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Islamic Militancy – Seed for the Next Dark Ages
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We teach our collegians well about the period known as the dark ages
but do we thoroughly explain what brought on this horrible period
across the globe? With little fanfare the answer to that question is an
unequivocal no.
Let’s do the math here. The marriage of civil and ecclesiastical power
is without dispute the singular cause of the horrors of the dark ages.
When the authority of the state and the church are wed, people suffer.
The equation goes like this. If I am a Muslim, Christian, Catholic or
Jew I may practice my religion without fear of persecution, reprisal or
rejection. I still must obey civil law but the judicial body won’t
besiege me with charges for the beliefs I hold about God and faith.
When any particular religion becomes the state sanctioned religion then
I can be prosecuted for my lack of compliance. Once Catholicism was the
state sanctioned religion and for one thousand years the Pope ruled
across the globe, with an iron hand. Some say the reformation ended
that and some like to call it the recovery, that is, the recovering of
the simple gospel message and the abandoning of the burgeoning
religious rules and mandates of the church. Is Islam bringing this kind
of terror into civilization again?
In America the idea of the separation of church and state is all that
stands between us and that kind of tyranny. Of course the separation of
church and state is mostly a perception and not actually a law. The law
in America simply states that the congress will not make any laws
governing religion. This is a law we can live with in the most literal
sense of the word. In Islamically ruled nations not believing in the
state sponsored religion can and does cost lives.
News agencies have reported that an Iranian man, Mr. Issa Motamdi has
been arrested and charged with apostasy. His crime was giving his son a
Christian name. Even before his trial which is not likely to be any
more than a travesty there is talk of execution.
In the Central Sulawesi area of Indonesia it is reported by the BBC
News that three girls were attacked on their way to school. The three
who traversed through a cocoa plantation on their way to a Christian
school were beheaded. Dozens of Christians have been brutally murdered
in this region since 2001 as militant Muslims seek to set up another
Islamic state there.
Most people in what still might be referred to as a civilized world
take exception to this kind of brutality in the name of any religion.
With all her faults, excesses and problems America could be counted
upon to deal seriously with this kind of brutality especially toward
children. No religious preference would keep the perpetrators of such
crimes from being prosecuted and most likely jailed for life or
executed.
To the Christian it is sad thing when someone turns to another religion
or another God and misses the salvation that comes only from the
Saviour of the world. Yet, no where in scripture are they called upon
to execute any form of summary judgment against those who choose not to
believe. Jesus Christ may have been many things but he is never any
less than civilized, perhaps we could say he is a gentleman.
The constitution of the United States could also be said to be a
gentleman if it had human attributes. It provides the security to
believe the dictates of our conscience without fear of tyranny.
Most of the presidents in our history have been protestant and in the
last twenty five years Protestants have met and surpassed the number of
practicing Catholics in America. It would be hard to imagine the
absurdity of making Protestantism America’s state religion. We would
then be very busy prosecuting Catholics and those in other religions.
We can only thank God that something this absurd has never been found
appealing to even the most confused factions of our body politic.
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