Read Matthew 2:16-18
The evils that a human being is capable of are tremendous. In an attempt to preserve his own throne, Herod wipes out all males two-and-under in-and-around Bethlehem. Understandably this leads to great mourning.
In our day another atrocity is committed in the name of self-service: abortion. It may be impossible to get an accurate reading of how many abortions are performed in Canada today (Ontario withholding 'sensitive' statistics), but it would seem that there are somewhere around 100,000 per year (perhaps a bit less?) (Right to Life statistics). Some of these children die after being born alive (Lack of accurate numbers).
What is perhaps most disturbing when it comes to the termination of pregnancies, is that while human beings are programmed to mourn the loss of a child when she dies in utero, with abortion these children are discarded with a sigh of relief. While the mothers of Bethlehem mourned their boys, our society (regularly) expects those who have undergone an abortion to continue life as if nothing significant has happened.
What evils do I justify doing in my own life for the sake of my own protection?
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