this. This statement angered, then saddened me. After coming out of my stunned stare, I wanted to blast away. Then I realized that this kind of attitude shouldn't surprise any of us.
It actually comes as no surprise that this kind of attitude exists. In our elitist society, convenience is king. Only the pretty, young and easy should exist.
What has really broken my heart tonight is the realization that we (pro-life Christian type peoples) have actually encouraged this. Yes, we have! How? Initially by allowing the "justice" system to inflict the wound of abortion-on-demand on our great country. Years of allowing this wound to fester have taken their toll and this is what we've come to. A society that regards life as a disposable commodity.
Several years ago I read a Christian-Fiction book called "A Perfect Persecution". In that book, euthanasia is common. Right to die becomes "duty to die". Abortions are state ordered after state-ordered testing reveals an imperfect "fetus", and innocent babies in the womb are referred to as "meat". And I thought, after I read this book..."That stuff will never happen, but it was an interesting read."
I re-read that book 2 days ago. Stayed up 'til 4:30 a.m. to finish it because I was so stunned. Many of the laws cited in the first part of the book have already become reality. We're headed toward bringing much more of that book into the non-fiction world. And I don't know when I will sleep again. I'm not kidding. My heart is broken. I hate the world my beautiful child will inherit. It's not that life has no value, only that "certain" life has no value.
God help us. God help us all. Non-Christians and liberals are so upset about having morals "pushed" onto them. Quite frankly, I'm abso-freakin-lutely sick and tired of these people systematically trying to tie me to the sled on which they're sliding to hell. I've made mistakes, gigantic ones, sins even -- things I'm ashamed of. But I never expected anyone else to enable or accompany me down the awful path I took.
I'm sorry this is so long and disjointed. I'm emotionally exhausted, like many of us.
Bump.
I was at the hospice today attending the vigil. There were about five or six protestors against Terri. One of the signs that really got to me said "The Christian right is the Taliban of America". That is the thinking we are up against.
Ditto