Cameron made it a point to say “that we should feel proud to say, ‘This is a Christian country.’ Yes, we’re a nation that embraces, welcomes and accepts all faiths and none, but we are still a Christian country.” --- opinion noted ... not shared by many Americans.
On Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 1:27:14 PM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > http://www.raymondibrahim.com/other-matters/obamas-christianity-a-political-tool-to-silence-christians/ > > > Obama’s Christianity: A Political Tool to Silence Christians > > By *Raymond Ibrahim* > <http://www.raymondibrahim.com/author/raymond-ibrahim/> on April 15, 2015 > in *Other Matters* <http://www.raymondibrahim.com/category/other-matters/> > > [image: Print Friendly] > <http://www.printfriendly.com/print?url=http://www.raymondibrahim.com/other-matters/obamas-christianity-a-political-tool-to-silence-christians/> > > *FrontPage Magazine* > <http://www.frontpagemag.com/2015/raymond-ibrahim/obamas-political-tool-of-christianity/> > > Here in the United States, where Americans are used to hearing their > president always invoke Christianity in a manner that silences Christians, > United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron’s recent Easter message was > moderately refreshing. > > [image: > http://www.raymondibrahim.com/_admin/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dcdcd.jpg] > <http://www.raymondibrahim.com/_admin/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dcdcd.jpg> > > Among other things, Cameron made it a point to say “that we should feel > proud to say, ‘This is a Christian country.’ Yes, we’re a nation that > embraces, welcomes and accepts all faiths and none, but we are still a > Christian country.” > > The context of Cameron’s statement, it should be recalled, is a UK with a > large, intolerant, and aggressive Muslim populace—a populace that > increasingly seeks to treat the UK’s indigenous Christians the way the > Islamic world’s indigenous Christians are habitually treated, that is, > subjugated, enslaved, raped, and murdered. > > In fact, Cameron touched on the phenomenon of Christian persecution in > mostly Muslim lands: > > *We have a duty to speak out about the persecution of Christians around > the world too. It is truly shocking that in 2015 there are still > Christians being threatened, tortured, even killed because of their faith. > From Egypt to Nigeria, Libya to North Korea. Across the Middle East > Christians have been hounded out of their homes, forced to flee from > village to village; many of them forced to renounce their faith or brutally > murdered. To all those brave Christians in Iraq and Syria who practice > their faith or shelter others, we will say, “We stand with you.”* > > While one may argue that Cameron is all talk—after all, the UK’s foreign > policies, like America’s, have only exacerbated the plight of Christians in > the Middle East—it is still refreshing to hear such honest talk, since here > in the U.S., one seldom gets even that from President Obama. > > Consider what Obama—who is on record > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmC3IevZiik> saying “we are no longer a > Christian nation,” who never notes the Islamic identity of murderers or > the Christian identity of their victims > <http://www.raymondibrahim.com/muslim-persecution-of-christians/jihadis-cleansing-pakistan-of-christians/>, > and who > ignored a recent UN session on Christian persecution > <http://www.raymondibrahim.com/other-matters/us-ignores-un-session-on-christian-genocide-in-mideast/>—had > > to say about Christians at the Easter Prayer Breakfast: “On Easter, I do > reflect on the fact that as a Christian, I am supposed to love. And I have > to say that sometimes when I listen to less than loving expressions by > Christians, I get concerned.” > > This is in keeping with his earlier > <http://www.raymondibrahim.com/other-matters/obamas-self-professed-confusion-about-islamic-terror/> > statements > <http://www.raymondibrahim.com/islam/obama-christianity-no-different-than-the-islamic-state/> > calling > on Americans in general Christians in particular to be nonjudgmental and > instead to have “humility” and “doubt” themselves. For example, during the > National Prayer Breakfast last February, after Obama alluded to the > atrocities committed by the Islamic State—which include beheadings, > crucifixions, rape, slavery, and immolations—he said: > > *I believe there are a few principles that can guide us, particularly > those of us who profess to believe. And, first, we should start with some > basic humility. I believe that the starting point of faith is some > doubt—not being so full of yourself and so confident that you are right and > that God speaks only to us, and doesn’t speak to others, that God only > cares about us and doesn’t care about others, that somehow we alone are in > possession of the truth.* > > Humility, of course, is a well-recognized Christian virtue. It is the > exact opposite of pride; a modest if not humble opinion of oneself, one’s > shortcomings. But what does exercising humility have to do with our > understanding of Islamic violence and terrorism, which was, after all, the > topic Obama was discussing immediately before he began pontificating about > humility? Are we not to judge and condemn Islamic violence—since we’re > apparently no better, as the president made clear when he told Christians > to get off their “high horse” and remember the Crusades and Inquisition > <http://www.raymondibrahim.com/islam/obama-christianity-no-different-than-the-islamic-state/> > ? > > Furthermore, while Christian humility encourages self-doubt, it does not > encourage doubt concerning right and wrong, good and evil. The same Christ > who advocated humility repeatedly condemned evil behavior, called on people > to repent of their sins, and hurled tables in righteous anger. > > The point here is that, whenever Obama invokes Christianity and Christian > virtues, it is almost always in the context of trying to silence > Christians: telling them to “love” more—that is, to never judge or condemn > anything, and instead be doormats ever “turning the other cheek”; telling > them to remember the historic “crimes” of other Christians—even if they are a > thousand years old > <http://www.raymondibrahim.com/islam/the-true-history-of-christendom-and-islam/> > > and no crimes at all > <http://www.raymondibrahim.com/study-corner/the-truth-about-the-crusades/>—that > > is, telling Christians not to criticize Islam because they too live in > glass houses. > > This is the “liberal Christianity” which Obama and others hail, because > its chief purpose is to silence Christians from condemning and combatting > what are otherwise clear evils. Christians are being persecuted by Muslims > all around the world? That’s okay, seems to be Obama’s response; just turn > the other cheek—have some more “humility” and “doubt,” show their Islamic > persecutors some more “love”—and everything will be set aright. > > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmNDJudmFrBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0MjkxMTU2MTI-> > > > > [image: Yahoo! 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