Christian Persecution…
Dennis Prager has a very interesting article where he asks, “Why don’t Christians help…Christians?”
The article describes the current persecution of Christians that is taking place in the Muslim world. Mr. Prager points out that despite this persecution the nearly 2 billion Christians around the work react with silence.
To address this deafening silence Mr. Prager suggests that:
“Christians should organize an international day or week of solidarity for persecuted Christians in the Muslim world. And not only Christians should attend these hopefully large events. Jews and Muslims should also be in attendance, and their representatives should speak. Jews should because it is right and because of all Christians did for Soviet Jewry and do for Israel; and Muslims should because it is right and because nothing would protect the good name of Muslims like joining non-Muslims in voicing solidarity with the many Christian victims of persecution in Muslim countries.”
Your Mandarin appreciates Mr. Prager’s efforts and sentiments regarding this attack on the Christian community and common decency at large, but wonders why there is silence at all. In reality your Mandarin believes this silence stems from the following:
1. The media does a poor job of covering what is really happening. This is largely due in part – and this is your Mandarin’s opinion – to the fact that this is Muslim on Christian violence. The media elites, and the progressive elites in general probably figure that these Christians are getting what they deserve for all the years that they “oppressed” their Muslim rulers.
2. There is a general fear that by speaking out the situation may get worse for these Christian communities. This is both naïve and cynical. What could possibly be said that would not offend the religion of the perpetually offended? The real fear is not that speaking out may cause the Muslim’s to retaliate against these communities, but rather that they would target our communities.
3. We have been conditioned by the Progressive movement to believe that all cultures are equal. But that equality only extends to all cultures and belief systems that are not our own. In an effort to right some perceived inequality the Progressive movement has denigrated Western Civilization and Christianity in particular to the point that people are afraid to proudly declare that they are a Christian in fear that they may be labeled as oppressors or worse yet racist.
Many Christians were persecuted and lost their lives to establish the faith that has shaped our world and created the foundations of democracy, the rule of law, and enlightenment. Yet for a scant few, we sit idly by and let a menace build that looks to rule by oppression and suppress all learning and innovation. It may be hard to stand up for those that are being oppressed, especially when they are a world away from our safe and insulated churches, but if we don’t stand up for them, who will be there to stand up for us.
Whether you are a devout believer or an atheist, this should be a clarion call that your way of life is under assault by an unrelenting enemy that will not be satisfied until they have thrown the world back to the 7th century.
The Mandarin, whose real name is 吏恆, joined the order in 1309, and introduced the Gormogons into England during the 18th Century.
The Mandarin enjoys spending time with his pet manticore, Βάρἰκος, or Barry (who can be found in the Bestiary). When not in the Castle…well, frankly, nobody is quite sure where he goes.
The Mandarin popularized the fine art of “gut booting,” by which he delivers a powerful kick to the stomach of anyone that annoys him. Although nearly universal today, the act of gut booting or threatening someone or something with a gut boot is solely due to him.