Where Is The Courage of Christian Martyrs?
The essential problem with the West is that there is nothing that we would die for anymore. To most people living in the post Christian hedonistic West the notion of giving up all that we “possess” to witness that the Son of God became Man to save us from our sins is silly and foolish. The recent “conversion” of the kidnapped Fox News reporters is a depressing defeat for the West and Christianity. A recent article by Mark Steyn addresses the importance of their recent conversions to Islam. “If you’re a Muslim, the video is anything but meaningless. Not even the dumbest jihadist believes these infidels are suddenly true believers. Rather, it confirms the central truth Osama and the mullahs have been peddling — that the West is weak, that there’s nothing — no core, no bedrock — nothing it’s not willing to trade.{emphasis added} In his new book The Conservative Soul, attempting to reconcile his sexual temperament and his alleged political one, Time magazine’s gay Tory Andrew Sullivan e
