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Infanticide

9/19/2011

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Clincial... as if the child feels nothing
When you're able to pull a child who is fully formed and likely viable from the womb of a woman, stabbing scissors through his skull and suctioning out his brain, you've not only started to slide down a slippery slope - you've grabbed your granddad's favorite wooden sled, greased the skates and bet your friend $20 that you could make it to the bottom of the hill faster than he could.

I have no idea how we've gotten to this point, but we've successfully dehumanized infants.  No longer are children safe within the wombs of their mothers, and no longer are they safe once they make it out of that jungle alive. 

Katrina Effert, a 19 year old woman at the time, gave birth to a little boy and subsequently strangled him, tossing his body into a neighbor's yard.  Twice a jury convicted her of murder, and twice the ruling was overturned by a judge who felt jailtime wasn't really necessary because, well... "infanticide" isn't really as serious as murder.

So exactly how is the killing of a child any different from the killing of an adult?  Unless, of course, we don't view children as "fully human."  Considering an infant isn't legally "human" before, during, or even 99.9% out of the birth canal, how far is the jump to decide that the infant isn't human for a minute, hour, or a month after birth? 

Seems the Netherlands already is well on its way to answering that. 

Then again, with articles like this, it seems like the US is attempting to grab a sled and hitch a ride down south as well. 

Catholic Fire, a blog I've been following, posted a great video that dissects everything that is wrong with the NY Time's article.  And God bless Father Barron for his gentle chide.  He was much more charitable in his approach than I was when I first read the article.

But I digress...

The point of this post is to highlight, as so many others have done (and better, might I add, especially the blog I just linked you to... I stalk her daily), the magnitude of moral decay being experienced by humanity.  Never have we been so inundated with such treachery against children.  We allow the likes of Casey Anthony to walk free, and now Katrina Effert... and the countless other criminals who somehow bend the system to excuse their treachery.  What have we become?  How have we allowed the most innocent among us to become the biggest target?  One that we neglect to even admit as even BEING a target!

Oh - my heart, my heart.  This is why I took so long to write this blog.  It's so painful.  It is mind-bogglingly painful to acknowledge that humanity has tumbled so far down the spiral of sin that there is no hope of climbing out save the Illumination.  Dear God, grant us this mercy quickly.  That mercy will save untold numbers of souls. 

The Illumination, for those unaware, has been promised by God through several visionaries (Garabandal, Medjugorie, various saints, etc).  It is a brief span of time in which every single soul on Earth (from the age of reason, about 7 and up) will see themselves as God sees them.  In other words, every sin, every good deed, every opportunity taken or missed for grace will be laid out before us in the light of the Eternal Truth.  This supernatural event is meant to be an undeniable sign that God not only exists, but is calling each of us into Union with Him.  It is a Mercy beyond all Mercies because we will experience 1st-hand what "judgement" is like.  Yet instead of being judged, we will have the opportunity to amend our ways. 

So yes... I await the Illumination with absolute joy and anticipation.  In my mind, that is the only way humanity will ever remove itself from the clutches of such intense, unbearable evil.

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Milton link
9/20/2011 08:00:05 am

Praise God. May God forgive those who have done this cruel act and make them aware of their sins. God Bless you

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