Posted on 01/08/2014 4:19:24 PM PST by Enza Ferreri
I am reproducing the last two paragraphs from Raymond Ibrahim’s fundamental book Crucified Again: Exposing Islam’s New War on Christians (Amazon USA), (Amazon UK ):
The return of the persecution of Christians under Islam is the most visible aspect of a larger and more dangerous phenomenon: the return of Islam as a global force. The West ignores those being crucified again at its own peril — bringing to memory the words of German pastor Martin Niemoller, who came to understand — but only after being sent to a concentration camp during World War II — what it meant to face a totalitarian ideology hostile to all who reject it:It may seem relatively peaceful now in Western countries, and we all have a natural tendency to avoid facing problems if we possibly can.First they [the Nazis] came for the communists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the socialists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Catholic. Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me.
What happens to Christians at the hand of Muslims (the massacres of villages, burning of churches, beheadings, climate of constant fear) in remote parts of the world - even assuming that we somehow got to know about it amidst the silence and dissembling of our media and leaders - doesn't touch us, we think, so we prefer not to be troubled by it.
Even when something closer to home occurs, like the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby by a Muslim jihadist in a London street, or the use of British white girls by Muslim paedophile and sex slave rings, we continue to believe that these incidents are not part of a major trend, and we keep sleeping serenely.
But history has repeatedly shown that we should take the first hints because, if we wait for the macroscopic signs, they may be easily recognisable for a reason: the problem has become so big that we can no longer address it without violence and tragedy.
I sincerely believe the End times are fast approaching.
I agree.
Any theologians tell me if it’s christian to want to go to some of these places and “protect the flock”?. I mean is it wrong for a group of christian men to arm themselves and repel the wolves? I know killing and murdering are two different things, I’d like to hear some opinions on this. It’s another thing I struggle with as a former soldier.
Thank you for posting. You are correct. People would prefer not to see this, but they should. It is hard to know how to respond other than offering refuge to Christians persecuted by Muslims, and to deny it to the Muslims.
I keep wanting to find a charity that provides weapons and ammo to Christians. Maybe, if I can a place that will allow it, I should try starting one?
I hear this being said more often these days because of the attrocities being committed against innocent people while governments stand by and ignore it.
What must the people have thought during the 30’s and 40’s while suffering in gulags and concentration camps under Stalin’s and Hitler’s regimes? They must have hoped for the end times to end their sufferings.
That was 80 years ago and the end times are still not upon us.
We don’t get off that easily — things will become much worse and the end times may be many years far away in the future. As one who, in his youth, has been a resident of a concentration camp, I know that we all want to see the relief from suffering.
Why are churches silent about this? Life goes on here in America (and the west) as if there was nothing wrong in the world. Economics, and anything to do with it, is the only main topic.
You mean like Machine Gun Preacher?
Two anecdotal passages from Christ Himself:
Luk 22:36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
Luk 22:37 For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.
Luk 22:38 And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough.
So it’s absolutely, positively not forbidden for Christians to have arms, obviously to defend themselves.
Mat 24:43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
The above passage indicates it’s absolutely, positively not forbidden for Christians to defend their homes.
I think a critical distinction should be made that Christians can defend themselves against criminals, but not against a government if that government is acting legally.
Christ and most of the apostles, and millions of other Christian martyrs, died at the hands of government, but those governments were acting according to their twisted laws at the time. And notice that none of them resisted.
Thank the Lord that our Constitution says what it says, so if our government comes after us because of our guns or our faith, they’re criminals disobeying the supreme law of the land, and we can treat them accordingly.
So our Founders, God Bless ‘Em, made our government into criminals, not the other way around, if they come after us for our faith or our guns. The Second Amendment is the ultimate guarantee against such tyranny.
I agree that is certainly part of the way we should respond. Withdrawal of Western aid from the countries responsible for not protecting their Christian minorities is another.
Other people talk of going to war.
WHAT SIDE IS OBAMA?
From Obama’s Audacity of Hope: ‘I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.’
Is Obama really Christian or a taqiyya, or false convert from Islam?
Christians are being murdered nonstop by Muslims in Nigeria, Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Tanzania, Philippines. Every five minutes, somewhere in the Muslim world, a Christian is being killed just for being a Christian. It is mind-numbing violence and slaughter of Christians in Muslim-majority countries. Sub-Saharan Africa is certainly a major site of jihad on churches, and Nigeria is especially a tragic place. In September 2011 for example, Muslims hacked to death thousands of Christians, including many children and pregnant women. A 79-year-old Christian woman had her throat slit in her home.
Did Obama ever tried to stop or at less condemned those egregious crimes against humanity? Does Obama ignore those crimes because de victims are Christians and the murderers are Islamic fanatics?
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