Op-ed:
And They Willingly Remain Silent
By Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots on CPR Worldwide Media /
cprworldwidemedia.net
“Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself; it is more
universal, more contagious, more dangerous. A silent justification, it
makes possible an evil erupting as an exception, becoming the rule, and
in turn being accepted.”
- Rabbi Abraham
Heschel, from his book 'The
Insecurity of Freedom,' page 92
Indifference as Christians are being exterminated...YES
exterminated...all over the Middle East and Africa and our president,
who professes to be a Christian, does NOTHING. In fact, Iran has been
holding an American pastor and one of our Marines for years yet our
president did NOT include their release as part of the now infamous
Iranian nuclear 'framework' deal. And while some religious leaders here
in America are concerned about the fate of their fellow Christian
brothers and sisters, for the most part too many remain silent and do
and say NOTHING. Sad isn't it.
And as Christians are being slaughtered Jews are being attacked in
Europe and suicide attacks have increased in Israel...with Israel in the
direct line of fire in regards to the 'framework' deal. But the big
difference is that Israel's leader, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
is loudly speaking out every chance and everywhere he can along with insisting that retaliation
for those caught killing Jews comes swiftly. When Netanyahu says 'NEVER
AGAIN' he means 'NEVER AGAIN' as the Jews...as Israel...will NOT go
silently to slaughter...will NOT go...period.
So while Netanyahu works hard to protect Israel and the Jews...NO matter the alarms sounded...Christians and their leaders NOT only here in America
but worldwide still do NOT a thing...still lift NOT a finger...to help
their brothers and sisters in Christ.
And why...because here in America...Christians...especially 'some' of the
always vocal in-your-face Evangelical 'it's-my-way-or-NO-way'
Christians...are much more concerned about wedding cakes and pizza than they
are about Christian blood being spilled...about Christians being burned
alive...about Christians being beheaded. And with priorities being
cleverly crafted and deliberately manipulated by the Obama-controlled media to
divert and deflect America's Christians away from what should be
paramount in importance onto things that affect but a few...like the proverbial 'lambs to the slaughter'...the ubber religious
far-right is sadly buying into the media fodder. And they are adding to that
fodder with indiscretions of their own...indiscretions that to some
degree unfortunately parallel that of the islamists but with their
weapon of choice being 'words'...and 'words' sometimes can be mightier
than the sword.
'Words' that are both divisive and dividing...'words' that have also
caused a rift between certain branches of America's Christian
denominations and the Roman Catholic denomination...both followers of
what is Christianity. And these 'words' said help to mask the suffering
that should be within plain sight...that should be bringing Christians
together NOT dividing them. Divisive and dividing 'words' between
denominations that are believers in Christ yet who are at odds with each
over dogma...over dogma involving how one worships Jesus whom both
believe is the Son of God and whom both believe died for our sins. And
this 'war' of sorts has now spilled over into our political landscape
and NOT in a good way for the ubber religious far-right...as in certain
Evangelical denominations...cannot accept that they are NOT the end-all and
be-all NOT only in the acceptance of Christ but also in how religion
should or should NOT be part of America's political landscape. And the
damage they do with their 'words' and with their misguided focus helps
to keep the horrific plight of their 'fellows in Christ' buried deep within the brouhaha over wedding cakes and pizza.
And as 'some' of the ubber religious far-right tries to dominate and takeover
all things political with their said faith and beliefs...and as they try
to get those beliefs into the halls of what should be a secular
American government and jurisprudence...their 'words' and actions dangerously cross over into violation of
others 'freedom of speech' for these folks relish in using partisan politics as a
way to try and coerce and control the country's mind-speak.
Leading the
'hate brigade'...just like the very vocal minority of black racist and
haters profess to speak for all blacks...the ubber religious far-right's
championing of the anti-gay agenda has them forgetting that our
Declaration of Independence clearly states that
“all men are created
equal”....'all men'. And this has them actually aiding the media in
their 'divert and deflect' strategy that takes eyes away from the
Christian genocide happening half a world away...a genocide that should
be consuming all Christian pulpits and pews in each and every church in
America...but isn't.
