By: John

John — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 04:02:21 +0000

Understandably, the democratic way of life, with the backbone of Christianity that has produced so many humanitarian causes, from William Wilberforce’s anti-slavery to Pankhurst’s emancipation of women to allow for women’s suffrage, thereby restoring what women lost, namely economic and political rights with the rise of patriarchy, this kind of government is very attractive, as are the benefits, social welfare on tap. However, there are deep groundswells which are neglected , issues that should be faced, including why there are fewer seminarians, why youth are emerging as a very different consciousness, who view their progenitors as “out of date”, and in all of this is the ever-present danger of television, and the imposition of commercial values to the detriment of shame. The ten commandments have given way to secular laws, and the society that is the product is often led not by logic, or even compassion, but one which simply fits into US style norms, that yield little contradiction of wrong -doing, but which supply a minefield which few are interested in navigating.
It is a fact that most immigrants eventually integrate, with the Irish usually miscegenation is common, while the Scottish are known to keep their traditions for several generations. But both of the aforesaid respect the laws within the country as predominately Judeo-Christian in origin and therefore respected. This is not the case for all migrants.

When India’s partition in 1947 as recorded in “Time” got under way, a massive movement resulted in much blood letting, and while the end result was Hindu India, and Muslim Pakistan, history records that 600,000 MURDERS OCCURRED IN JUST SEVEN days.

All this and more are part of immigration.

Britains desire to show compassion goes hand in hand with other countries, more so, but Hungary has closed its borders, and Poland’s 150,000 conservative Poles marched out one day to demonstrate what the country had known: Nazi, and Communist incursions, that cared little for their Catholic culture, and the number of Poles (six million) who died along with the Jews in WWII.
This culture takes a long time to develop, and respect for it is clear in Margaret Thatchers determination to restore her country’s rights to their personal space, and remove the lingo that typifies the ideology which has swept through the west. It is not respected by Sharia law (now sadly legal in the UK), and three towns in the UK are not about to retrun to the ways (and laws) of democracy. Some regard recent political changes as a betrayal, that politicians have betrayed their own constituents, doing things which their countryfolk did not believe was for freedom of Christian conscience and betterment of the economy.
Politics so often is pressured by chosen causes in the community that are good for increasing the voters options, and for short term gains. Moreover the media is frequently distorting facts (as is known in the US when the hundreds of thousands who rally against abortion are not shown but instead the radical element that shouts for womens rights without any thought for the rights of the child.).
An excellent means of addressing economic failures in third world countries is “Marys Meals”, which was started by a Scotsman which allows immediate charity via a credit card, that pays for meals for the destitute, by the use of volunteer workers, and the direct spin off, is teaching chidren to read and write. This self-help mode can makes a hiuge difference to self-esteem, and other options follow.
A litte common sense and heeding the words of a Chaldean Archbishop Amel may save some of what lies ahead.
” You think all men are equal, but this is not true: Islam does not say that all men are equal. Your values are not their values. If you do not understand this soon enough, you will become victims of the enemy you have welcomed into your home. Our sufferings today are a prelude of those that you Europeans and Western Christians will also suffer in the near future. I lost my diocese. The physical setting of my apostalate has been occupied by Islamic radicals WHO WANT US CONVERTED OR DEAD. But my community is alive.
Please try to understand us. Your liberal and deomcratic principles are worth nothing here. You must consider our reality in the Middle East, because you are welcoming in your countries an ever growing number of Muslims. Also you are in danger. You must take strong and courageous decisions, even at the cost of contradicting your own principles.”

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