tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post5891988124346439626..comments2024-03-29T17:55:30.203+13:00Comments on Anglican Down Under: Crazy talk?Peter Carrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-1527312476434105962012-09-16T13:41:46.754+12:002012-09-16T13:41:46.754+12:00What is also patently obvious, beyond the bigotry ...What is also patently obvious, beyond the bigotry left right and centre, is that with the death of Pope Shenouda III this last March a true leader of his stature has yet to emerge for the Copts. And with that sort of vacuum, all sorts of people will try to grab the lime-light - especially in this world of the mass media and internet, which often lacks any genuine depth, and thrives on montage after montage after montage.Bryden Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15619512328964399016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-20583241333493198282012-09-13T13:20:55.664+12:002012-09-13T13:20:55.664+12:00Dark forces have been unleashed - the Christians p...Dark forces have been unleashed - the Christians portrayed in that incredibly crude film are Copts who are under siege of course in Egypt.<br /><br />I don't believe that despicable thing is American at all - though Americans may have played a patsy part in its production.<br /><br />We are being drawn into something both nasty and dangerousAndreihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04536593172412406428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-50643739597170630372012-09-13T10:52:22.831+12:002012-09-13T10:52:22.831+12:00Jesus said: "Happy are you when people abuse ...Jesus said: "Happy are you when people abuse you and persecute you and speak all kinds of calumny against you ON MY ACCOUNT. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is in heaven; this is how they persecuted the prophets before you" - (J.Bible)<br /><br />From the scriptures., we have Jesus' own instruction to Christians who protest against abuse - suffered by them on account of their faith. <br /><br />Presumably, Muslims may not be bound by this tolerance of what they perceive to be abuse against their Prophet.<br /><br />I guess, Peter, that all experience of abuse against one's treasured beliefs have to be seen in the light of these words of Jesus.<br /><br />And then, of course, there is the question of what constitutes the common human rights of a Faith Community - as against the perception of what might constitute an 'individual's rights'?<br /><br />Religious discrimination can be an insidious thing - on any level.Father Ron Smithhttp://kiwianglo.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com