Posted on 02/17/2015 5:35:59 AM PST by NYer
Along with Pope Francis and so many others, I was deeply saddened to learn of the latest violence by fanatics who see anybody who disagrees with them as their enemy.
These attacks threaten civilization itself.
Whether its a massacre in Paris, Indonesia, Nigeria, Syria, Iraq, Iran, India or now in Libya and Egypt, we keep saying, How much worse can it get?
And then we woke up Monday morning to see that it did get worse, with this brutal massacre of these young Egyptian Christians in Libya.
They were beheaded for nothing less than their religious convictions. It moves me to prayers. It moves me to tears, yes, as a Christian, but also as an American, who recognizes religious freedom as our first and most cherished liberty.
No denying it: There is an orchestrated phobia of Christianity throughout the world today, a coordinated effort on behalf of fanatics to see that true religion which stands for friendship, peace, the dignity of the human person and the sacredness of human life, is stamped out.
These arent sporadic attacks. This is part of an orchestrated fanaticism, an ideology that sees Christianity, Judaism and any religion of peace as the enemy.
Fanatics want to take over, and we cant let that happen. They threaten civilization, everything that is decent and noble about humanity. It is a worldwide crisis that cannot, must not, be ignored.
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It will take a great event to wake up these Multiculturalists to the danger of IS and Islam. Maybe a new 9-11 where many thousands of Americans are burned alive as people dance in the streets in the Middle East. Then, only if we face other terrible attacks will the nation rally to the colors.
Hatred is one thing...calling a spade a spade is another.
I don’t follow everything the Pope says, but I do believe in lies of ommission and complicity through inaction.
In this instance, by insisting that islam is a religion of peace and all that crap, he is acting in a complicit manner...it is deceptive to continue to insist so. It is an act of lulling people into complacency.
Any semi-literate individual who has even briefly reviewed islamist teachings/doctrines would know that the koran is rife with violent teachings that have NOT been superseded.
I have no argument with Catholics in general, so please don’t take my comments as an “attack” on Catholicism...
IMO, The Pope has a responsibility to properly prepare and shield his flock...I don’t see that his words on this matter match his responsibilities...
Christ Himself said to sell one’s cloak and buy a sword...however one chooses to interpret that verse, I do not believe that laying down one’s life in defense of another in a righteous war would be “frowned” upon by the most High.
All religions are true? Not according to the Catholic Faith. Birds of a feather flock together.....heretics, the both of them.
ISIS is the reason we invented nuclear weapons.
Similar, but worse. They are murdering Christians, Jews, and even Muslims. They are indoctrinating children into these barbarous acts, insisting they watch and, in some cases, actually take a knife and cut off a man's head. Not even the Nazi's went that far.
We will, once again, wait until the threat is so large that it will cost the lives of millions to end.
You are absolutely right! "Those who do not learn from history are forced to repeat it". George Santayana.
It takes a standard bearer. Are you ready to lead the charge?
As we speak.
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