Muting the prophets...
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Part 2. In response to Christians who use the following argument to defend the use of abortion-tainted products:
“Many pharma and OTC drugs are developed using babies. Since you use those products, you are a hypocrite to refuse the syringe. You don’t hold yourself to a consistent standard so you lack moral authority. Be silent.”
And I respond...
It is a lie from the enemy to say we can’t strive after goodness though we are sinners. Or that we must unravel the entire complex enmeshment with evil to righteously oppose it.
Christ is our authority. In His Truth, we have the authority to speak. Science must serve Christ or it will only and always become a tool of the wicked.
Abstaining from products derived from the murder of people is not about perfection, but about bringing our actions, as much as possible, in line with Christian principles. It is a process of understanding and responsiveness to the Spirit. Growing in sensitivity to every manifestation of Christ in others.
I wish I had more hope of changing the system... but cultural impetus has shifted against Christ. The power of corrupted corporations has become political and bigger than "We the people." We have allowed it one compromise at a time.
Yet... we are commanded to testify to the Truth of Christ. And we are obligated to discipline our appetites to reflect belief and to honor God. Effectiveness in the marketplace is a secondary goal. We belong to Christ.
German martyr, Fr. Alfred Delp, wrote:
“Ineffectiveness does not dispense one from speaking the truth... whoever makes his decisions dependent upon whether something is futile, is already corrupt.”
Children have been dissected alive for our use. The practice is ongoing and few object. WE are the primary reason it continues.
We likely all compromise at times…
But we should not boast of it. Nor celebrate it. Nor encourage others to participate in it. Not even to save their lives or our own.
Jesus, be our life. Jesus, be our health. Jesus, be our joy. ❤️
Part 1 HERE