| Fans of the fabulous celebrities are prone to cast | | | | be any more valid than the presidents? |
| off all dignity for the glimpse of one of their idols. | | | | If the beginning of life takes place at some |
| Many people are also willing to cast off their | | | | unknown point after conception that is arbitrarily |
| better judgment and common sense in their | | | | determined by just anyone then how easy it |
| unbridled applause of the famous. Where does it | | | | would be to make a mistake. Those that say it's |
| end, how did it begin? | | | | after the first trimester could be wrong by a |
| Fame, fortune, and power stand at the top of | | | | month, a day or even a minute. What reasonable |
| the heap when it comes to what we call success. | | | | person would like to take a chance on that deadly |
| Most peculiar of these is fame. It seems the rule, | | | | error? Do the math, those that say life begins at |
| which is rarely spoken out loud is, anyone who is | | | | conception could be dead wrong but that would |
| very well known didn't get that way because | | | | still leave no one dead. The proponents of |
| they did everything wrong. Oh really! Who hasn't | | | | abortion have no such assuring outcome to their |
| heard the names of some famous criminals like | | | | beliefs. |
| John Dillinger or Al Capone or John Wayne Gacy? | | | | According to Mr. Maher and others who aren't so |
| Many of these criminals were even trusted and | | | | sure when life begins, the Chinese who are |
| held hero status in the minds of some people. | | | | attributed for stating the following proverb must |
| Actors after all only portray the very worst | | | | be wholly incorrect. "The journey of a thousand |
| human behavior so they are held above any level | | | | miles begins with the first step." I suppose if we're |
| of culpability. Ignoring the power of suggestion and | | | | really to know if the proverb is true or not we |
| the force of example they are generally held | | | | could just start traveling to Hollywood from |
| guiltless. That thousands of youth, weak minded | | | | wherever we are. When we get there we could |
| individuals and those with a penchant for criminal | | | | knock on the door of some celebrity and ask |
| activity may be directly influenced by actors is | | | | them if our trip started on the first mile of the |
| not supposed to be addressed. How easy it is to | | | | journey or at some other point along the way. |
| portray those who decry this evil influence as | | | | Oh, by no means takeoff for Washington D.C. |
| extremist, right wing extremist, bible thumpers, | | | | because we already know what that dumb old |
| self righteous or a few other appellations I can't | | | | president is going to say. He is going to tell us our |
| mention here. Does fame change the standards | | | | journey began with the first step and with the |
| of morality, sadly for many Americans the | | | | first mile. Who could trust that nonsense? |
| answer is, yes? | | | | The priests of ancient Baalism offered children as |
| Faith in God is among other things a call to get rid | | | | sacrifice to appease their gods. The Bible says |
| of the influence laid upon us by the rich, powerful | | | | these gods were actually no more than demons. |
| or famous. It is addressed many times | | | | Is the offering of our unborn to the priests of |
| throughout the Bible with admonitions like this one. | | | | science and secularism all that much different? |
| "Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not | | | | Has the end justifying the means now become an |
| respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift | | | | acceptable substitute for doing what is natural, |
| doth blind the eyes of the wise and pervert the | | | | right and obviously moral and humane? Humane? |
| words of the righteous." Deuteronomy 16:19 For | | | | What would the animal rights activist do if they |
| those deeply influenced by celebrities, it requires a | | | | got wind of a group of veterinarians who were |
| lot less than a gift but only a glimpse or a word | | | | pulling out whole litters of puppies from their |
| from their favorite star can get them onboard | | | | mothers bodies for some experiment? How many |
| some perverted or twisted secular view or cause | | | | animal hospitals would get picketed, burned or |
| in the proverbial New York minute. This is the | | | | worse? |
| rape of the mind. These minds are not weak | | | | Mr. Maher and his enthusiastic audience may not |
| minds but according to the Bible they are blind | | | | be as sure as Mr. Bush about when human life |
| minds and are easy prey. 2 Corinthians 4:14 | | | | begins but there is one place they may want to |
| In his brazen and irreverent style as a political | | | | visit to help them in their decision. Instead of the |
| humorist Bill Maher has caught the attention of | | | | Hollywood tour of celebrity stars maybe they |
| millions of American minds. That these minds | | | | should travel to Wichita Kansas to see the building |
| were largely suspended in mid air by absolutely | | | | that Operation Blessing recently purchased. The |
| nothing made them easy prey. His show "Politically | | | | building was formerly used by Centrals Women's |
| Incorrect" which ended in 2002 won several | | | | Services as an abortion clinic. On August 7th of |
| Emmy awards during its run. In the summer of | | | | 2006 it was reported by several news agencies |
| 2006 Mr. Maher appeared on the Jay Leno show | | | | that the people of operation Blessing sprayed the |
| and in his usual pompous style espoused a good | | | | walls ceilings and floors of the building with a |
| bit of his liberal hype to the enthusiastic applause | | | | substance known as luminol. They took both still |
| of the audience. The most excited applause was | | | | photos and videos of the inside of the former |
| elicited from the audience when Mr. Maher decried | | | | clinic that would curdle the blood of anyone |
| the resistance to stem cell research that Maher | | | | regardless of how heartless or hardened they |
| attributes largely to the Bush administrations | | | | may be. The room glowed like something out of |
| policies. | | | | the worst horror movie of the decade. From the |
| He raised the audience to the heights when he | | | | floors, walls and even the ceilings an eerie glow of |
| said that what stifle the good efforts of stem cell | | | | death filled the room and one photographer grew |
| researchers are men like George Bush who have | | | | so sick they had to flee the room before fainting. |
| decided all on their own when exactly life begins. | | | | Visiting this former clinic may not answer the |
| He inferred that it was Mr. Bush's religious | | | | question of when life begins but it would go a long |
| persuasions that have brought him to resist the | | | | way to show how and in what manner life ends. |
| great high priests of the secular world, the | | | | After that, the first question may be given a |
| scientists. To the average couch potato trying to | | | | great deal more attention and thought. For most |
| relax in his own home this may have gone | | | | of us with an average measure of common |
| unnoticed but perhaps a few good folks may | | | | sense we don't need the Bible, the President or |
| have wondered how Mr. Maher decided when life | | | | Hollywood celebrities to tell us that most things |
| does or does not begin. Why should his view of it | | | | begin…at the beginning. |