Divert and deflect as the ubber religious far-right forgets that
their looking away to some coupled with their hatred of some others will
NOT matter if...or should I say when...World War III is upon us. And
their loud and deafening silence despite their knowing well a truth that
the Jewish people understand better than most...the truth about the
genocide of Middle East and African Christians...these folks instead
still choose to focus on social issues that belong to the states and have NO
business being on the national level.
And when you add in certain
religious aspects to their silence... that help them adhere to that silence...like certain alliances (Russia, Syria, and Iran) being
the fulfillment of Ezekiel 38-39 (which tells of a future invasion of
Israel by a coalition of nations that surround them)...and with their
belief that the world will soon come under the auspices of a one-world
government with the Middle East becoming awash in fire and blood...'some' of the
ubber religious far-right Christians really believe this is the way God
intended it to be and that they have NO business interfering with God's
will. And sadly that means they, for the most part, remain silent as
Middle East and African Christians...who are NOT their specific 'cup of
tea' Christians...are left on their own to fend for themselves...for the ubber religious far-right Christians tend to believe that
the world is best left to the devil and that they are to sit back and watch the ground
burn even as Christian blood is spilled, while they await their escape to
Heaven through divine 'teleportation' as 'some' of them call it.
And as our in-the-pocket-of-Obama media works in silence to keep from
the public that they are working in tandem with 'some' of the ubber religious
far-right's leaders...with both being more concerned how America's muslims will
respond to these acts of muslim islamic savagery instead of caring about the Christian
victims of said muslim islamic savagery. And they willingly hold demonstrations over the
deaths of Palestinians while remaining silent as the U.N. condemns
Israel for defending itself against these very same muslim islamic savages. So as this slaughter is met with
relative indifference...the ubber religious far-right leaders barely
acknowledged when Pope Francis said of the atrocities being
perpetrated upon the Middle East and African Christians that,
“They are
our martyrs of today, and they are many. We can say that they are more
numerous than in the first centuries," making their silence scream louder than
ever.
And as these religious leaders work in tandem with the media work to speak out
against anti-muslim prejudice mere cursory attention is given to the
Christian blood being spilled...except for showing the occasional
picture or video of beheadings and crucifixions for shock value...for
shock value that sells papers and drives ratings up...thus allowing those on
the ubber religious far-right to bury their heads in the sand for they
believe if they don't see it...if they don't acknowledge it...it is NOT
happening.
And what makes this even sadder is that a few years ago when
terrorist attacks on Middle East and African Christians began in
earnest, Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA) wrote a letter to 300 Catholic,
Protestant, and Evangelical leaders complaining about their lack of
action in regards to the slaughter.
“Can you, as a leader in the church,
help?” he wrote.
“Are you pained by these accounts of persecution? Will
you use your sphere of influence to raise the profile of this issue—be
it through a sermon, writing or media interview?” he asked.
Few religious leaders even bothered to respond to Wolf's letter even though he and
Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) had sponsored legislation in 2012 to
create a special envoy at the State Department to advocate for religious
minorities in the Middle East, South-Central Asia, and Africa. And
while it passed in the House it died a sad death in the then Democratic
controlled Senate and has NOT been brought back.
Died a sad death as most religious leaders...both from the ubber
religious Evangelical far-right 'it's-my-way-or NO-way' denominations and also from the more main-stream
denominations...close their eyes and look away as fellow Christian blood
continues to be spilled at the hands of those out to kill us all.
So for now it seems that only the Jewish people truly understand what
can happen when the world is silent...when religious leaders are
silent...when people 'supposedly' of good conscious are silent...and
the words 'NEVER AGAIN' become the calling card of all who willingly
remain silent. And that is indeed the saddest thing of all.
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with the left...and what Obama perceives as threats to this country.
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