Posted on 05/18/2015 9:21:57 AM PDT by TurboZamboni
Anti-religious (typically, anti-Christian) attitudes as are now spreading like wildfire through social media. Similar sentiments played out horrifically in the French Revolution, the Marxist purges in Eastern Europe and China, the Cristero War in Mexico, the killing fields of Cambodia, and the ongoing slaughter of Christians in the Middle East and Africa. Is it unreasonable to wonder if and how the virulent, anti-Christian attitudes of today will be unleashed in America?
The question hit home for me yesterday at the annual Minnesota Prayer Breakfast when Governor Dayton opened his remarks by stating:
“You know the theme of today’s prayer breakfast: unity around Jesus versus the disunity that takes place around religion has been a central issue, not only in our time, but throughout the course of history. Jesus preached love, acceptance, and forgiveness, and ever since his death too many of his followers have preached hatred, discrimination – even war – all in his name.”
How much have things changed that a sitting governor would open his remarks to a room filled with 1,000 Christians – gathered in good faith under the motto “Unity in Jesus” to pray for the governor and the state – by insulting them?
How much have things changed that the governor would then shift from simply insulting the Christians gathered to a not-so-veiled threat about the need to submit to the power of the state? If you think that’s a stretch, consider his words in full:
“Religious dogmatism is another common cause of social discord. Some people insist that their rights to their religious convictions supersede their responsibilities as citizens in a lawful society. They forget Jesus’ teaching to ‘Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and render unto God the things that are God’s.’
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From Wikipedia...
All citizens were allowed to enter and even foreigners were welcomed: the English writer Arthur Young joined the club in this manner on 18 January 1790. Jacobin Club meetings soon became a place for radical and rousing oratory that pushed for republicanism, widespread education, universal suffrage, separation of church and state, and other reforms.
The French Revolution versus an armed society... No comparison.
American Christians won’t go quietly into the night with commie atheist/lefty christian haters. It is not what we believe Jesus would do just like He would not name Caesar’s taxes, alms for the poor.
Christian lefties are a small minority of Christians in the US and atheists are even smaller.
History repeats.
I read it, it was a good analysis of future
‘“too many of his followers have preached hatred, discrimination – even war – all in his name.”
Please, what on earth is he talking about? Has hatred become a buzzword? Is he not aware 100 million Christians are today subjected to persecution by those that hate Christians? Rather shouldn’t he be railing about the prevalent hatred that exist throughout evil humanity and wars are caused by politicians not Christians. Frankly I buy what Christ said “I am the way, the truth and the life, no one cometh to the Father but by me”, and he said
“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment.And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself, All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
That was a new one for me, thanks!
Written in 1919.
Foretold the next century.
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