Christianity Under Attack

Intellectual Conservative ^ | 16 March 2004 | Michael Nevin, Jr

[presidio9]

federal judge ruled that the New York City Department of Education could continue to ban the display of the Christian Nativity during Christmas. Remarkably, the judge found that the display of the Jewish Menorah during Hanukkah and the Islamic Star and Crescent during Ramadan were allowable since these symbols are “secular.” Ostensibly, state-sponsored discrimination against Christians is permissible because it provides “parity” for other religions.

Not to be outdone, another federal judge in Kansas ruled that Washburn University has every right to display a sculpture mocking the Catholic faith. The oxymoronic Campus Beautification Committee selected the display, entitled “Holier than Thou,” portraying a Catholic bishop with a morbid facial expression wearing a miter resembling a penis. The judge did not find hostility toward Catholics, but rather a display that will “increase the intellectual capacities of Washburn’s students.”

The Thomas More Law Center, a public-interest law firm, brought suit in the aforementioned cases. Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Law Center, commented, “Unfortunately, this and several other recent decisions by federal judges have demonstrated that there is a double standard when it comes to applying the Establishment Clause. The Ten Commandments and the Christian Nativity scene are out, but an anti-Catholic display of a bishop wearing a miter that resembles a phallus is permissible because it allegedly enhances aesthetics. Apparently, the religion clauses protect atheists but afford no comparable protection for Christians.”

Catholic Charities is one of America’s largest social service organizations providing assistance to people regardless of religious affiliation. Catholic Charities is an arm of the Roman Catholic Church, but the California Supreme Court does not seem to agree with this assessment. The organization did not meet the narrowly defined religious employer exemption in a law requiring California employers to provide birth control coverage in health plans. Thus, the court ruled that Catholic Charities must ignore its moral opposition to contraception. This is a great example of how government-mandated health insurance works when it becomes a “right.”

The case represents the ultimate paradox: the very fact that the Catholic Church’s inclusive policy of hiring and helping people regardless of faith is the reasoning used by the court to declare the purpose of Catholic Charities is, in fact, secular. No, it’s called being a good Catholic. I’m selling oceanfront property in North Dakota if you really believe that Catholic Charities is a secular organization.

While appeasing the ACLU and other secular humanists, the California court has insulted Roman Catholics around the world. Regardless of personal opinion on the matter of birth control, even among Catholics, this benchmark case is not about contraception. It’s about whether or not the government should interfere with liberty and the free exercise of religion. The only dissenter on the court was Justice Janice Rogers Brown, who wrote, “Here we are dealing with an intentional, purposeful intrusion into a religious organization’s expression of its religious tenets and sense of mission.”

State-sponsored discrimination and hostility toward Christians is reaching epidemic proportions in a country rooted in Judeo-Christian principles. Our Founders could never have envisioned how far we would travel off the beaten path. This disturbing trend is no anomaly. It’s a highly organized and well-financed campaign by secular humanists and atheists who have found sympathetic legislators and jurists. The agenda is simple -- drive organized religion underground in order for nihilism and moral relativism to metastasize.

French historian and American observer Alexis de Tocqueville opined, “liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.” Americans of all faiths must stand together with the understanding that no religion is safe when even one comes under attack. Josef Stalin disclosed an ominous plot many years ago: “America is like a healthy body and its resistance is threefold: its patriotism, its morality, and its spiritual life. If we can undermine these three areas, America will collapse from within.” We’ve stood by as Christianity takes a beating in the town square. It’s high time we turn the tide. Our very liberty depends on it.

[oceanperch]

Is your spirit and heart as empty as your home-bio page?

Do you have faith in any God, there are many pick one, or perhaps you believe in nothing.

Just curious.

[tiamat]

Yeah, but for a bunch of them stating a belief MAKES it a fact.

Same as anything written in (one of the many current versions of ) the Bible is infallable, depsite the fact that many parts have been lost, mis-translated, EXCISED for political purposes, or garbled though oral tradition.

And so QUICK they are to threaten violence if you disagree!

