I am an intolerant man, ready to defend our tolerant society from the onslaught of Islamic intolerance, and their tolerance-pushing enablers.
Jesus Would not CoexistRead the rest at Living Church (http://www.livingchurch.org/jesus-would-not-coexist)
Friday, May 9, 2014
Catholic Voices
By Karl C. Schaffenburg
The ubiquitous blue COEXIST bumper sticker incorporates symbols of Islam, pacifism, male and female, Judaism, Wicca, Taoism, and Christianity. Piotr Młodozeniec, a Polish graphic artist, created the original COEXIST image. Various companies sell merchandise with some form of the image, and — a note of inevitable conflict — some have threatened legal action to protect their control of profits. At it core the image represents a belief that spiritual harmony can be wished into existence.
What is not to admire in this goal? Why would a Christian hesitate to display this sticker during a daily commute? We may begin with how philosophy — that supposedly esoteric pursuit — matters in our everyday lives. A fundamental rule of logic is the “law of noncontradiction”: a statement cannot be both true and untrue.
Consider how the Abrahamic faiths understand Jesus Christ. At John 14:6, Jesus says, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except by me.” Judaism considers Jesus a prophet but not the Messiah. In Islam, Isa (Jesus) is a messenger of God. Islam makes the specific claim that revelation did not end with “the people of the book” (the Jews) or with the prophet Isa, but with Muhammad.
Jesus cannot coexist with contradictory claims to truth made in other faiths. If Jesus had been content with coexistence he might have escaped crucifixion. We should live peaceably with all people (Rom. 12:18), but we ought not reduce this peace to a glib assertion that all paths lead to God. The assertion that all faiths are the same and there is no exclusive truth is itself a doctrine, and one that excludes all but the universalist. It represents an incoherent quest for tolerance. ...
Well stated, Luis.
In the same vein:Read the rest at Living Church (http://www.livingchurch.org/jesus-would-not-coexist)
That's an interesting article, Luis. I've excerpted it on some other boards.
Luis, I have never felt threatened by US Muslims, at least the homegrown ones. I think that's because Muslims in the US are more assimilated, and for the most part, we've encouraged them to assimilate.
That's not the case in the UK where they suck up to Muslims. IIRC, some of the UK Muslims are homegrown.
Old joke:
Two families move from Pakistan to America. When they arrive the two fathers make a bet to see -- in a year's time -- which family has become more Americanized.
A year later they meet again. The man says, "My son is playing baseball. I had breakfast at McDonalds, and I'm on my way to pick up a case of Bud. How about you?"
The second man replies, "F*** you, towel head."
Luis, I have never felt threatened by US Muslims, at least the homegrown ones. I think that's because Muslims in the US are more assimilated, and for the most part, we've encouraged them to assimilate.
That's not the case in the UK where they suck up to Muslims. IIRC, some of the UK Muslims are homegrown.
Old joke:
Two families move from Pakistan to America. When they arrive the two fathers make a bet to see -- in a year's time -- which family has become more Americanized.
A year later they meet again. The man says, "My son is playing baseball. I had breakfast at McDonalds, and I'm on my way to pick up a case of Bud. How about you?"
The second man replies, "F*** you, towel head."
Luis, I have never felt threatened by US Muslims, at least the homegrown ones. I think that's because Muslims in the US are more assimilated, and for the most part, we've encouraged them to assimilate.
That's not the case in the UK where they suck up to Muslims. IIRC, some of the UK Muslims are homegrown.
Old joke:
Two families move from Pakistan to America. When they arrive the two fathers make a bet to see -- in a year's time -- which family has become more Americanized.
A year later they meet again. The man says, "My son is playing baseball. I had breakfast at McDonalds, and I'm on my way to pick up a case of Bud. How about you?"
The second man replies, "F*** you, towel head."
A very good piece, Luis. Thank you for pointing it out.
I would suggest that our problem is well beyond the point of "political correctness" (which is in all actuality, Cultural Marxism, a topic unto itself) but an almost suicidal desire to pretend, "what is, isn't."
As a greater society, much of the West can no longer call a spade, a spade. The longer we persist in pretending that the thin veneer of religiosity that disguise the system of total conquest and governance as a "religion," the more that their stated plans will advance.
It is sheer folly to ignore the infamous 1991 Civilization Jihad document that clearly spells out their plans to destroy Western Civilization (in particular the specific plans for North America) from within. But perhaps not as insane as it is to ignore the progress that they have made to date on enacting that plan. (There are many sources to find this document, here are just a couple of places it has been disseminated: The Muslim Brotherhood's Strategic Plan For America - Court Document (http://www.clarionproject.org/Muslim_Brotherhood_Explanatory_Memorandum) and Part 2: The Brotherhood’s ‘Civilization Jihad’ in America (http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/the-muslim-brotherhood-in-america/) If the West persists in ignoring this black and white evidence, it will be destroyed over time.)
It is quite a neat trick of 'civilization jiujitsu' when you think about it. The are using one of our greatest strengths and positive characteristics, i.e., our desire to be respectful of all (legitimate) religions and allow our fellow man to pursue their religious (or non-religious) lifestyles in peace, as the perfect cloaking mechanism to destroy the civilization from within. Until Western Civilization collectively wakes up in significant numbers to stop this scourge, the conquest will continue silently each passing day.