It's a Bird, It's a Plane ?
by Kathy Brown on April 24th, 2010 | 0 comments
During a recent visit with my eighty-nine year old mother, a discussion of phone solicitations came up. Apparently she is generous to those who would like donations for their cause. This does not surprise me. What did surface in the conversation was the remark that all the non-profits working to cure diseases are good.
Immediately the name Christopher Reeve comes to mind. He was the actor who played Superman and, tragically, suffered a spinal cord injury which left him paralyzed from the neck down. He was an advocate for cloning and embryonic stem cell research. At one point he was asked to testify in Washington on this matter. He said, “Our government is supposed to serve the greatest good for the greatest number.” This is a highly ironic statement which has implications for us all.
His utterance works against the preservation of those whose existence is not useful to the societal whole. This proposal promotes practices that do away with people, just like Mr. Reeve, who suck up dollars in the public sector that could be beneficial to those more productive. Research based on destroying life-laden fertilized eggs is the perfect snap shot of this type of utilitarianism. The institutions (for profit or not) whose progress rests on the fulcrum of disrespect for those made in the image of God are eventually unable to rationalize, when push comes to shove, why a paraplegic, an old woman in the nursing home or a special needs child should not be shoved aside in order to make better use of resources.
Often lurking behind those nightly calls for compassionate giving are some terribly sinister practices. Beware of the old switcheroo. Keep your eyes on the phone booth.
From John 8:44
"You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him."
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