American Christianity is exceptionally weak. Truly, it is fraudulent, neither understanding nor accepting what Christianity actually requires, which is sacrificial life, first to the trinitarian God, then to other persons. Luke 9:23-26 and Matthew 7:13-23. If American Christians truly understood those two passages alone, how very different their lives would be! As it is, among the things that American Christians do not care about are persecuted Christians elsewhere in the world.
With respect to persecuted Christians who are slaughtered in their communities--for example, Nigeria, Sudan--my proposed solution there includes that those communities should be provided with guns and training in the use of them. No, not by the American government. It is not for government to steal from some for benefit of others, however worthy of aid the others are. Covetousness and theft are only two of many reasons why God despises the welfare state. But private organizations could exist, should exist, within America, to provide the arms and the training. And the role of the American government would be to encourage such organizations and to facilitate, by diplomacy, their access to the persecuted Christian communities. But does any such private organization exist, within America? If so, I am not aware of it. If I were to become aware of such an organization, I would support it with monetary contribution.
American Christianity is exceptionally weak. Truly, it is fraudulent, neither understanding nor accepting what Christianity actually requires, which is sacrificial life, first to the trinitarian God, then to other persons. Luke 9:23-26 and Matthew 7:13-23. If American Christians truly understood those two passages alone, how very different their lives would be! As it is, among the things that American Christians do not care about are persecuted Christians elsewhere in the world.
With respect to persecuted Christians who are slaughtered in their communities--for example, Nigeria, Sudan--my proposed solution there includes that those communities should be provided with guns and training in the use of them. No, not by the American government. It is not for government to steal from some for benefit of others, however worthy of aid the others are. Covetousness and theft are only two of many reasons why God despises the welfare state. But private organizations could exist, should exist, within America, to provide the arms and the training. And the role of the American government would be to encourage such organizations and to facilitate, by diplomacy, their access to the persecuted Christian communities. But does any such private organization exist, within America? If so, I am not aware of it. If I were to become aware of such an organization, I would support it with monetary contribution.