I’ve heard the above statement practically
all of my life. It’s a good statement,
particularly as it relates to moral convictions and human behavior. We like for people to be honest and
consistent in life.
Inconsistency was strongly condemned by the
Lord when he chastised the Pharisees for tithing “…mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions
of the law” (Mt. 23:23). He earlier
told his disciples and the multitudes who gathered to hear him that they were
to do and observe what the Pharisees told them, but not to do according to
their deeds, “for they say things, and do
not do them” (Mt. 23:2). Nobody
respects a hypocrite. That’s true in
religion and society as a whole.
However, hypocrisy abounds!!
Let me give you a case in point. You’ll need to bear with me on this one and
follow me to the conclusion, but I will get to the point. I love animals and have been around them most
of my life. Virginia and I don’t have a
dog, cat, or bird in our house any longer, but it isn’t because we don’t like
them. We just don’t prefer to have them
in the house. The mission of the American
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is to provide
effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals. They sponsor ads on television that pull at
the heartstrings in an effort to promote care and compassion toward innocent
animals, especially household pets. I am
certainly in favor of their efforts in this regard.
My problem is with the inconsistency of our
society. While we applaud efforts on the
part of ASPCA and other similar organizations to provide quality life to
animals, we pass laws that take away the opportunity of life for babies in the
womb. Am I missing something here? Millions have been aborted since the 1973 Roe
vs. Wade Supreme Court decision. The
rate is about 3,315 daily abortions in the U.S.
Where is the compassion toward unborn babies that is shown for
animals? There is something inconsistent
here.
