I'm basically with Darth here. These social persecutions attempts are attempts to erase Christianity from the western world. And unlike the ancient church suffering persecution, I feel like today's church is suffering because they put their tail between their legs and do nothing when evil men run amok.
As for being nobler than the competition, I generally keep in mind one of the events that happened during the Maccabean period. The Jews initially decided not to fight on the Sabbath day, and were slaughtered. Afterwards, they decided that they are going to have to fight even on the Sabbath so that God's chosen would not be erased from the earth. I think our modern situation parallels this event quite well. We're not under the same level of attack as our ancestors were, but an attack is still an attack, and it will get to that point if we do nothing.
My only real concern is if the media manages to effectually spin such events as you have mentioned into saying that Christianity should be stamped out even more harshly (they won't use said terms, but their message will mean the same thing). As long as that cannot happen, and as long as the antiChrists today are acting hypocritically and demanding tolerance for themselves while refusing it for others, I have a very hard time seeing why I should be concerned when they get the same treatment that they've delivered to others. Who knows, maybe getting the same treatment will eventually cause them to act consistently.
As for being nobler than the competition, I generally keep in mind one of the events that happened during the Maccabean period. The Jews initially decided not to fight on the Sabbath day, and were slaughtered. Afterwards, they decided that they are going to have to fight even on the Sabbath so that God's chosen would not be erased from the earth. I think our modern situation parallels this event quite well. We're not under the same level of attack as our ancestors were, but an attack is still an attack, and it will get to that point if we do nothing.
My only real concern is if the media manages to effectually spin such events as you have mentioned into saying that Christianity should be stamped out even more harshly (they won't use said terms, but their message will mean the same thing). As long as that cannot happen, and as long as the antiChrists today are acting hypocritically and demanding tolerance for themselves while refusing it for others, I have a very hard time seeing why I should be concerned when they get the same treatment that they've delivered to others. Who knows, maybe getting the same treatment will eventually cause them to act consistently.
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