Is banning the Bible next?

Jerusalem Post ^ | Aug. 13, 2003 | Mark Steyn

[Zack Nguyen]

But, if that's not possible, why can't we all just not get along? What's so bad about disagreement that it needs to be turned into a crime?

Homosexuals are desperate to escape any reminder that there is a God that holds them accountable, and that they are destroying themselves by their behavior, physically and spiritually.

[F.J. Mitchell]

THe abetors of the homosexuality agenda in Sweeden, seem to have stumbled upon the ultimate way of silencing opposition. Give them four years in prison to either learn to love adventures into perverted sex or shut up in fear of future forced treks into perversia.

[f.Christian]

Banning the bible is already here, at least certain "offensive" passages, in some countries. This trend appears to be spreading. The next logical step is outlawing Christianity altogether, then martyrdom.

7 posted on 08/13/2003 6:12 AM PDT by Manic_Episode

We have a whole group of these on the FR ... pampered too --- evolutionists !

[abishai]

Is it time yet to start stitching the battle flags?

[montag813]

But the photographic souvenirs of the day unearthed by National Review also included a man quaffing on a beer bottle rising out from the unzipped pants of another chap

Anyone have a link for these photos?

[Zack Nguyen]

My next question, as I see the attacks on religion in general from many fronts, is Do I need a church at all?

Yes! Whether church is banned or not makes no difference. God wants you to worship with fellow believers. You must be discipled.

[Skooz]

Naw. Just time to start memorizing Scripture. A subscription to Voice of the Martyrs magazine may be helpful, as well.

[Snuffington]

THIRTY YEARS ago, in the early days of gay liberation, most of us assumed we were being asked to live and let live. But throughout the Western world, tolerance has become remarkably intolerant, and diversity demands ruthless conformity.

A brilliant summary.

[headsonpikes]

"The writer is senior contributing editor for Hollinger Inc."

Wow! That's news to me. That's a big step up for young Mark.

Conrad Black is bringing him along - he'll be one of the greats of journalism.

[hosepipe]

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for the government of any other." - John Adams, Oct. 11, 1798 Address to the military

"Those people who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants." - William Penn

"Good government generally begins in the family, and if the moral character of a people once degenerate, their political character must soon follow." - Elias Boudinot, president of the Continental Congress, later a congressman from NJ, and president of the American Bible Society

[martianagent]

The part of the bible I'd expect to get banned first would be the thing Jesus said about a man not being able to serve two masters. That one has to hit too close to home for a lot of the idiots out there. You've got people claiming to be evolutionists and Christians at the same time, commies and Christians at the same time, and then you've got the democrats having to tell their black victim group constituents that now they've got to practice being queer... I don't envy the guy who draws that assignment.

[billbears]

bump

[Interesting Times]

...he'll be one of the greats of journalism.

He already is.

[brazos.357]

You know, I was reading that passage in my daily Bible reading last night. AND I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING!

[Sloth]

The Bible says that all Scripture was given by Inspiration and I am sure that it was only done one time by an all knowing God.

Yeah, but that one time was not 1881 or 1611, for that matter.

[Grig]

Banning the Bible is not next, next will be limiting religous expression to with the chaple walls only and THEN banning the Bible will be next.

[azhenfud]

I usually have two passages of scripture I read each night before prayer and retiring. This was the first. The second was the continuation of Micah Ch.6 - that which a "priest" of Fla used in an attempt to justify his vote for Robinson's ordination - yet he stopped at verse 8 where God's cursings are pronounced.

Here's that passage:

Micah Ch.6
Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD's controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel. O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD. Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? [8] He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? [9] The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins. Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword. Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine. For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

I fear God's curse upon a wicked people is about to be witnessed by a multitude.

[A.J.Armitage]

How long will it be, do you suppose, until not merely free speech, but the defence of free speech, such as this excellent article, is illegal?

Do you think they'll publish editions of On Liberty with the defence of alternative lifestyles left in but the defence of free speech left out?

"What he's really saying is those homophobes might be right! It's offensive!"

[Avoiding_Sulla]

> Banning the Bible is not next, next will be limiting religous expression to with the chaple walls only and THEN banning the Bible will be next.

Then you missed it. It has gone beyond that so that what you suggest has been made impossible in at least one country. Secular censorship has intruded INTO the chapel:

(from Steyn' commentary} "In Sweden, meanwhile, they've passed a constitutional amendment making criticism of homosexuality a crime, punishable by up to four years in jail. Expressing a moral objection to homosexuality is illegal, even on religious grounds, even in church. "

[DPB101]

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