INCEST/RAPE
Entrusting my words to the Holy Spirit
Dedicated: To the Innocent/Voiceless praying, their cries are my words.
The argument for abortion when all else fails to capture the attention of the pro-life supporter is what about the pregnancy of the victim of incest and rape. The victim of incest/rape is violated in the most degrading and brutal way one can perpetrate against another human being. The evil act causes a horrendous violation that leaves the victim scarred for the remainder of her life. The pain and suffering following the aftermath is a long process to a healing that God Himself can only bring. The endurance of the suffering solely relies on the spirituality of the victim in the totality of it all.
The victims are the Mother and Fetus but sadly, the Fetus is not understood to be a victim. It is widely accepted that the Fetus is the one to pay the ultimate price for the horrifying act of incest/rape. We condemn and execute the innocent the Fetus. What makes this different from the violation against the mother? What makes this thinking any less horrendous the killing of the innocent Fetus? How can we lay our heads down, praise our God, and call ourselves Christians and be in this mindset? What are we thinking and I need to know why this is OK?
It is a misplace sympathy for the mother to condone the killing of the innocent Fetus. HER ACT IS A REACTION TO THE HORRENDOUS ACT BUT IN NO WAY IS RIGHT. For us to rally around this decision makes us complicit in the act of murder. In essence we become apart of the act by our complicity in how we think and our turning a blind eye to murder.
Why is it we do not kill the woman after all she has been violated “damage goods?” This is a cold heartless view but is that not what we are saying when we condone the killing of the Fetus.
The one who perpetrates this violent crime of incest or rape is not sentence to death in the punishment stage of a trial unless a murder of the victim follows the act. However, we are accepting the murder of the innocent Fetus as the sympathy we are to show towards the victim of the crime as right thinking. What are we insane? The hearts of those that think this is acceptable are cold and hard.
The fifth commandment is Thou shall not kill period. There is no “but” after the commandment, which lists from God acceptable situations allowing us to murder. Thou shall not cover it in a plain and understandable choice of words. The interpretation is clear and we need not have to have learned, holy persons, or Doctors of the Church to make this any clearer then it is.
This given to me to support this writing I submit:
The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles
The Didache
(1st Century AD)
The Lord’s Teaching to the Heathen by the Twelve Apostles:
1 There are two ways, one of life and one of death; and between the two ways there is a great difference.
2 Now, this is the way of life:…
The second commandment of the Teaching: “Do not murder; do not commit adultery”; do not corrupt boys; do not fornicate; “do not steal”; do not practice magic; do not go in for sorcery; do not murder a child by abortion or kill a newborn infant. “Do not covet your neighbor’s property; do not commit perjury; do not bear false witness”; do not slander; do not bear grudges. Do not be double-minded or double-tongued, for a double tongue is “a deadly snare.” Your words shall not be dishonest or hollow, but substantiated by action. Do not be greedy or extortionate or hypocritical or malicious or arrogant. Do not plot against your neighbor. Do not hate anybody; but reprove some, pray for others, and still others love more than your own life.
[I highlighted the words to drive the point of this Blog and my stance.]
I end this Blog with this statement: I Linda Mary Liotino “was” a victim of rape…the child is my heart, who gave me the youngest love of my life a grandchild who is the very beat of my heart. How blessed am I.
May the hearts of Jesus and Mary Bless all whom read this.
Deo gra’tias
Copyright 2008 Linda Mary Liotino
