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Hating Christianity — and Attacking Believers — Becoming More Acceptable

1746135_lowBy Selwyn Duke

“I expect to die in bed, my successor will die in prison, and his successor will die a martyr in the public square,” said then-archbishop of Chicago Francis George in 2010. Whether his successor, Archbishop Blase Cupich, 74, will die in prison may depend on whether he’s blessed (cursed?) with longevity. What’s for certain, however, is that 13 years after George’s statement, hatred of Christianity and attacks on its adherents have increased. So has tolerance for these dark phenomena and, sometimes, even tacit endorsement of them.

This is not surprising. Among the findings of the recent headline-grabbing Wall Street Journal poll revealing that the importance of “traditional American values” has plummeted among citizens is that just 39 percent of our people now say religious faith is very important to them. Just a bit more than a generation ago, in 1998, this figure was 62 percent. This is significant because secular societies have, as a rule, persecuted the church.

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    Eric Hodgdon

    The purpose of our system is to distinguish between government and religion. Each influences the other’s perspective in controlling the citizens within. The purpose was to get away from the overbearing control by the divinity of Kings and the Anglican Church. Without understanding the Enlightenment Era, many are lost within their narrow scopes.
    Our current schism is between two opposing forces of which both fail in knowing enough to reason their place in history. Our political divide today is between these two forces. Each does not reason clearly enough to see they are both failing the country. I’m biased towards one side, but know their answers are not complete enough even-though they are more correct and healthier to our country.
    Surviving the current onslaught must happen or darkness will continue to descend. Spirit is strong, however, for faith to prevail. Caution against hating one another, by these two groups, is my concern, as hate is wrong.

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