Well - it has taken a gross act of injustice to inspire me out of my blogging slump to start writing again. Tonight, Wed Sept. 24th, Nightline on ABC is doing a special about the Amazon. Their focus tonight is to be on Youth With A Mission's initiative to stop infanticide that is taking place among the indigenous peoples of the Amazon. There is a worldview among the tribes that children born with deformities, perceived deformities, as twins, triplets, or born to unwed mothers all carry evil spirits with them and curse the tribe. The traditional way to resoond to that is to bury the child/children alive. One little girl survived by having her brother rescue her and take her to some YWAM missionaries. This little girl, whom the tribe rejected, in reality had a thyroid problem and with simple medicine she is now doing fine and was adopted by a YWAM family.
According to an article in USA Today by the reporter of Nightline, there are some who believe that if the culture believes it is acceptable to take the lives of these children than that is their worldview and we should not step in and do anything. My thought in response to that is I am glad at some point people did not accept Hitler's worldview . . I would venture to say that they are many people with disabilities, or those who were born a twin, or those who were born to unwed mothers, who would be quick to step in and help these indigenous people see the error of their worldview. One thing the article in USA Today forgot to point out is that the indigenous people themselves approached the missionaries and aked them to help in addressing this issue. Several of those who have been rescued have been so by "healthy" brothers and sisters who knew that the burying alinve of their sibling was wrong. There is lots more to say about this - I will wait until I watch Nightline in a few minutes to comment further! Stay tuned !
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