Barbaro and Abortion

By John Orlando

Today Barbaro, the racing horse that was injured during the Preakness, was finally "put down." In the reports I heard about it on T.V., the reporters were quick to say that Barbaro was "humanely euthanized." This link contains more comments of a similar nature: http://blogs.usatoday.com/sportsscope/2007/01/barbaro_euthani.html.

I thought about that for a minute, and then thought about the over 40 million babies that have been aborted (massacred) in the United States since 1973. Isn't it amazing how our culture wants to be real careful to ensure that a horse is put to death in a "humane" manner, yet, it has no qualms about disintegrating an infant in the womb, or sucking the infant out of the womb and disposing of it in a garbage can, or inducing labor on a mother that has carried full term so that "doctors" can ram scissors into the baby's head as it appears out of the birth canal, suck its brain out, collapse the skull, and then dispose of the baby? http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/ASMF/asmf.html); For pics of infants in their stages of development inthe womb, see: http://www.w-cpc.org/fetal2.html. You can go to this link to see a diagram of the barbaric procedure of partial-birth abortion: http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/pba/diagram.html

If you want to see the devasting effects of abortion, I direct you to this link. Note: these photos are absolutely startling and gruesome, and if you have a weak stomach, you may not want to view them. They are pics of aborted babies: http://www.abortiontruth.com/pictures.html

You know, I am all for the humane treatment of animals, and I do pray that those that are grieving over Barbaro are comforted. And I am grateful that people display such compassion for an animal that they would seek only the most humane measures in euthanizing an animal. Be that as it may, I am even more concerned about the "humane" treatment of humans!

Would that our liberal friends would be as well. Can you image if Barbaro had been killed by being doused with a firehose full of a hypertonic saline solution, or thrown into some device that would have dismembered him, and then discarded in the local dumpster, or if he had giant scissors crammed into his skull and had his brain sucked out causing his skull to collapse? The outcry from liberals and animal "rights" activists would no doubt have been deafening and would have filled the airways of our national media. Hollywood would have been mobilized, and we would have seen one star after another stand in front of a camera and encourage us to stop the madness, all the while holding a lit candle in their hands, and then there would be the customary group-hug song a la "We Are The World" being belted out by the world's most famous ensemble of pop stars.

What do we get for the 40 million babies that have been slaughtered? Ridicule, and then one ad after another that warns America to get out and vote (so that we can keep Roe v. Wade legal; in other words, so that the slaughter of innocent human beings can continue).

It is far too cliche to say that "America has lost her way," or that "We have lost our moral compass," or any other cliche you can think of. At this point, words simply cannot accurately describe the absolute horror of the situation where we would care more for the humane treatment of an animal than for the life a human being. May God help us.

But here is thing...all of this only reveals the depths of our depravity. I am no better than the abortionist (as a matter of fact, I was a party to 2 of them before my conversion!) or those that seem to value the life of an animal more than the life of a human being. The same warped mentality that is displayed in such things resides, if I'm honest enough to admit it, in my heart as well. I may not act out the irrationality of my sin in such extreme and overt ways, but how many times have I murdered someone with my words, or my thoughts. I am no better than any of those "mean" liberals. I am just a sinner like them, saved by grace.

I say all of that to say this: Our answers do not lay in politcal mobilization, or self-help techniques, etc. Rather, the only hope for any of us is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. As we declare the Gospel, and the Holy Spirit sovereignly applies Jesus Christ to lost souls, our "worldview" will change. It is only then that such crimes as abortion on demand will cease. And it is not just "those" people over there that need Jesus...I need Jesus. As we engage folks, let us engage them keeping that in mind. We can and should condemn such practices as abortion on demand, but let us do so remembering who we are in Christ, and how, but for the grace of God, go I.