And what would "evangelism" say or do about this?
posted by Matt Friedeman @ 7:19 AM
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Tuesday, November 14, 2006
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'Not called!' did you say? 'Not heard the call,' I think you should say. Put your ear down to the Bible, and hear him bid you go and pull sinners out of the fire of sin. Put your ear down to the burdened, agonized heart of humanity, and listen to its pitiful wail for help. Go stand by the gates of hell, and hear the damned entreat you to go to their father's house and bid their brothers and sisters, and servants and masters not to come there. And then look Christ in the face, whose mercy you have professed to obey, and tell him whether you will join heart and soul and body and circumstances in the march to publish his mercy to the world. (William Booth)
3 Comments:
As I read through this article, and saw the nice face of the man who is declaring that disabled babies aren't fit to live, I think I can now begin to imagine it.
Was it with smiles like his that the same kinds of things took place in the Germany of the 30's and 40's?
All it takes to justify an atrocity, apparently, is a nice smile and a clerical collar.
If I knew my life would be nothing but hardship and pain to everyone who loved me, would I then choose to place that burden on them?
I don't think just evangelicals should be up in arms about this. This is an affront to all people who care about life.
The disabled community in the UK is rightly deeply offended by this idea. Those with disabilities can be productive and valuable memeber of society (Just look at Stephen Hawking). And, it seems to place a monetary value on human life, rather than deferring to their worth as human beings.
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