Posted on 07/25/2020 2:52:44 AM PDT by Jacquerie
"In France there is a low-noise destruction of the Christian roots", said the philosopher Michel Onfray. "There are about one or two anti-Christian acts a day and it takes a burning cathedral to start talking about it".
Six major French cathedrals and churches have caught fire during the last year and a half: Notre Dame, Nantes, Rennes, Saint-Sulpice, Lavaur and Pontoise. Perhaps that is why historian Rémi Brague called the fire at Notre Dame "our 9/11". The Observatory of Religious Heritage listed a total of 20 French churches that caught fire in just one year.
Little publicized and less condemned, attacks against Christian places of worship in France are multiplying and reaching alarming proportions. The Nantes fire was simply the latest in a succession of church destructions that have been going on for years and have apparently not scandalized anyone.
Religious affairs expert Nina Shea wrote that the perpetrators are anarchists, thieves, militant leftists, Satanists and Islamists, who all share the same hate for France and Western civilization. Anti-Semitism seems to go hand-in-hand with anti-Christian sentiment. In France, synagogues are protected "like fortresses"; Jewish schools have been targeted by terror attacks, and Jews have been advised not to wear any religious symbols for their own safety.
Anti-Christian incidents have risen by 285% between 2008 and 2019.
The magazine Reveue des deux mondes called the attacks on churches "the tragedy of French churches". In addition, more than 5,000 French churches are threatened because of their decaying structures. 875 France's churches were vandalized in 2018. In 2019, 1,052 anti-Christian acts took place.
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Fantastic. We are much more powerful after the temples are destroyed.
It’s happening here as well.
“...the perpetrators are anarchists, thieves, militant leftists, Satanists and Islamists, who all share the same hate for France and Western civilization.”
They are all aligned against us....not just in the EU, but here in the US.
Notice how there are have been almost no islamic terrorist attacks since Trump took office? Under Obama, we had several every year.
They do not want Americans united against islamic terrorism. Islamic terrorism helps Trump.
So the jihadists are working with BLM and ANTIFA to destabilize our communities....topple our gov’t as easily as they topple statues.
This is globally coordinated, folks!
San Gabriel mission for example. One of the historical treasures as well as a sanctuary of faith in Jesus. Know Jesus,know Peace. No Jesus,No Peace.
Perhaps it’s time for the Templar’s to return!
France is Christian in name only. The beautiful cathedrals are signs of a time long gone. It is slowly slipping into islam. As more m*slims are born, being paid for by the hard work of French people, *slamic law becomes the dominant law.
Politicians like macron pretend to love France, but are careful to never annoy their true masters, m*slims. The EU is committed to turning Europe into sharia land, with the pope applauding and helping every way he can.
Only a matter of time. Visit the Eiffel Tower now, before it becomes a gigantic minaret.
Civilization’s on fire. There are some people getting in the way of that.
“France is Christian in name only.”
How about America? What % of us are real, practicing, worshipping Christians? (And Jews, same God.)
And what % of real Christians would don breastplate and sword to fight for Christiandom today?
What % even follow The Ten Commandments and Great Commission?
The perps can’t understand that the true church is its people, not the empty medieval buildings.
You are right, but the thought that America is becoming de-Christianized is very unpleasant.
Muslims. They are just too politically correct to say it.
The brutal annihilation of Christianity is the deepest craving of the Democrat.
I was not raised religiously, but I love my country and am grateful for its Western civilization that our Christian ancestors bequeathed us. The “empty medieval buildings” are monuments to our shared history which is under attack (as are we).
I recently worked a good deal in the ME on an aerospace project. I worked with a female Muslim program analyst (she did scheduling and translation) that had attended college in Florida. While in the US, she attended many Christian services. She told me that she has shared with her friends and family that there are many devout Christian Americans whose love for God is as strong as any Muslims. She also spent some time working in Europe. I asked about the Faith there. She replied “Europe’s Faith is dead”. Interesting in any event.
It’s the protestant hostility to all things Catholic. Many just can’t help it.
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