Suffer the Children? (Updated from October 11, 2015)

 

Now they were to be human guinea pigs in a series of medical experiments conducted by the SS doctor Kurt Heissmeyer. Dr. Heissmeyer removed the children's lymph glands for analysis, and he injected living tuberculosis bacteria in their veins and directly into their lungs to determine if they had any natural immunities to tuberculosis. They were carefully observed, examined, and photographed as the disease progressed. The condition of all the children deteriorated very rapidly and they became extremely ill.

-- Excerpt from The Children of Bullenhuser Damm

Is it just me, or is everyone missing the point of harvesting fetal body parts for research?  It seems everyone gets so wrapped up in the morality of "harvesting for sale" that the issue of murdering said babies is pushed off to the side and forgotten under the voluminous pile of horseshit being shoveled by both sides of the issue.  Maybe, if we put our eyes back on the ball of murdering a viable fetus, a living being, the morality of everything else will simply fall back into the category of murder, where it belongs.

We always seem to turn a blind eye to immoral research, as long as it isn't us doing the research.  That's kind of like lying by omission; a lie is still a lie, and we all know it.  "Moral" countries give a free pass to Nazi and Japanese researchers of WWII as long as they shared said research and came to work for the "moral" countries which won the war against their barbarism.  What? 

(Check out an interesting article: Bayer Sorry for Nazi Role)

If a heart is beating, we cannot say a baby isn't alive simply because it is still in the womb.  We spew so much bullshit that we actually begin to believe we're above it all.  Doctors take an oath and then willingly, hypocritically, ignore their prime directive of doing no harm by coming up with some plausible excuse to make themselves feel less like Unit 731, or the Nazi researchers they seemingly strive to emulate.  We simply call it "planned parenthood" and all is forgiven.  Such is the human condition.  It makes me embarrassed to admit our "humanity." How about you?    

But Jesus said, Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

-- Matthew 19:14

When Jesus said, "Suffer the little children and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven," are we really so stupid to believe it was the intent that we speed the process along by murdering them in their womb?  Realistically, I can see a point to abortion for a medical cause; when the pregnancy endangers the mother's life.  I can even excuse it, though not agreeing with it, in the case of rape.  Isn't rape, and "oops," what the morning-after pill is for, and shouldn't it be done the morning after, not down the road when you decide you've been an idiot and want to compound your stupidity with murdering your fetus?

“I’ve noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.” 

-- Ronald Reagan

I have always made a very verbal point of letting everyone know that, being a man, I have no point of reference when it comes to a woman's body and what she does with it.  I have always felt abortion should be left in the hands of a woman, and the Supreme Court.  Well, that ship sailed when the Supreme Court became populated by educated morons more concerned with political agenda than the good of the people, and the Constitution.  The ship pulled out right in front of the flood of women who believe it is appropriate to be sexually promiscuous, and then commit murder as an out.  

“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.”

-- Thomas Jefferson

We, as a civilized society, have to reign in this insanity of allowing the court system to define life... as something other than life.  Recent rulings have evidenced that our Supreme Court has lost the ability to make decisions that make any moral sense, much less protect rights of the citizens of this country.  When the Supreme Court, of any country, becomes as morally corrupt as the country they represent, would it be any wonder the people of that country follow suit?  If there was ever an argument for religion and faith, as opposed to none at all, this argument for "pro-life" would have some serious merit.

Week 4–5:  Chemicals produced by the embryo stop the mother's menstrual cycle. Neurogenesis is underway, showing brain activity at about the 6th week. The heart will begin to beat around the same time. Limb buds appear where arms and legs will grow later. Organogenesis begins. The head represents about one-half of the embryo's axial length, and more than half of the embryo's mass. The brain develops into five areas. Tissue formation occurs that develops into the vertebra and some other bones. The heart starts to beat and blood starts to flow.

-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryo

Of all the vulnerable populations in our world, that morally demand our protection, I see unborn children as the most "at risk" from our short-sightedness.  The youngest premature birth is reported as 21 weeks and 5 days,... alive and well.  Does abortion make sense?  Brain activity and the heartbeat of the embryo begin around the 6th week.  Abortion... does it make sense?  The barbarians aren't at the gate. The barbarians are us, and we seem to be okay with that.  To call our military personnel "baby killers" is truly the pot calling the kettle black.  We kill children during war because, well, shit happens.  It doesn't make it right.  Our "civilized" society kills babies because they can, and that seems to be okay, hypocritical, but okay.

“I do not believe the promises of the Declaration of Independence are just for the strong, the independent, the healthy. They are for everyone-including unborn children.”

-- George W. Bush

Most of us say we are people of faith.  Some of us say that, even without faith and religion, there can be a "practiced morality."  People say quite a lot... when trying to make sense of bullshit 

Somewhere, in heaven, a baby is flipping us the finger. Well played.

Editor's Note

(Re: disclaimer cum "get out of jail free" card)

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I fervently hope that we keep open and active minds when reading opinions while engaging in peaceful and constructive discussion in an arena of mutual respect concerning those opinions offered. After twenty-three years of military intelligence, I believe that engaging each other in this manner, and in this arena, is a way we will learn tolerance and respect for differing beliefs, cultures, and viewpoints.

We all fall from grace, some more often than others; it is part of being human. God's test for us is what we learn from the experience... and what we do afterward.

Pastor Tony spent 22 years with United States Air Force Intelligence as a planner, analyst, briefer, instructor, and senior manager. Following his service career, he spent 17 years working with the premier and world-renowned Western Institutional Review Board, helping to protect the rights of human subjects involved in pharmaceutical research. He also served 8 years on the Board of Directors for the Angela J. Bowen Foundation.

Ordained in 2013 as an "interfaith" minister, he founded the Congregation for Religious Tolerance in response to intolerance shown by Christians toward peaceful Islam. As a weapon for his war on intolerance, he chose the pen. He wages his "battle" in the guise of the Congregation's official online blog, The Path, of which he is both author and editor. "The Path" offers a vehicle for commentary and guidance concerning one's personal, spiritual path toward peace and the final destination for us all. He resides in Pass Christian, Mississippi, where he volunteered as the lead chaplain at a regional medical center.

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