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**Zesavenue** · 09-13-2007, 04:10 AM

John,

Whilst turning the other cheek is an admirable thing to do, indeed Jesus always did when someone struck him, we should not confuse that with a reluctance to take tough action against the evils in society. Indeed, Jesus also gave the moneylenders in the Temple a good hiding (and took a whip to them if I remember).

Keeping our heads down and quietly getting on with our comfortable lives is not an answer. For example, almost 200,000 (yes, that is two-hundred thousand) unborn babies are murdered in England and Wales every year, over 6000,000 (yes, that is six million) since 1967. And what do we do about it ? The Catholics have their 'Life' and SPUC organisations that hold street demonstrations, lobby parliament and picket abortion clinics. A couple of years ago it took an Anglican curate to take the Crown Prosecution Service to the High Court over their failure to prosecute two doctors who had carried out an illegal abortion, but we do what exactly ?

Yes, is is time we started to shout, and very loudly indeed.

For evil to triumph it is only necessary........well, you all know the rest.

09-13-2007, 04:10 AM	#11
Zesavenue Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 455 Senior Member	John, Whilst turning the other cheek is an admirable thing to do, indeed Jesus always did when someone struck him, we should not confuse that with a reluctance to take tough action against the evils in society. Indeed, Jesus also gave the moneylenders in the Temple a good hiding (and took a whip to them if I remember). Keeping our heads down and quietly getting on with our comfortable lives is not an answer. For example, almost 200,000 (yes, that is two-hundred thousand) unborn babies are murdered in England and Wales every year, over 6000,000 (yes, that is six million) since 1967. And what do we do about it ? The Catholics have their 'Life' and SPUC organisations that hold street demonstrations, lobby parliament and picket abortion clinics. A couple of years ago it took an Anglican curate to take the Crown Prosecution Service to the High Court over their failure to prosecute two doctors who had carried out an illegal abortion, but we do what exactly ? Yes, is is time we started to shout, and very loudly indeed. For evil to triumph it is only necessary........well, you all know the rest.
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