Stepping out of the shadows
The news has been abuzz with the story of a pastor in FL who has, as a way to exercise his frustration, decided to burn the muslim holy book, the Quran. Many high-level officials, all the way up to the president, have gone on the record condemning the act and speaking of the potential for this action to spark wide-spread terrorism against americans. (as if that isn’t happening now) I do find it ironic, however, that muslims have, for years now, asked us not to judge them by their radical followers that fly planes into buildings and bomb the innocent, but are now going to judge us by one of our own radicals.
I, by no means, am saying that I agree with this guys decision to burn the quran, but in the midst of this fire-storm of media coverage I realized something: We don’t stand up enough for what we believe in. Many Christians in America have become so comfortable and safe that we don’t see the erosion of our foundation that has been done in the name of tolerance and free-speech. This nation is, or at least was, a Christian nation. Founded on the faith in the one true God. How have we gotten so far from where we started?
I would ask for your views on this. What do you think of it all? Do you see it as a stunt to gain publicly or as something deeper. Perhaps this pastor sees America slipping into an apathy that will lead us to become what France and other European countries are becoming, which is Muslim.
Maybe it’s time we step out of shadows. What do you think??