crazy times.....school's almost out and every assignment is due....but I am not defeated!!!
it's been a while....but the end is in sight....
when i'm not working....i'm working.....and then when i'm not working...i'm working....you get the picture....
anyway despite my selfish whining there is still so much going on....here's something I got in my e-mail today that makes me realize how corrupt our society is and there is tons more going on then what I am focusing on.
The value of a little girl
Most of us know how corrupt and depraved Hollywood is, so we are not really all that shocked when outrageous news comes out about a movie star or a director. We have almost come to expect the scandals and disgusting behavior that are all too common in this industry. Even so, I didn't really expect to be quite so shocked by what happened at the Academy Awards show.
This year, director Roman Polanski was nominated for Best Director, which is scandalous in and of itself. What is even more disturbing is that he won the Oscar, and received a huge standing ovation.
But Mr. Polanski was not there to accept his award; if he had been, he would have been immediately handcuffed and escorted to prison. You see, Roman Polanski is a fugitive from them law. Twenty-five years ago he fled the country -- just hours before being sentenced for drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl.
Have we become so callous that we can overlook child molestation just because someone is supposedly a great movie director? Have we devalued children this much in our society that his artistic talent comes before the dignity of this little girl?
I shouldn't be surprised at all; in fact, I should expect this as a natural progression in the culture of death we live in. When society decides a child has no value as a human being for the first nine months of life, it eventually follows for that sort of attitude to extend to children's lives outside the womb as well. When Princeton University, one of our most esteemed colleges, can appoint eugenicist Peter Singer as head of its “ethics” department, you know we are in trouble. Singer thinks it's OK to kill a disabled child in the first month after birth if the parents don't think the baby's life is worth living. So honoring a fugitive child molester for his artistic accomplishments with the highest honor in his field should come as no surprise.
I have watched for several weeks now as Hollywood bigwigs have spoken out against war in Iraq because they don’t want innocent people to die. They talk about how horrible it is that children will die because of the war. I agree -- it is horrible whenever innocent children are killed. What I don’t understand is how can these same people then praise and honor a man who drugged and raped a young child?
The answer is simple; we have devalued human life and stripped away personhood for the first nine months of life, it just digresses from there. If it is OK to treat a little girl like a disposable object inside her mother's womb, then it logically follows that it is OK to ignore the dignity and personhood of a 13-year-old girl.
Roman Polanski should be in prison for his crimes. Instead, he is making millions of dollars and getting his profession's highest honors for his achievements. We as a society have sunk so deep into this culture of death that we can’t even see how disgusting this is.
As Christians, we must pry ourselves from our comfort zones and stand up. We must destroy the apathy that has enslaved us for so long. We must shatter our own silence and raise our voices in truth and love.
America is stained with the blood of millions of innocent children and engulfed in a darkness that has blinded our nation. Darkness is not the opposite of light; it is the absence of light. We must shine brightly the light of Christ into this dark world. We must boldly lift up His name without shame or hesitation.
I am strengthening my commitment to action and prayer, and I challenge you to join me.
As much as I would encourage you to avoid Roman Polanski’s films, I encourage you even more to pray for him.
For the voiceless,
Bryan Kemper
bryan@rockforlife.org
