If one is Christian, one must believe in the devil as well. Even ‘devil’ worshippers know the name, and believe in him. We call the devil many names—Beelzebub, Satan, the Evil One, etc… Many refuse to admit he exists. One specific name is discussed in Matthew, Mark, and Luke(New Testament writers for non-Christians). He cajoled many into doing evil deeds. It seems he has returned in full force to dominate, especially with the evil of abortion.

One of the few times Jesus actually asks the devil’s name[Mk 5:9], He gets a response—“Legion”. Of course, Jesus already knew his name. But the question was asked for our benefit. Why would he be around to cause iniquities in Jesus’ time, but not be present now? With abortion though, it seems obvious that this evil can be accomplished easily.

From Dionysus(Catholic World Report[7/07]), an off-the-wall topic is discussed. It’s always asked, how can a human actually kill one of its offspring? Many humans judge that their offspring, if not actually breathing air, is not worthy of life. Why don’t we ever see any animals do something as abhorrent?

It’s interesting how easily humans can be cajoled into doing something that is evil. The devil knows that if a human can rationalize a death, or even made out to be the victim or the hero, abortion can be made into something easy to swallow.

You hear: “A higher secular entity(e.g., the Supreme Court) now says that abortion is legal, so they’re to blame. It’s at too young a stage to be human, or to have a soul. It would be too much of a burden to have, so it has to be expendable. It’s possible the baby made could have a birth defect(e.g., Down’s Syndrome, etc…), so it must be expendable. The baby was made by the heinous acts of incest, rape, or it’s just unwanted, so let’s kill the baby to even up the score. If the baby could be killed beforehand, it would be much less trouble for the parents, so actually we’ll be doing all parties a favor.”

Human thinking has been warped into believing many reasons for abortion. They rarely think about what pain the baby may feel during the extraction and removal. “Well,” they say “the baby doesn’t feel any pain at less than 20 weeks old.” Our technology 50 years ago said that no pain for the baby until birth. What will we know in another 50 years? What about after 20 weeks??

In fact, we’ve been so numbed to what the baby can go through we actually can deliver most of the baby, and jam a needle into the baby’s skull to scramble its brains before it is delivered dead. It’s now illegal to conduct a partial-birth abortion, but the more ‘intelligent’ have figured a way to achieve the act anyway.

Legion and his cohorts work well---exceedingly well. He knows that if a human can rationalize an abortion by thinking that they were the ones to suffer for it, or that they actually did a ‘good’ deed, he’s accomplished his purpose. It doesn’t sound like killing then.

If one is a Christian, then that person must believe in an inferior evil force. And if that force is a fallen angel, chances are high that Legion is still around. The fact that few admit Legion’s presence today is another feather in the devil’s cap. One can always believe a Legion doesn’t exist at all. For Legion’s purpose, that may support the objective. Of course, if 9/11 doesn’t prove that evil exists--it won’t exist--until the day you die.