Welcome to the U.S.S.A. folks. Now we get to find out what our Christian forebears in Soviet Russia, Red China, etc. had to go through.
Sometimes the conditions for optimal evangelism, etc. involve a situation of rank persecution. We often wish we could separate the two parts of the divine plan, but we can’t.
It’s when Christian faith shows that it can stand on its own without anybody helping it, that it shows its most attractive face.
The Irish Catholic was forbidden the exercise of his religion
He/She was forbidden to receive education
He/She was forbidden to enter a profession
He/She was forbidden to hold public office
He/She was forbidden to engage in trade and commerce
He/She was forbidden to live in a corporate town or within five miles thereof
He/She was forbidden to own a horse of greater value than five pounds
He/She was forbidden to purchase or lease land
He/She was forbidden to accept a mortgage on land, or security for a loan
He/She was forbidden to vote
He/She was forbidden to keep any arms for his protection
Communism dead? Not really! Its alive, breathing its noxious breath in DC, and eagerly awaiting the day it assumes full power.
Until Mr. Trump becomes the next President.