Because words have
meaning, words ultimately change opinions.
Words are positively powerful in the mouths of the wise, but to the
foolish, words are an opportunity to deceive, trick, manipulate, and
destroy.
Words are the avenue by
which people honestly communicate their values, desires, likes and dislikes,
passions and pains, victories and triumphs.
But what if the one communicating wishes to change opinions by hiding
the truth, manipulating the data, bending the facts, or twisting the reality?
Case in point:
we should be disgusted with the poacher
who broke the rules to kill a big game lion in Zimbabwe. Our moral compass tells us so, but should we sympathize
with the killing of Cecil the Lion because the media humanizes his lion cubs by
calling them his children? And that his
children are now fatherless? Does the
media intend to communicate the truth of the story by turning Cecil the Lion into
a sympathetic human figure instead of presenting him as the animal he is? Cecil,
the animal, rules his large harem of lioness’ with brutal selfishness, kills
rivals with grotesque force, and would pounce on any human being crossing his
path by going straight for the jugular. That’s
hardly humane, probably pure animal. Beware of the Lions, who are the media.
Case in point: When a doctor, in his own words, talks about
harvesting aborted babies body parts and selling them, the alarm on our moral
compass goes off. When a doctor, in his
own words, talks about removing the fetus in such a way that it stays intact so
that the worth of the parts are more valuable to sell, our moral and human
sensitivities are awakened. Describing a
growing life inside the womb as a fetus and its tissue as fetal matter only
disguises the truth and facts of what’s really happening. Doesn’t science and technology in the 21st
century now give us a clear picture into what’s happening in the womb? Are the pictures from an expectant mother’s
sonogram not clear enough? Do
mini-cameras inside the womb not tell the story accurately? Doesn’t the value of the body parts being
sold speak to the value of the life itself?
When a doctor delivers the “aborted fetus” so that it stays intact don’t
we call that intact fetus outside the womb “a baby”? Words mean things. They change opinions. Don’t be fooled by those wishing to deceive
you.
Shame on the media for
taking an animal and portraying him as a human while taking a human baby and
portraying him as mere fetal tissue.
Words are powerful. Be on
guard. Choose your words
purposefully. Listen carefully to
others. Be wise with your words if you
want to positively change the world.
So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things.
See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small
fire! James 3:5
