How would we American Christians do under the same circumstances?
...How would we American Christians do under the same circumstances...
Here’s some guidance for all of us.
“Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.” - Matthew 10:32-33
I would like to think I’d do the moral thing, and continue proclaiming my devotion to The Trinity, but to be truthful, I cannot guarantee that interests of self preservation wouldn’t overwhelm me at that very moment. I know this is not the right answer for any ‘real’ Christian, but I’m telling the truth as I now know it to be.
A major difference between most of us in the United States and those Blessed Martyrs of Christ in Egypt is that most Americans did not grow up in an environment where there was a general understanding that one day, you may lose your life by stating your allegiance to Jesus Christ, God or any form of deity other than Allah. I know I never worried about that as a child. Ever. Back then, it seemed only a remote possibility, something confined to history books, or missalettes in Catechism classes.