Una strage di cristiani, all’uscita da una delle più importanti chiese di Alessandria d’Egitto nella notte del nuovo anno, costringe a fare una riflessione che va al di là del singolo episodio, per quanto dolorosissimo. Una riflessione che credo tutti abbiamo nel cuore: dobbiamo rassegnarci al fatto che il cristianesimo scompaia? Non possiamo, infatti, chiudere gli occhi davanti alla realtà: è vero che ad uccidere i cristiani sono dei gruppi estremisti di varia nazionalità ed estrazione sociale, ma il mondo cristiano, soprattutto i leader politici e religiosi, continuando for years to delude themselves, and push the faithful to delude themselves that they are always and only a few fanatics, have allowed to be formed in the air is a general perception of "weakness" of Christianity. Indeed, if we really want to look at him, we have to call him by his real name as the behavior of Christians and Muslims what they think it is now more a cultural tradition that is not a true religion.
There are thousands of tourists in St. Peter's Square to give the pulse of the Christian faith are not crowded with Christmas functions faithful to proclaim the religion of Europe. What matters is the daily life, and this experience is very far from the Gospel, at least at the level of laws and directives of the classes. Who is really defending Christianity? By dint of "dialogue" we no longer know what is what Jesus said, and without Jesus - that Muslims are well aware of - will be enough to give some good shove here and there, and Christianity will be reduced at the corner soon. A beautiful corner of manners, in which everyone loves, but corner.
This "wanting all right," is what they think and they want leaders, all aiming to globalization and, therefore, the homogenization of customs, religions and peoples. But I do not think believers. I do not think because they do not want to give up and feel to be "men" with their intelligence, their history, their faith, their own will.
We really must be there to see silent kill treacherously innocent Christians leaving a church? The Egyptian government says that it is foreign extremists. It will be true, but there are no controls on the borders of Egypt? In any case, what will you do now to protect the safety of Christians? The problem, then, is now available in every country where the Muslim majority does not tolerate the presence of Christians in Africa and East ... The cradle of Christianity in Europe. As there are Christians in every continent, this is where you should consider a strategy and develop the means to allow Christians to live their faith without fear of physical safety but also intellectual and moral beauty of their faith. In what way? Certainly the politicians, if they can find the most appropriate solutions, both at the diplomatic level as on the military for different contexts, and not us potergliele suggest. But there is one thing, perhaps most important, in which, however, is public opinion that counts. This must be helped to speak without hesitation of any kind, without censorship of political correctness, since the Christians was commanded: "Your word is: yes, yes, no, no." We need to talk about Jesus of Nazareth, what he said and did, not Old Testament, or the Popes Padre Pio, to see if we want to defend the Christian religion in its essence and in its actuality.
Only if there is a strong stand against Christianity by European and world public opinion, you can put in place policy instruments to protect Christians in danger. We already know that Europe is against this strategy (we commented a few days ago, no European Journal of Christmas), but this attitude could take root because it was dished up the "submission" to the truth of others ad nauseum. To account to the other is too easy.
Ida Magli, "il Giornale" January 2, 2011
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