Saint Athanasius Lutheran Church

About a month ago, we were told that were we to do nothing, were we to go on living our lives as normal, there would be some 2.2 million deaths in the United States from the coronavirus. Yet because of closures and social distancing, the number was reduced to approximately 60 thousand. But there are a few more numbers I want to share with you... 3,000... 620,000... 1.7 million... 8 million... 20 million... 50 million... 56 million... 62 million. That's the number of people who dies on 9/11, in the US Civil War, in the Crusades, in the 30 Years war, in WWI, of the Black Plague, in WWII, and finally, the biggest number: the number of abortions in just the United States since 1973.