I threw this in RedHot and then in the open thread because I didn’t have time to do a diary and lo and behold you have done one…THANKS!

The most obvious PROOF that there is a God!

Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy

It just evokes too many strong emotions that threaten to overwhelm my ability to control them. I’m a father of two little girls, and the very idea of abortion can take me from zero to white-hot rage in an instant.

so I googled it and came up with this link. I now remember the picture but had forgotten about it until I read this diary.

The accompanying article starts out with a discussion on Michelangelo’s famous Sistine Chapel painting. From the article:

“His various frescoes represent episodes from the Book of Genesis. In the centre of the ceiling, Michelangelo depicts God the Creator vigorously thrusting the index finger of his right hand toward a reclining Adam, whose own hand withdraws just enough that a gap appears separating the author of life from his somewhat indecisive recipient. This gap symbolizes the drama of God and man, the divine and the human, the source of life and our hesitation in welcoming it.”

This paragraph then really ties it in with Samuel’s story:

It may be that we sometimes want to derive more from what is symbolic than what is warranted. It is tempting to contrast the grateful finger of Samuel with the reluctant finger of Adam, and draw the conclusion that a child shall lead us. Yet, in this case, the symbols are not mere creations of the imagination. They are firmly grounded in fact. We adults, stricken as we are by a thousand anxieties, often allow our enthusiasm for life to wane. We slide, however slowly and imperceptibly, from being pro-life to being pro-life-without-too-many-inconveniences. The tiny child in the womb knows no such anxieties. He is entirely for life, since life is all he knows. He represents life uncompromised. He is our pro-life role model.”

How anyone can see that picture and read your diary and the article from catholiceducation.org and still be pro-abortion is beyond me.

But a lot of things libs are for are beyond me.

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I keep coming back to this story and picture for the nth time. I never heard about this before.

Brings tears to eyes. I have never been so proud to be pro-Life.

Thank you again.

Clancy, who was a freelancer for USA Today when he photographed Samuel’s fully-formed hand, now works as a motivational speaker at pro-life events. Prior to the picture, Clancy said, he was pro-choice.