Uproar in South Africa over the 70 deaths and the numerous serious injuries, a standard annual tally, resulting from traditional, and at present seasonal, acts of male genital mutilation. The taboo against criticising, or even mentioning, these things is mercifully coming to an end.
Most or all of the participants would identify as Christians, and would indeed be very active as such in many ways. A similar situation exists in the United States, and might also exist (I honestly do not know) among the ancient indigenous Christians of the Middle East. That is no excuse for turning a blind eye to these cultural practices. Quite the reverse, in fact.
In this Month of the Most Precious Blood, consider that It was first shed for our Redemption when our Redeemer was submitted to the Old Covenant at eight days old.
Most or all of the participants would identify as Christians, and would indeed be very active as such in many ways. A similar situation exists in the United States, and might also exist (I honestly do not know) among the ancient indigenous Christians of the Middle East. That is no excuse for turning a blind eye to these cultural practices. Quite the reverse, in fact.
In this Month of the Most Precious Blood, consider that It was first shed for our Redemption when our Redeemer was submitted to the Old Covenant at eight days old.
Suggesting that Our Lord's Circumcision, which is still kept liturgically on 1st January in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, means that Catholics either do or should approve of the continuation of that ritual is exactly the same as suggesting that we either do or should approve of crucifixion; those red vestments, as for Good Friday, are not a coincidence. Do you want to bring back crucifixion, too?
The male genital mutilation lobby does very largely consist of people who are indeed in favour of barbarous forms of public execution, even if not specifically of that one. Just as we are fighting for marriage both against those who would permit polygamy and against those who would extend it to same-sex couples, so we are fighting for boys' bodily integrity both against, again, the forces of Islamisation, and against, again, the leading force for extreme secular liberalism.
It really is no surprise that both the scientific and the political pressure for abortion on demand even up to the very last moments of pregnancy comes so heavily from a group which, even after it has given up every other indicator of identity, continues to insist on defining itself by a practice which it claims is acceptable on the grounds that infants, or at any rate male infants, feel little or no pain even up to eight days after birth.
What evidence do you have that Jews are foremost among the advocates of abortion on demand?
ReplyDeleteOh, highly secular Jews are found out of all proportion among the administrators, activists and supporters of socially liberal campaigns of all kinds, including this one. That is no kind of secret.
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