Yeah, its hard not to think about the American way of life, at large, as a "culture of death"- I'm constantly making this point w/ anti-abortion family members... like yeah it's a culture of death, just not in the way YOU think it is

"For the hearts of these people are hardened, and their ears cannot hear, and they have closed their eyes— so their eyes cannot see, and their ears cannot hear, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and let me heal them"