Pat Buchanan is a gem. Would that other pundits, certainexceptions aside, could demonstrate a similar grasp on history.
How did the Christians conquer the Roman Empire after 300 years of persecution? By living the Gospel, preaching the Word and dying for the faith – martyrdom. But Islam came out of the desert to conquer the Holy Land, North Africa and Spain in a single century, by the sword. Islam is a fighting faith. Wrote J.M. Roberts in "The History of Europe," "Islam from the start has been a religion of conquest."
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In the West, a militant secularism has seized state power and the de-Christianization of America is well advanced. In the East, we had best recognize that the rage, militancy and intolerance so often on display are the unmistakable marks of a rising, not a dying, faith.
I hesitate to make a hasty prediction, but as Islam is nothing more than a Catholic heresy, it is not impossible to suggest that the anti-christ would be a follower of Mohammed. Alternatively, we could see a resurgence of Christendom, though from whence and how that may come is beyond my power to forsee.
Yet grace has a strange way of turning the tables round, and, as always, we shall see.
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Bring on the Holy War! Excellent idea. I could get one of those armoured suits and a lance! Perhaps we could burn some witches?
I like your sarcasm. In truth, I would hope to find the courage to die for Christ and his Church.
My problem with the War on Terror is that it presupposes that secular American culture is superior to Islam--or its purported perverted type--a fact, upon which I am less than certain.
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