Maybe it's TIME for Christians to educate themselves and inform the world that there is a God, there is an Adversary and there is a War going on between light and dark.
Oh yeah, I forgot, if you talk like this you will be persecuted. Oh yeah, I'm supposed to be persecuted if I am a Believer. Nah, I'll just keep my mouth shut, what's the big deal. I know Jesus, I'm going to heaven. That's all I need.
“There will be many in that day who will say Lord, Lord, and I will say DEPART FROM ME I NEVER KNEW YOU.” Pat Robertson will not be one of those.
We are judged individually, not collectively. A pact made 200 years ago by a few desperate men has no bearing on the people that are suffering now. To suggest that it does is the height of stupidity.