On Dec 15, 2004, at 4:36 AM, The Fool wrote:
<http://www.wwrn.org/parse.php?idd=9955&c=98>>
A Vatican diplomatic campaign to have "Christianophobia" recognised as
an evil equal to hatred of Jews and Muslims is causing concern among
some Christian activists and diplomats who draft new human rights rules.
The discrete drive, which the Roman Catholic Church first mentioned publicly last Friday, seeks official recognition by the United Nations and other international organisations of discrimination against and persecution of Christians.
Far-right Christians have been complaining about "Christophobia" -- the supposed persecution of Christians in the so-called liberal media and in Europe -- for some time.
Whether one believes that Christians are "under attack" or not, perhaps Christians forget that we were /promised/ persecution by Christ himself, and it is to be a source of blessing:
"Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness' sake for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when men revile
you, and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you
falsely for my sake." (Matthew 5:10-11)People who are afraid of "Crusading" Christians have solid history on their side.
Tell me if this sounds familiar: a famously Christian world leader props
up his position by using a pack of lies to sell a Middle East invasion to
drive out despotic Muslims.
Bush II in '03?
No: Urban II in '95. Pope Urban II, in 1095, selling the first Crusade to oust what he called "A race absolutely alien to God" from Jerusalem.
Dave
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