I swear, there are times when I think somebody 'up there' has an incredible sense of humor. The following is part of the latest letter from Fr. Euteneuer of Human Life International. Father Euteneuer is known for his passion about the single pro life issue of abortion. He sometimes sinks to some rather low level arguments for his position. The following is a good example:
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Human Life International e-NewsletterVolume 04, Number 17 Friday, May 1, 2009
www.hli.org
Human Life International e-NewsletterVolume 04, Number 17 Friday, May 1, 2009
www.hli.org
Swine and Abortion
As loathe as I am to sully the good name of "swine" by relating them to abortion, there is a story in the Mexican swine flu epidemic that you will not hear broadcast by the major media or lamented in the stories of its victims: it is the connection between the epidemic and the legalization of abortion in Mexico.
I learned of the story this week when I was conducting an HLI pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. The swine flu scare was "officially" announced on Friday, the 24th of April, two days before our pilgrimage was set to begin. The outbreak at that time was mostly limited to Mexico City which seemed to be the epicenter of the viral storm and where 20 people had already died (although it appears that the facts are not yet in on the causes of these and other suspected "swine flu" deaths). Despite the scare, 35 of our pilgrims decided to risk it and bring their intentions to the feet of Our Lady at the place where she chose to manifest her love to the people of that land in 1531. However - and this is the connection - it was also on April 24th, two years ago to the day that abortion was legalized in Mexico City, setting such an evil precedent for the whole nation. The connection just seems too eerie to be coincidental.....
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Two can play this game of connecting dates to events and making them causal links. Since I hate this kind of rationale, I looked up the history of events for April 24th, and found to my amusement that this was the very day in 2005 when Benedict was elevated to the Papacy.
Hmmm. Somehow I doubt Fr. Euteneuer would see the connection as being 'too eerie to be coincidental' for the now world wide swine flu outbreak to be linked with the election of Benedict as leader of the world wide Catholic Church. He should perhaps be more careful in grasping at straws.
Have a good and Holy Sunday.
(Kudos to Kiko for leaving the link to Fr. Euteneuer's letter in a comment on yesterday's post.)
