Christians are persecuted in many countries at present, many unto death. Is anyone else there for us in this? Any Hindus, Moslems, Western secularists, Jews, Buddhists, communists - or anyone - taking our side even in words if not actions? My search of the UN website reveals some mention of the troubled areas but not the identity of the victims. Amnesty and HRW do a little better, but still far short of direct acknowledgement of the obvious connection between the persecuted in many places. I cannot find even passing mention on American Moslem sites, socialist sites, nor sadly, on Jewish sites either. On the latter, there is sometimes reference to religious groups other than Jews themselves: Falun Gong, Sikhs, Bahai, and at least twice, specific denominations of Christians. My search of news sites from Europe under "Christian" is all national and local reports of our sins and foolishness (some quite legitimate); searching under "persecution" displays a half-dozen other categories of victims.
We have a pastor who keeps up with Voice of the Martyrs and the persecution of Christian believers around the world, and I know that many Christian organizations pay attention to this as well, getting news out.
We are at present getting killed, tortured, or imprisoned a good deal more than any other group, in dozens of locations. Has anyone but us noticed?
Yes, I've noticed. The general response by mostly lapsed Catholic coworkers, and my kids' agnostic school peers is "they were evangelizing and violating cultural taboos, so they had it coming..." In other words, if a region is mostly Muslim, and Christians found a church, build a school or hospital or rescue girls from the child prostitution gangs, they are asking to be killed. They are being "provocative". It is a double standard, as the same PC types have no problem with mosques or other religious programs being developed in traditionally "Christian" communities. It is analagous to the hating America indulged in by Our Fearless Reader...
ReplyDeleteAnd it makes me rage and weep. The same people also criticize the US military when it is in harm's way, trying to right some of the vicious wrongs in places like the Balkans or the Middle East. Saying "we can't impose our will on the whole world." Such people believe that averting one's eyes from genocide or warlords, or child slavery will cause such unpleasant things to vanish...
You forgot Horowitz and his fine work.
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