From The Spectator UK-The Church of England has written to David Cameron accusing him of lacking ‘a coherent or comprehensive approach to Islamic extremism as it is developing across the globe’. The letter, signed by the the Bishop of Leeds, Nick Baines, and approved by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, also reportedly accuses the PM of turning his back on Christians slaughtered or made homeless in northern Iraq – and wonders why Cameron has chosen to concentrate on the plight of the Yazidis instead.
These criticisms are spot on. But I’m surprised that the C of E has had the brass neck to make them.
More here-
http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2014/08/islamic-extremism-and-the-hypocrisy-of-the-church-of-england/
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I feel incredibly ambivalent about this. On the one hand, it's terrible when ANY population is oppressed and terrorized and killed (for example, the Yazidis).
On the other---and remember, we Christians have learned and taught this for nearly 2 millenia: "the blood of martyrs is the seed of the church."
Our religion has the CROSS at its center. Being killed is horrible...but it's NOT the worst thing. That is our faith. We believe in the resurrection.
...and yet that's cold comfort from the Safe West, to the Christians of Iraq.
So, I'm ambivalent. I honestly believe that the FAITHFUL thing, is for us Safe Western Christians to GO TO these oppressed places, with our witness and nonviolent direct action, and possibly die there.
But I don't even have a passport. And in just about every other respect, in terms of flying to Iraq and offering something worthwhile there, I probably could not be LESS prepared.
But the idea of agitating "Save the Christians/Kill the Muslims!" makes me want to vomit---because I think it makes Christ vomit.
But the one thing I CAN agree with? "Save the Yazidis"...and if Christians are saved thereby, also, TBTG. My <2c.
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