There's another religion that does that... which one am I thinking of? Right ON the tip of my tongue!


;-)

[Kerberos]

"There's another religion that does that... which one am I thinking of? Right ON the tip of my tongue!"

Yeah, I know, let's see, has something to do with peace.

[tiamat]

Where's the Church Lady when you need her...! LOL!

[Kerberos]

"Do you have faith in any God, there are many pick one"

Certainly, ones spiritual development is very important and takes much work.

[oyez]

ranting and raving and sticking their nose

Believe me, its not what used to be. However Christians have a right to defend their welfare.

[Kerberos]

"However Christians have a right to defend their welfare."

Certainly, and others have a right to defend theirs.

[formerDem]

"The existence or non-existence of God is a belief, not a fact."

Either God exists or He doesn't.

[j_tull]

That was then, this is now, get over it.

Do you similarly subscribe to the "Living Document" theory of Constiutional interpretation?

[tiamat]

Kerberos wrote:



Certainly, and others have a right to defend theirs.

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or if nothing else, be left the hell alone!

[Kerberos]

"Do you similarly subscribe to the "Living Document" theory of Constiutional interpretation?"

Whatever. If looking at it that way makes you feel good. Fine

[j_tull]

I'm not looking at it in any particular way, I'm just asking. Your "that was then, this is now, get over it" quote is the very basis of the living document leftist. I'm NOT saying you're a leftist, as I've seen you around for a long time, the quote just piqued my interest. No offense intended.

[Kerberos]

Not really, it's a legal document, nothing more nothing less.

I am really more of the opinion, as many attorneys I know are, that we haven't been living under the Constitution for many many years now, so discussion about it are really moot.

These days it is more just fodder for the masses.

[GeekDejure]

AMERICA WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STOP THE BLEEDING

The LORD has never allowed a society to promote homosexuality or abortion without bringing His judgment - ours is no different: America is even now under the judgment of the LORD. America will not be able to stop the bleeding; foreign armies will occupy this land. "Behold, they are already among you, and you see them not." America has refused the LORD’S grace, now she must accept His judgment:

1. Innocent blood was spilled on the land; the land is now defiled.
2. The blood of over 40 million babies has been shed in this land.
3. The sin has reached unto the throne of the Holy One.
4. Judgment is now upon the land; it will tarry no longer.
5. The blood of the offender has to be appeased.
6. America constantly rejects the LORD’S grace. Therefore,
America will now have to accept His judgment !!!

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[eleni121]

Yeah I know the old America was founded as a Christian nation argument. There is only one thing that can be said in response to that. That was then, this is now, get over it.

Your post sounds a lot like your moniker - Kerberos...the hounds of Hades. Confess: what is it you hate about Jesus Christ?

[j_tull]

we haven't been living under the Constitution for many many years now, so discussion about it are really moot.

Regretfully, you're probably right, but there is definitely a cause and effect relationship involved. I'm just not ready to give up, yet.

[Kerberos]

the hounds of Hades.

Actually in Greek mythology it is the guardians to the gates of hell. It is also an authentication program developed by MIT that is used when you login on to the Windows 2000 platform. What can I say; I was studying for the Windows 2000 exam when I created my account.


Confess: what is it you hate about Jesus Christ?

And I don't hate Jesus, but then again I make it a point not to hate anything. I just don't believe in Christian doctrine and I oppose theocrats that would have it shoved down our throats by legal means.

If they want to believe in Jesus and follow a moral code that is set forth in the Bible, fine, have at it. But when I don't follow suit don't try having me hauled into court and persecuted.

And please don't give me the old destruction of society argument, that if everyone does not follow the Bible that society as we know it will collapse. How many years have the Christians been using that to justify their actions?
It simply has no foundation in fact then, now, or in the future.

[Kerberos]

"Either God exists or He doesn't."

That's correct!

[formerDem]

So, you agree that the odds are fifty-fifty that God exists?

;-)

[BikerNYC]

America constantly rejects the LORD’S grace. Therefore, America will now have to accept His judgment !!!

Judgment, schmudgment, as long as I'm rich.