Posted on 03/04/2019 5:14:47 PM PST by marshmallow
THE establishment pays lip service to Christianity, parading on special occasions in cathedrals and producing ‘safe’ Christian programmes such as Songs of Praise. But when it runs into unabashed Christianity prepared to deny progressive pieties, the mask slips. There is growing alienation between Christians holding a biblical worldview and the establishment in our increasingly secular society.
Video of the arrest of Oluwole Ilesanmi, a street preacher in Wood Green, north London, has gone viral. Arrests of street preachers for causing offence have become routine. This instance reveals the underlying prejudices of the establishment.
Mr Ilesanmi was arrested by police under Section 5 of the Public Order Act for ‘using threatening or abusive words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour . . . within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress’.
During his sermon he argued there was a connection between terrorism and the text of the Quran. Two white non-Muslim political activists approached and accused him of preaching lies, and of being Islamophobic. He responded that the Bible speaks the only truth and that people need to give their lives to the Lord Jesus. Mr Ilesanmi was reported to the police for supposed Islamophobia.
Most commentators have focused on the initial attempt to stop Mr Ilesanmi from preaching. However, the most chilling part of the video comes almost unnoticed at the very end.
As the police handcuff and arrest Mr Ilesanmi, they rip his Bible from his hands.
Mr Ilesanmi pleads, ‘Don’t take my Bible away. Don’t take my Bible away.’
The police officer replies, ‘You should have thought about that before being racist!’
The handcuffed preacher is then marched off. He was later released without charge.
Many have pointed out the double standards employed by the police. The Metropolitan Police is the......
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UKanistan.
‘You should have thought about that before being racist!’
This is just the beginning of the end . . . http://www.patburt.com/
***‘Don’t take my Bible away. Don’t take my Bible away.’***
The RIGHTS to the Cambridge and Oxford KJV Bibles are vested in the Crown. Can a policeman take words owned by the Crown, for distribution to the public away from the public?
Liberals and Democrats are evil scum.
UK activist Tommy Robinson speaks out after prison release [For speaking out against Islam - Tucker Carlson Interview]
pretty amazing, and sad, that a peaceful biblical world view is seen as illegal in many places while an extremist violent view such as islam is embraced and accepted
"Racism" is just a convenient pretext to avoid officially admitting it.
This is what happens when stupid people are taught by leftists throughout their upbringing. They believe the stupid things they are taught.
As Orwell wrote, “Ignorance is strength.”
JoMa
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