Admit the Truth but Cease to Care

As science and technology march on to reveal more and more about life in the womb, it becomes more difficult to deny that there really is life in the womb. Ultrasound has given us a view into a hidden world and now surgery on unborn children is becoming more common. Even secular sources, known for preaching the party line on abortion and women's rights, are now giving statistics about when the heart begins to beat and when a child in the womb begins to move and react to various stimuli. It seems incredible that these media outlets that were so pro-abortion are now stating the obvious: that the child in the womb experiences and reacts with real feeling and emotion.

On the other hand, in our society we see a much darker shift also taking place. Even as we, as a society, begin to accept the reality in the once dark womb, we at the same time have ceased to believe that the existence of life is anything special or worthy of protection. Life has become cheap even outside the womb and therefore we see heinous acts against people of all ages. People shoot each other over the most trivial things. Children beat one another to death just for the heck of it. Parents torture and kill their own children without remorse. Is it a morbid focus on these things in society by the media, or are we seeing a terrible outbreak of senseless killing in society? Perhaps it is a mixture of both.

Certainly there have always been sick and horrible crimes commited. Some are unknown while others make headlines. Recently there seems to be no lack of brutality reported in every media outlet. But whether this indicates an epidemic of violence or just a morbid focus on these crimes by the media, still, life is cheapened and we slowly grow numb to the horrors of sick and brutal behavior. A few generations ago these reports would have created such an outcry that the perpetrators would certainly fear for their lives. Today they can expect short sentences and quick parole.

So in the coming years we may face a day when even the most pro-abortion person has to admit that life begins at conception. However, with the same breath, they will say that it no longer matters. The value of life depends upon whether a person is wanted, attractive, healthy or appears in our lives at a convenient time. If you are in the womb or out, your life's worth is a matter of social whim and societal fickleness. And when a society forsakes God and the understanding of the value of all human life, lock your doors, watch your back and hope that you do not fall ill or lose favor with your neighbors. Don't rock the boat. Don't be controversial. Don't speak out against the evil of the day. Just protect yourself by fitting in and, for God's sake, be payed up on your life insurance.