Entirely for God

"What would our lives look like if we lived entirely for God?"

- Anthony Muhs

What a youtube search turns up...

Abortion Done While "Alive"

There's an interesting news article about a woman who was told she had miscarried, only to then find out a month later that the baby was just fine.

At the time that she had supposedly miscarried, she was offered an abortion drug. When she found out that the baby was indeed alive, she could hardly believe it.

Catherine said:

What if I had taken the tablets they offered me? They could have left my baby severely disabled, or it could have died?

They could've aborted my baby while it was alive, how can the hospital make a mistake like that?

How many other people have taken the tablets or had an abortion when their baby was alive all the time?

The nurse should have got another doctor to check me properly.

You can't just rule a baby's life out without getting it double-checked.

I think it's an interesting twist of phrase to say that an abortion would be done while a baby is alive. Certainly she means that she thought she had already miscarried. However, by definition, all abortions are done while the baby is alive. That's why the abortion is called for- to stop the living.

A Memory

In college I went to a pro-choice meeting (don't even ask!) and the people leading it said that the 'anti-choicers' were 'dangerous' because "they vote."

Specifically, "they vote based upon this one issue." (abortion)

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The pro-life vote is very powerful.

The media can ignore it or chalk it up to 'the Evangelicals' (ignoring the fact that it's slightly more complicated than that).

The media can ignore all of the pro-life activity that exists around the country on a regular basis.

The media can ignore the pro-life candidates.

But pro-lifers can still vote.

Vote.

Vote.

Vote.

Intellectual Diversity

Growing up in Massachusetts it was assumed that everyone thought the exact same way about major issues.

Even the notion that people would think drastically differently simply did not exist.

In college it was more of the same.

It was assumed that everyone and everyone (who was sane) had the same thoughts. If by chance you had different thoughts, it was assumed you were mentally retarded or had grown up in some strange brainwashing commune.

At the end of my senior year of college, myself and about 20 other students from one of my education classes went on a group 'mock interview' with a principal from a local school. It was at the time of the 2004 election and "everyone" in New Hampshire was liberal.

Before the interviews started the principal of the elementary school made a derogatory remark about Republicans. She then hesitated and looked at my cooperating teacher. My cooperating teacher smiled reassuringly and said, "Don't worry, we're all in education so we all think the same way."

I almost walked right out.

At times I look back and wish I had said, "How can you sit here and pretend to promote every single type of diversity and tolerance and then say derogatory things about half the population of our country? Do you think you're creating a 'safe' environment for ALL of your teachers, students, and parents who come through this school? Has it ever occured to you that you are a complete hipocrite and should be ashamed at your blazen assumption that everyone in the field of education votes and thinks the exact same way?"

I think the real reason I didn't say anything was because I was 2 weeks away from graduation. Why jeopardize my diploma because of an emotional outburst?

The older more mature me thinks that there might have been a middle option. I could have calmly chosen to simply articulate, "I am offended by the notion that just because we're all education majors means that we are going to vote the same way in November."

That would have resulted in some fabulous stunned silence without risking my diploma.

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I did not hear the phrase "intellectually diversity" until I was well in my 20's. Hearing the concept made me sit up and think, "Why hasn't the concept that good, sane, people can have differing views on important issues been promoted in my schooling?"

Just as the March for Life "didn't exist" in the minds of those who control the media; regular people who hold views that are contrary to a liberal agenda "don't exist" either.

Intellectual diversity is good for our country. It is what pushes us to be better; it is the conflict and acceptance of new ideas that push us to truly be a nation of freedom.

Just remember that a little sanity goes a long way. If we tell people off it will only confirm their suspicion that we're 'crazy.' Stay calm and be smart about how you share your views. It will pay off in the end.

Quote

"Following Super Tuesday, the Democratic Party is on a mind-blowing high — rightly so. It has two forceful candidates who promise to fight for the party’s overarching goal: social and political liberalism. And what’s more, both candidates agree upon a big picture strategy: revamp foreign policy by leaving Iraq; raise up the poor by increasing taxes on the rich; institute universal health care; improve America’s image abroad by building bridges with rogue states; let immigration take care of itself, for now; nominate activist judges; and continue the redefinition of traditional morality, especially the support of legal abortion."

- Father Jonathan

Trivia Question

Last Sunday's Super Bowl was the SECOND most watched television event in all of television history.

What was the MOST watched?

(This trivia question is compliments of my dad).

Gentlemen

Chesterton: "The devil is a gentlemen."

Great article here.