[Salvation]

but I wonder who they think will stand up for them; when the general persecution starts. Now is the time for all Christians, and other people of good will, to stick together.

This brings up one of my favorite quotes in times like these:

"First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out --
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the communists
and I did not speak out --
because I was not a communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out --
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me --
and there was no one left to speak out for me."
~~Pastor Martin Niemoller
(victim of the Nazis)

Is there anything we can learn from this?

Just something for all of us to think about -- is this picture larger than we currently see it?
When they came for the Catholics?
When they came for the Baptists?
When they came for the fundamentalists?
When they came for the agnostics?

Just something for all of us to think about -- is this picture larger than we currently see it?

[dsutah]

That's exactly the poem I had in mind when I made this post;
but I couldn't remember the whole thing. So I just sort of
paraphrased part of it. Thanks for putting it on this thread.
My hope is that some people see it, and maybe do a little
thinking before they do anymore bashing.