In conservative political circles there is a game called “Name that party”. This is a joke regarding whenever there is some corruption in the Democrat Party the news article will either not mention the party of the individual or mention it at the end of the article.
I propose another game called “Name that religion”. This can be especially invoked whenever the President is forced to mention the latest execution of people by Mohammedans. In these cases those who are targeted for murder because of their faith get transformed into just “Egyptian citizens” or a shooting becomes “random”. That 21 Coptic Christians were killed in the first example and the random event was against Jews at at deli in Paris.
Unfortunately you can multiple the number of examples of this where the President just can’t seem to mention the underlying reason for these murders.
Although at least after the execution of 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya recently, National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said:
“The United States condemns in the strongest terms the brutal mass murder purportedly of Ethiopian Christians by ISIL-affiliated terrorists in Libya,”
“That these terrorists killed these men solely because of their faith lays bare the terrorists’ vicious, senseless brutality,”
Why exactly can’t the President make a more accurate statement?
In regards to Muslims throwing a dozen Christians overboard on a migrant ship traveling from Libya to Italy there was a press conference with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and President Obama. Kirsten Powers reports:
As Renzi was questioned about the incident, Obama was mute on the killings. He failed to interject any sense of outrage or even tepid concern for the targeting of Christians for their faith. If a Christian mob on a ship bound for Italy threw 12 Muslims to their death for praying to Allah, does anyone think the president would have been so disinterested? When three North Carolina Muslims were gunned down by a virulent atheist, Obama rightly spoke out against the horrifying killings. But he just can’t seem to find any passion for the mass persecution of Middle Eastern Christians or the eradication of Christianity from its birthplace.
This just follows the President’s trend in regards to any visible indicator of him being upset about these acts. Still really he is internally consistent. He says the Islamic state is not Islamic and terrorists who just happen to be Mohammedans are not practicing Islam.
So by his definition there can be no Islamic terrorism, but just people stripped of any possible religious motive. There are not bad Muslims since once they become bad in some way they cease to be Muslims.
In contrast he feels that the same treatment is not to be afforded to Christians. Apparently “people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ”, but people never committed terrible deeds in the name of Mohammad. Over and over again the President has praised Islam and apparently we have a debt to Islam, but not one to Christendom. The contrast between what he says about Islam and Christianity are polar opposites. I do not know of one kind word he has said regarding Christianity, and what he does say is always negatively broached. This long list of statements regarding the two show that this is not just some subjective reading of his statements. He excuses Islam and accuses Christians.
There are of course a slew of caveats regarding whenever a religious believer supposedly acts on their faith and whether it actually reflects that faith. Lots of distinctions to be made, but apparently our President is an Islamic scholar and can instantly weigh in whether and adherent of Islam is reflection Islam. Really Muslims who want to be good Muslims should make a pilgrimage to the White House to find out from the President whether they are indeed good Muslims. No doubt he would be as good at this as he was predicting outcomes in Libya, Yemen, and other countries.
Although when it comes to the “Name that religion” game I admit that really it isn’t a overall worthwhile game. Too easy to score rhetorical points against the president and forget about the tragedies playing over and over again with the increased persecution of Christians, Jews, and others including atheists. The reality of this is what we should focus praying about. Mostly I am lecturing myself in regards to this. Yes it would be a good step if the President actually acknowledged what was going on and wasn’t so slanted in diminishing evil acts. If he actually got upset about not only the multiple murders of Americans, but all who are suffering regarding this. We ourselves should be more angry about these acts than angry about whatever the President left out in a statement.
I certainly wish that there was more that I could do. After the executions of the 21 Coptic Christians I really wished I could join the military again to fight this evil. A ridiculous thought for an overweight 56 year old geek, but I also considered joining the Seals during Bootcamp. I can laugh at myself and think of St. Teresa of Avila as a child when she persuaded her brother in a failed plan to run off with her to Africa to join the Crusades and to become martyrs. Still prayer and fasting I can do.
