You may catch a lot of flack on this, but the nonentity Abby Hoffman did warn, “We’ll get you through your kids.” Little by little, the schools have become a training ground for marxists.I need to add that too many people did nothing when the Marxists/communists obviously was taking over our schools. (Both know that getting to the children is the way to start the brainwashing) And look at what we got now - way too many who think that abortion is ok. And other things that were just unheard of 4-5 decades ago. The sex on TV - even commercials are not afraid of almost having sex acts in them. and there are more disgusting things.
If we let the Muslims keep changing our history books, allow segregation (elevating one group over another under the excuse of modesty just because we don’t know what their Quran says - they think non-muslims are lower than dirt and their own women not too much higher than that), or allow the praying like a muslim stuff, or other things - we will be facing worse than just our current Congress and President allowing embroyonic stem cell research and other disgusting things - we will be a subjugated people and facing a life of hell. We see that in the Middle East - Christians being persecuted, many convert out of desperation, etc. That has been happening to some degree for 1400 years.
Doing nothing is never an option if there is evil in the world. I give this fight that I do as an example, but we have faced communism/Marxism and we failed as a group. And sorry if someone doesn’t like that, but they have the power in the media, our schools, and in one of our political parties - the Democrats. You can disagree with me, and I won’t write anymore on the subject - this is the way that I see it and if anyone wants to counter this - fine. I am not changing my mind on this subject.
Just so we’re clear, we’re talking about the sort of “direct action” that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. practiced, right?It takes far more courage to act when the choices for action are repugnant, than to take no action and deny all responsibility for what happens. To make no decision at all is not to avoid responsibility; it is to endorse whatever decision is reached by others. It is meaningless to oppose a plan, however onerous the plan may be, if you offer no substitute course of action. Sticking your head in the sand does not absolve you from responsibility for what happens around you. Doing nothing is no solution to a moral dilemma but merely avoidance of a solution.
Christians are, therefore, faced with a dilemma: when assaulted by evil, they must oppose it through direct action. They have no other option. Any failure to act is simply to condone evil.
*Ethics... Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Try looking up Dietrich Bonhoeffer if you need a description of a hero.Just so we’re clear, we’re talking about the sort of “direct action” that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. practiced, right?
As for…Islam. I think we can work with it. Secularism seems to me more dangerous than another religion. Further, the Moslems are very nearly right! ahem So were the Aztecs, who, by the way, I think we went about converting in an entirely wrong way.
But…The OP spoke about heroes…Could he please give me an example of a hero?
Because, to my mind…There’s been only one in the whole history of the world.
The muslims are right about what? And yes, there is a danger of islam. maybe you haven’t been paying attention but there due to persecution in Muslim lands, the Christians are fleeing - or dying, converting. Bishops:Middle East May Soon be Empty of ChristiansJust so we’re clear, we’re talking about the sort of “direct action” that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. practiced, right?
As for…Islam. I think we can work with it. Secularism seems to me more dangerous than another religion. Further, the Moslems are very nearly right! ahem So were the Aztecs, who, by the way, I think we went about converting in an entirely wrong way.
But…The OP spoke about heroes…Could he please give me an example of a hero?
Because, to my mind…There’s been only one in the whole history of the world.
Yeah, Abby was right - and they did.You may catch a lot of flack on this, but the nonentity Abby Hoffman did warn, “We’ll get you through your kids.” Little by little, the schools have become a training ground for marxists.
Some people will demand ‘proof.’ All anyone needs to do is look around them.
Well, they’re theology is nearly right I mean. Yes, there is one God, yes, He did create the Heavens and the Earth. Yes, we do have immortal souls, yes, there is objective truth and and absolute system of morality.The muslims are right about what? …
As for heros there are many - firemen, police, our military, an ordinary citizen who in the face of great obstacles will do something courageous for another person(s). And many of these will never be known to you or me.
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The religion itself was created by one of those you describe. Learn about Islam and you will learn about their ‘perfect man’.Trouble is, the religion itself happens to be held by a deal of savage barbarians, though I count myself no better than they. More fortunate, but not superior.
Please quote the verse that says that ‘no men are good’. We are all sinners, but yes, there are good men and women!As for heros, I was speaking along the lines of what Our Lord has said, that “no men are good” to paraphrase. Because in the end, His Holiness the Pope is as guilty of rebellion against God as any common rapist or serial murderer. One sin is all it takes to damn a soul, and we’re all guilty of many more than that. In this sense, which is very narrow, there has only been one hero throughout the whole of history. But in a broader sense, you are right.
I have to confess I haven’t read about him before this thread brought his name up. I find him to be a hero too, as I do the 7 priests killed in Iraq in 2007-2008, or the priest burned alive in (I think it was) Nigeria this year. Or the old nun who died, who was not involved in the cartoons about mohammed, by muslims. Or the millions of other Christians who were killed - too many to count for 1400 years - that would rather be killed or subjugated than convert to Islam. Unfortunately, that condemns their children to Islam which is what happens/happened.As for Dietrich Bonhoeffer, I wonder how he could be considered a martyr, given his involvment in the plot to muder one of his fellow men. Simply because, I always took martyrs for men like Stephen, who died without resistance, as opposed to those who went out fighting, such as the Knights of St. John. Regardless, he would most certainly meet the broad sense of heroism, but I sincerely doubt my narrow one.