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Now, you think it's a coincidence that on September 11, 2001, we were struck by terrorists an evil that has at its heart the disregard of innocent human life? We who have for several decades killed not thousands but scores of millions of our own children, in disregard of the principle of innocent human life--I don't think that's a coincidence, I think that's a warning. I don't think that's a coincidence, I think that's a shot across the bow. I think that's a way of Providence telling us, 'I love you all; I'd like to give you a chance. Wake up! Would you please wake up?'

Alan Keyes#24

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About this quote

What does it mean?
The disregard for innocent life in war and abortion is a warning from Providence about 9/11.
In plain terms
9/11 is a warning to stop killing innocent children.
What can you take from it?
Wake up to the value of life.

Where it applies

  • moral reflection
  • protest
  • activism

Putting it to work

  • frame events as divine warning
  • advocate for life

Questions to consider

  • Are we being warned?
  • What must we change?

Another view

Attributing natural or political events to divine will is subjective.

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