In Reply to: Re: Persecution: Interview with David Limbaugh posted by ray on November 28, 2003 at 09:13:17:
Ray,
The net effect of C.T.'s article is to allow all manner of religious persecution to occur as long as it does not cross over some nebulous barrier into what they define as persecution.
In the U.S., we still have a constitution that protects freedom of religion, but if Christians don't contend for the faith when it is being threatened by liberal judges, the ACLU, etc., then the 1st amendment will be rendered meaningless.
Our nation's founders wrote in the Declaration of Independance that we were "endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights. Among these, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
You ask what David Limbaugh is after? Isn't that obvious? He expects our government to honor and protect our constitutional rights, which include allowing the free exercise of religion.
Do you honestly believe that God is pleased when governments persecute and oppress Christianity? I am unable to find any Biblical support for that position. On the contrary, I find many examples of where God judges nations who have persecuted His people.
Yes, Christ warned that believers would suffer persecution, but that doesn't imply that we shouldn't strive to have a government that protects religious liberty!
As for the actions regarding Alabama Justice Roy Moore:
He has well-reasoned legal arguments for why placing a ten commandments monument in the court house does not violate the U.S. Constitution. Doesn't it strike you as hypocritical that the U.S. Supreme Court has carvings of Moses and the ten commandments in their court? They refused to hear judge Moore's appeal, yet they not only have 1 carving of the ten commandments, they have three! The supreme court even opens every session with prayer!
If you don't know the word "specious" I suggest you look it up in a dictionary. I mean your argument about Christ not pushing for a ten commandments monument in the Roman Senate is irrelevant and illogical. Christ didn't come to liberate the Jews from the Romans. He came to earth to die on a cross for our sins, and to gather his disciples (all of whom were Jews, BTW).
He wasn't in Israel to overthrow the Roman empire, nor to make them honor Mosaic law. He never visited Rome, so how could he have the opportunity to put a ten commandments monument in the Roman Senate? Again I say, your argument is specious.