How Silent is Silence?

Dietrich Bonhoefer quotes "To be silent in the face of evil is evil itself". If that is true, why is it true? Throughout history great evils have been perpetrated against vast amounts of people. Often times a few have spoken out against widespread social ills. Speaking out against evil can be dangerous. Bonhoefer is the classic example but hardly the only one. Dr. Martin Luther King is another example of the danger of speaking against a widespread ingrained social evil. William Wilberforce was not killed for speaking out against the evil of the slave trade but he suffered vicious opposition throughout his career. Often time evil is blanketed over by economic and political forces that attempt to minimize the seriousness of the injustices with myriad stratagems, euphemisms, and counter-attacks. The present day euphemisms are words such as: "human tissue" to designate baby body parts, "women's health services" to designate abortion, "reimbursement of cost" to designate fees charged for body parts, and "appearance of selling" to designate selling for profit. The evil of abortion in this country has claimed close to sixty million unborn babies since Roe v. Wade. Over this period, the death of unborn babies has been blanketed over under the pretext of health care for women with disregard to countless accounts of botched abortions and unsanitary conditions at abortions clinics. As it turns out the reality of what takes place at abortion clinics is much worse than previously thought. Not only the rights of the unborn are denied and unprotected, but their organs are harvested, parted out, and sold for profit, in a barbaric practice to which the closest historical parallel we have, are the atrocities of the Nazi regime. Such injustices must be stopped. The way to stop them is to speak out against those who commit, protect, and support such inhumane practices. It is not unreasonable to think that if Dietrich Bonhoefer, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and William Wilberforce (as well as Mother Theresa and others) were here today they would fight for justice for the unborn. We must speak out demanding legislative action and justice. No unborn human being speaks. Our compassion must have reality under its feet, treading for justice, and speaking a real language of love that seeks protection of life not of personal preferences. Silence often resonates loudly. In the face of such great evil, silence can mean acceptance, reluctance, denial, or defiance. No decent and truthful line of reasoning can come up with an excuse for what the abortion industry and its supporters are doing to this country. Either we speak out against these practices or we accept them. Let not your silence fall on the wrong side of compassion.