{"id":4907,"date":"2012-03-12T18:14:46","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T22:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/?p=4907"},"modified":"2017-01-25T18:03:36","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T23:03:36","slug":"uganda-isnt-the-only-place-invisible-children-exist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2012\/03\/uganda-isnt-the-only-place-invisible-children-exist.html","title":{"rendered":"Uganda isn’t the only place invisible children exist…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\u2026Invisible Children<\/em><\/a> is everywhere. It may be a worthy cause, or not<\/a>, but color me a bit confused. <\/p>\n

The points used in their video sound a little familiar. Oh so very familiar. In fact they are same ones used by pro-life advocates for decades now. In their video, already viewed by more than 72 million people, Invisible Children<\/em> tells the viewer \u201cwhere a child is born shouldn\u2019t determine if a child lives.\u201d To which I say, where and under what circumstances they are conceived shouldn\u2019t determine it either. <\/p>\n

Invisible Children<\/em> wants to expose the plight of Ugandan children who are snatched from their homes and forced to fight in Joseph Kony\u2019s army. These children are butchered and slaughtered and the world needs to be made aware of their unheard cries. <\/p>\n

Ah, so this is starting to sound familiar to you as well? Millions<\/strong> of unborn children have been snatched from their mother\u2019s womb and systematically slaughtered. Their cries are never heard either. In both cases, children\u2019s lives are used or terminated by someone who has power over them. <\/p>\n

If you try and use the arguments made by pro-abortion advocates and apply them to the Invisible Children<\/em> project it doesn\u2019t quite work. A perfect example would be the oft heard quip, \u201cI don\u2019t believe in legislating morality.\u201d Murder is a moral wrong. It is also a crime. Yet in this one instance we are rallied to fight against it and persecute the perpetrators; however with abortion nations turn a blind eye. Hmmm. <\/p>\n

\u201cKeep it safe and legal.\u201d Yes, make murder legal and exactly who is made safe by this? Again, the urge to flip tables is strong. <\/p>\n

The only thing I am taking away from this campaign is that the pro-life movement could learn a lesson from Invisible Children<\/em> on how to harness the power of social media to get young people engaged and excited about something. <\/p>\n

That, and apparently anyone can be an \u201cactivist\u201d now without, you know, having to actually be active. <\/p>\n

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Related Links<\/strong>: I also share some of Terry\u2019s concern regarding the propaganda machine<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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