Posted on 06/21/2017 4:05:35 PM PDT by marshmallow
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow received a delegation from the Coptic Orthodox Church on June 18 and lamented attacks on Christians in Egypt.
“Our brothers and sisters, members of your Church, are perishing,” said the head of the Russian Orthodox Church. “Churches in Tanta and Alexandria were bombed; the most dreadful terrorist attack in Minya left hundreds killed; many of the victims were children.”
Patriarch Kirill then linked Islamist terrorism and Western secularism:
Perpetrators of terrorist attacks appeal to religious feelings of Muslims who are dissatisfied with the secular godless standard being thrust upon them, but they link the spreading of godlessness and secularism with Christians and accuse them, saying that modern godless civilization has come out from Christian civilization. That is why the image of Christianity is distorted.
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Russians! But he has a point.
In many countries Christians are Christians in name only and are essentially materialistic agnostics. Sweden is a prime example. Muzzards waltz right in and set up their death cult. The nominal Christians don’t believe in anything and do nothing.
Sound like England, except the Church of England is so bad even the Queen and Prince Phillip hate them.
If you look at the history of societies that have tried to abolish religion, from France in the 1790s, to communists regimes in the 20th century, you see a consistent pattern - from the great terror in France, to the gulag and 100 million killed around the world by the communists. Always, where there is no God there is carnage.
The rise of secular progressive in the late 20th century has seen a decline in civilized behavior. In Europe the rise of secularism has created a vacuum of faith that Islam is now rushing to fill. I predict that they will ultimately be successful. I pray that America can be saved.
The stats are overwhelming. Western Civilization is ending. We had a good run of 600 years but there is no way we will survive. I am glad for the wonderful years I had and sorry for those who will face the end.
But it’s not just the nominal Christians. In the churches, too, even many of the most seemingly devout ones, the world’s beliefs are being embraced. Just try to talk about the antichristian nature of anything that’s of the world, and there will be some Christians who will take great offense and accuse the person of “legalism.”
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