Below is a right-to-life blog entry (with my own additions) that I copied a while back, neglecting to note who wrote it. :(
It describes the writer’s perception of what occurs when a child who was scheduled to be aborted manages to survive the murder, and what Barack Obama desires to see happen to that child, in the ‘unfortunate’ turn of events that allows him/her to be born alive. His repudiation of the Born Alive Infant Protection Act – i.e., his condoning of infanticide -- a harsh ideological action that even turned the stomach of the likes of NARAL, represents perhaps the most pernicious of evils in existence today.
I know you are all well aware of the depravity (vast understatement) of such a position. I know I do not have to educate you in that regard. But I simply ask you to read the account below and then reflect on a few questions:
The baby enters a world bent on death and destruction towards its life.
The baby enters the world in excruciating pain and the best trained medical experts in the world refuse the baby any aid - in a hospital - where all facilities are available and the doctors have sworn to protect all human life - except his.
The baby is thrown on a cold table and left to die in some hidden place.
The baby struggles to breathe because a human is born with the human will to survive. The baby cries and sobs for help that never comes.
The innocent baby tries to live with every breath yet dies alone, abandoned like a used Kleenex, never having experienced anything but pain, rejection and hatred.
When the baby finally dies a death of torture and the ultimate rejection any human can receive, it is deemed such a worthless human that it doesn't even have a 'Death Certificate' issued proving that it ever existed.
For a few minutes, hours or days, that baby WAS an American citizen who should have received all of the rights and protections under law, that any other American citizen is guaranteed.
Barack Obama, and most democrats, have done everything humanly possible, to make sure this baby does NOT even receive any pain medication ... let alone be afforded the right to life.
The argument that the Lord despises all evil is valid. But where does one draw the line in the ‘there are no degrees of evil’ argument?
If you are interviewing a prospective employee, you are told that you must hire one of two applicants, and one is discovered to have been recently arrested for shoplifting, and the other is discovered to be engaging in child pornography, do you sit at your desk and cogitate over which one to hire? Do you slap yourself on the wrist if your first instinct is to react in revulsion to the pornographer, and to simply react with a desire to ‘reform’ the shoplifter?
I know. I know. You would resign from your job if forced to choose between the two. My point is, even though the Lord decries all evil, there are indeed degrees of evil that we must consider in making choices as regards our republic’s future.
Where does one draw the line? Many of you place abortion at the top of your list of concerns. I cannot fault you for that. But, considering the number of crises that threaten to destroy our republic, basing one’s decision this November on one, or two or three, issues neglects to remember that many of the other issues you are ignoring are equally threatening, if not moreso, to every American, and every freedom-loving person on this globe.
Without a return to the foundations from which we germinated, not only the innocent unborn, or the innocent unwanted despite their birth, will have no future. None of us will. And then who will be left to fight for their rights?
Scripture advises us to avoid straining at a gnat while swallowing a camel. I am not equating fighting for the rights of the unborn with the insignificance of a gnat, but I am suggesting that there is much more to consider – much more that will affect us all – the unborn included -- in the long-term.
By refusing to support McCain-Palin, you are standing up for what you perceive is right, while, by default, enabling the incremental increase of most insidious evils imaginable.
And don’t tell me abortions, and legalized infanticide, will not increase dramatically under an Obama administration. That argument simply flies in the face of reality.
~ joanie
I know. I know. You would resign from your job if forced to choose between the two. My point is, even though the Lord decries all evil, there are indeed degrees of evil that we must consider in making choices as regards our republic’s future.
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Yes. Quite so.
Suppose he did resign his job, and his employer replaced him with someone who then decided that the pornographer is the one who should be hired?
If we allow our country to "hire" Obama, the result will be that many more babies will die than if we "hire" McCain.
"Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect."
The fact that we, in our fallen state, struggle mightily against such a seemingly impossible standard, does not change the fact that it IS the standard set by our Lord and Savior.
Ah. You start with a false premise. In no way "must" I do any such thing. (What do you do if two of your prospective employees are found to have aided and abetted in murder, but that there was a third available who was eminently qualified who had never done any such thing?)
We have, at some personal sacrifice, (including having to endure the kind of scorn you can see exhibited on this thread), made sure that the people of more than thirty-five states will have the opportunity to choose a good candidate who doesn't compromise on our foundational American principles of the protection of innocent human life.
Yours is one. All you have to do is write in "A-L-A-N-K-E-Y-E-S" and your vote will be counted.
You can't rightfully claim that McCain and Obama are your only two choices. We've made sure of that.
I’ll address the rest of your post by simply pointing out that John McCain is horrible not just in the area of defending the unalienable right to life, he is horrid on practically everything else.
As always, life is the best litmus test of all. If a politician gets that one wrong, you can be sure they don’t have the moral courage, brainpower or understanding to figure out the rest of it and consistently fight for what’s right.